Lens Artists Photo Challenge – Magical Light

Yelapa, Mexico.

This week Amy suggests that we share images focusing on the topic “Magical Light”. A photographer strives to know light and to be available at the best time for a given outdoor subject. Given what he or she knows about lighting conditions and their ability to change moment by moment throughout the day, being in the right place at the right time can capture that magic. You can read Amy’s challenge post here.

Weekly Photo Challenge – Face

Yelapa, Mexico.

This week, Cheri Lucas Rowlands challenges us with the single word, Face. Reading the challenge reminded me of our trip through the Panama Canal and the one photobomb we encountered on the trip. You can read the entire challenge post here.

Yelapa – Revisited in High Dynamic Range

High rise condos and resorts along the beach at Puerto Vallarta.

Yelapa, Mexico

In the spring of 2013, my wife, Lynn, and I completed a bucket list item, crossing the Panama Canal. Along the way between Miami and Los Angeles, we stopped at several interesting places.

Puerto Vallarta – A Palapa in Yelapa Is Better Than a Condo in Redondo*

High rise condos and resorts along the beach at Puerto Vallarta

Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, Mexico

*True confessions department: I stole this quote from a Yelapa tourism website.

For all of our previous stops on our Panama Canal cruise, we opted for land-based excursions. At Puerto Vallarta, the excursion we chose was called “Yelapa & Majahuitas”.