The Orient Bay Beach, located on the French side of the island of St. Martin, easily ranks in my top five favorite beaches I've visited in the World!
Click on image to enlargeThe combination of prestine clear, turquoise and cerulean blue waters; fluffy white sand, and cobalt blue skies provided a remarkable canvas much to this photographer's delight!
I wanted to highlight the natural beauty of the Orient Bay Beach without doing any photo edits in the first image.
The photo below has been slightly enhanced.
Which version do you prefer?
Click on image to enlargeThough most of St. Martin/St. Marteen was devastated by damage from Hurricane Irma when it hit on September 5, 2017, some of the original businesses rebuilt and new ones popped up.
Images taken with my Samsung Galaxy Note8 smartphone in April 2019.
This is my entry for the landscape photo theme hosted by @derangedvisions
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WOW what a gorgeous beach love those blues
Truly an unforgettable sight and even more beautiful to view in person, Jay!
Ohh I bet no matter how nicely we capture a scene it is never the same as being there in person of course
The scents and sounds aren't present ,
though the photo never fails to conjure
up the associated memories!
I wanted to highlight the natural beauty of the Orient Bay Beach without any photo edits. Perhaps I should have posted my enhanced image:
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Lovely...deep.blue ocean..like your eyes😉...
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Awe that is very gorgeous!! I had a friend who was there for a family members wedding when it happened.. she was stranded there for a few days and by the time she was able to come back to florida she got hit again by Irma when it came ashore here!!!
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I feel sorry for your friend having to endure two hits of Hurricane Irma! @deadgrlsuppastar The wedding must have been gorgeous, especially if it was on one of the beaches. A majority of the island of St. Martin/St. Marteen remains in shambles, with visible damage and debris from Irma everywhere one looks.
Yes she posted photos of the wedding and it was gorgeous then she posted photos of the storm.. complete 360
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Thank goodness the couple got the wedding in before the hurricane ruined all their plans. And they didn't lose the precious photos!
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It looks like a relaxing tropical paradise - I like the first photo best.
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I do too @c0ff33a "au naturale" as the French would say. Speaking of which, if you walked further down along the ocean there was a nude beach and oh my goodness the ones who were brave enough to bare it should not have!
thanks for showing me nice photo.
have a nice day.
My pleasure @ssin Thank you for the compliment!