Elpida School students, teachers and the Wings To Work team at the beach

Canon EOS 50D, 10-22mm @12mm, 1/250 sec, f/6.3, ISO100

During our time in West Timor last month, we visited the local beach in Noelbaki several times with the children from the New Hope home, as well as with the children from Elpida School, swimming and playing soccer on the beach.
The photo above is of the students of Elpida School, teachers, and the Wings To Work team at the beach, after a walkathon from the school, through the nearby rice paddies.

evening at Barate beach

Barate, East Nusa Tenggara (West Timor), Indonesia
Canon EOS 50D, 10-22mm @10mm, 1/500 sec, f/4, ISO250

The best time for landscape photography is in the evening or the morning, when the sun is a lot lower, as it provides softer light and more interesting shadows than the harsh mid-day sun. This photo was taken in the evening, with the sun low in the sky to the left, resulting in the golden light on the trees, and some interesting shadows and reflections on the wet beach sand.

This is the beach in Barate, north of Kupang, in West Timor (East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia), photographed last month. We were camping under the trees just to the right of the beach, while spending a couple of days in Barate to visit the local church, and start a school building project.