one more day from TGIF.
Good morning everybody.

Have made some really nice coffee. Senseo for the dutch, Starbucks for all the others (specially for John).

Very busy, but all day at the office, so will check in every now and then.

Good morning Stan and others!
Thanks for the lovely Senseo

I'm also quite busy today... But hope to find some time for the cams

Good Morning, busy morning for me as well. Did anyone take photos of the lunar eclipse last night? Martine?

Thank-you for the coffee! I wish you all a great day!

some early visitors and..a boat.

Good Morning All:

Good morning! Dug the sunrise shots from the archive - and there was a "moon glow" but no visible moon...


Martine, my husband and I photographed the first half of the eclipse, then cloud cover ruined the rest. Did you?

Oops, Eileen, I wrote Martine in my answer about the eclipse! (wonder why? lol)

creolefish

Now this definitely looks inviting!

We're lined up today ;)

Is there any fruit juice or herb tea for us decaf people?

Hi everyone. Been lurking most of the day, and I keep wondering if Julia or Ty will show up on the cams soon. Annie B.

Mary, just pick one you like. fresh juices and some decaf available.
are we posing at the bar???



and...very busy at Willy the Wreck.

NO ANNIE!!!

HOW IS THIS POSSIBLE!
GMTA!

Hi Stan. Wish they had come closer to the cam so we could see who they are. Annie B.

Single file only please. LOL.

Hahaha, Stan.

Thanks for the juice, very yummy!

Showtime for the blue chromis

Hi Kathy, Annie, Stan and Mary!

I think I pulled something in my left arm doing leaves yesterday. I can't seem to lift my arm up without pain. I must be out of shape. I'll take a couple of Advil, please. Just peeking in, great shots so far. Will check back later.

Debbie. Hope the arm feels better soon. You must have pulled a muscle. Too much hard work in one session I reckon. Annie B.

It has to be Sachmo.

The chaises are returning to free-form...

Take care of that arm, Debbie. Maybe a little ice/heat will help.

Happy Thursday!
Debbie, I think you need to relax today (not just your arm). Maybe play in the sand like this one:

Where did all the beach chairs come from? I'll take the second one from the right

Good day all!
Debbie hope your arm heals quickly! Don't be like me (it's been a year now, MRI scan tomorrow)
wish I was on that beach, I'm sure my arm/shoulder would feel much better at those temperatures, sigh, well, less than 3 months!
Hubby isn't home yet, but dinner is ready, hm. Cooked an antillian meal: aroz moro and salada di kolo. desert is still in the making proces (bolo di glas, lots of work)
hey, you see that, my chair is free!

they're saving that chair just for you, Karin!

Oh, to be on the beach and the only decision was what chair to relax on!
Thanks for all the well wishes on arm, I think Annie is right, too much work in one session.

Guess he decided on front and center! The palm tree looks like it is growing out of the water

Good day everyone!

Debbie, sorry to hear about the arm. We're waiting for all our leaves to fall before raking (that's what hubby wants ... figure I better let him have his way every once in a while). I'm getting impatient, tho. I'm one of those wierd people that enjoy raking leaves.

Karin, I can't believe it's going on a year and the dr's still don't have an answer for you . Dinner sounds yummy, hope hubby gets home soon.

Lunch rush?

Well, I'm glad he didn't take MY chair! ;)

hello . . .

Going down...

so did the big guy eat all the little ones? LOL

LOL Mary!! I think you've got the posting down!! You're hooked now!

Quick peek in gang...great captures all! Debbie, that's why I live where I live...no leaves to rake...LOL! We did have quite the lightening and thunder storm this morning off the coast. Woke me up at 5:45 and I thought we were being attacked (seriously)...then opened the drapes and the window and watched the show for about a half hour then it started to rain again...

I do have to agree with Annie, I like the old beach bar cam placement better...guess these folks are just chillin'

These creoles have magnificent tails.


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Hey everyone....just taking a break from work for a minute so I thought I would pop in and say 'Hi'. I can't help but always wonder what's going through people's minds when they're standing out there in front of the cams.

LOL Michael!

Thanks Mary, I see by your profile that you're new to Bonaire Talk....welcome.

It's cold, wet and crappy here in Iowa today so the web cams are a welcome change.

Oh, and Cynde, for what it's worth I'm with you and Annie on the Beach Bar cam. I liked the old location better mainly because it was easier for people to put up signs to read. Imagine how big your font would need to be to get your sign read now.

I'm with you, too! Not only have there been NO signs since the move, but you can't see the people any more. We're left out of all the action! (Except when there's a BBQ, we can see the people lining up and filling their plates -- I'd rather see the Real Party)

I agree about the location of the bar cam, but it was bad captures when the sun was setting behind the people, causing silhouettes At the previous location ... Maybe the new location needs a short pole or something to mark where to stand so people are close enough for us to read the signs and see the people well :-)

I don't recall the technical information about the camera nor do I have the time to go back into the archives to find it, but would it be silly to inquire as to whether the cams have a zoom capability on them. I seem to recall that they are fixed, but if there was any way to zoom in just a little bit that would make a huge difference.

Good point about the silhouettes and blinding sun in the afternoon/evening hours. Maybe it wasn't such a bad idea to move things.

...hmmmmmm, I started with my 2 cents worth and now I'm up to $1.25.

cool cloud formation

Look in the sky! Is that a shark with a pilot fish???

As you can tell, it's a slow day at the dive shop :P

Aren't the boaters NOT supposed to go fast in the shallows/turqouise water? I hope no-one is surfacing below them...

Now I have been giving this some thought, the bar cam is too far for close ups and if you hit zoom, the people are getty fuzzy all over. Background is nice, but its like you're looking in from afar. The bar is so dark, can't make out anyone, even at the table, it's hard to see. I know it was a lot of work to move the web cam, but we need to figure out how to make this location work better for viewers. I'm sure Jake is thinking this too, we need to read signs, Jake! See our friends up close and personal. Maybe you can put on a telopathic lense. Now, you know I am no camera knowledgable person, sounds like something superman would use, but its all I could come up with.

O.K. I can hear everyone laughing from here. I know my idea made no sense, but I made you all laugh, didn't I?

Debbie,

I spoke to Henk from Bongos about this when I last saw him, and he likes the direction the camera is pointed in (he should - he picked the spot). We discussed perhaps moving the camera a bit further down on the pole - that might allow people to get a bit closer with signs. I still need to schedule some time out of my work day to go and give that a try - maybe next week when Stan Eker comes down (he indicated he was game for messing around with it, and I need at least one extra set of hands to help).

Jake

Thanks for the info, Jake
We will wait and see... so what is different then usual, lol. Waiting and watching the cams!

This was it for me, today... time to go to sleep.

Sweet dreams all!

Thanks, Jake, I knew you were on it. I would help, but my arms won't make it there from Jersey.
Tell Linda I say Hi! Hope the kids have a good Halloween.

Jake, I like lowering the cam on the pole/tree/whatever...oh, and please tell Henk that we really aren't a bunch of whiners...well, maybe only a little...LOL!

whine, whine ....we just want to SEE our friends and their signs! The other cam positions give us a great view of Eden Beach...we just need ONE to show faces. Thanks for your help!

Looks like it may be a quick sunset tonight

Oh dear. Didn't mean to open a can o' worms with my opinion, but I still say that this view is just plain boring actually. I'm a whiner, and I'll admit it. LOL.

Jake. Thanks for your comments, and look forward to seeing what can be done to improve the view. Annie B.

Well it's a bit livelier now.

Sarge has his jammies on, and is heading on home for the night. Annie B.

Ooooohh, pretty colors

...and they keep going

They're always beautiful, but you were right, Mary, this one happened too fast

Bongo's is hopping . . .

coooool

What are we seeing there on the left?


I thought there was a person in red watching the sunset, but that doesn't seem right now...

What ever it was, we can't see it now...

nice sunsets gang!

dis one for you Anna Bananna ;-)


sunset...

Ok, here's my last (I hope) new-camera-angle whine: there's just one brief time of day when you can really see folks (kinda the opposite of what we had with the sunset silhouettes -- you could see people in the morning, early afternoon and after sunset; now you can't see them except in the late afternoon/early evening). Okay. I'm done whining. But Jake, I will be there Nov 13-20 and we'll be willing to help if you need us.

Nice pix, Cynde!

something is still there . . .


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Hahaha Cynde. Nice one gal. Annie B.

T'was a wishy washy one tonight.

Waaaggghhh!!! My flicky, she no animate. Let's try again. Annie B.

Annie, your flickie's not flickin'. lol

I personally miss the aliens at the bar. It's prettier during the day and all that, but...

Later everyone!

Hang on, gotta delete files I think. Annie B.

Could be some aliens in this group . . .

It keeps telling me that the page cannot be displayed.

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Cheryl, go here on CC ;-)

http://www.oldbonairetalk.com/newsgroup/messages/23830/187291.html?1099000523#POST222343

http://www.oldbonairetalk.com/newsgroup/messages/23830/187574.html?1098997023#POST222337

Oh Shoot! I give up. Sweet dreams everyone. I'll sort it out tomorrow. Annie B.

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'Night, night, Annie! Remember what Scarlett said, "tomorrow IS another day!"

And Cynde, I'm ignoring what's out the window and focusing on the cams. It's 82 degrees in my mind...

and there's still something odd on the left in the South Beach cam

Hi All
Tonight is the premier of Scuba Vision's "Eye On The Caribbean" And it's at Bongos. Hence the crowd.
Today's Bonaire Reporter
We'll be there Saturday PM
Mickey

T-minus 4 days, 19 hours, no planned hold. We're go for launch!

I think I have a solution to the glare, but we'll have to play a little to see if it'll help enough. The camera is super sensitive so it'll show IR at night, but that works against it in the daylight. The glare from the beach and water were killing the contrast range. A vertically polarized filter should help that a lot, without impacting the IR reception at night. It'll also bring back the color saturation in the day. Most days, it looked like a B&W camera under the bar.
Glare is still effecting the camera. Notice how you can't see anything under the bar when the sun is out, but suddenly you can see under the top when it gets cloudy, even more so under dense clouds? That's the range compression due to the glare (now off of the top of the bar and the sand between the bar and the cam. Big sigh. Isn't technology wonderful ;-) No guarantees, but I think we can help it a *lot* with a simple filter. I'm bringing enough that Jake can play around it later, if he has an itch. It might improve the other 2 beach cameras as well. We can do a test to see. I'd like to see it back on it's original mount myself, as I don't have any signs that are a meter tall!

I'll land Wednesday PM, probably won't have any time to do anything until afternoon Thursday, so stay tuned (same bat time, same bat channel).


Did anyone but me notice that the BarCam is now so high up that it's built-in IR illuminators aren't doing anything after dark? They're still on, but there's nothing in range to reflect off of.... and the lights in the patio area are really killing the images. It looks like they're reflecting off of imperfections in the front glass of the camera, causing the spots and streak.

Yay, Stan! We'll be crossing our fingers!