Best YouTube videos on Sanibel Island

We love looking at still photographs of Sanibel Island, it's a really nice way to feel that you are right there, on that beach, on that bike, on that boat.

But nothing quite captures the feel of the moment like a video.

Even a video totally home made with no enhancements can do the trick.

Capture that dog running along the Gulf's shore, the flock of egrets pruning and preening up in the tree, or the kids gathering sea shells in the golden light of dawn, and you can have a great video.

Especially now that most still cameras have video capability, almost any moment in any beautiful location, there is a video calling to be made.

But we do admit that like, in most comparisons, there are some videos much more appealing than others. The smoothness of the camera movement, the crispness of the image and the subject captured can take an ordinary point in time and make it something really special.

In viewing the videos made about Sanibel Island on YouTube, we came up with a few that we thought were particularly nice, and we will now link you to them with the subject and the reason for their inclusion on our "best" list:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T22nkCim0x0

This video , though done to promote a condo rental (not one of ours), leaves the commercial message for the last minute or two. Prior, it has some lovely scenes, both still shots and moving images, that give a great over view of the Island. Looking at this video would give any one a pretty good idea of what Sanibel is about.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BrbTSKqpT8M

This video is professionally done and narrated by an "expert". It does not just talk about shelling and what one might expect to find, it gives good, sound advice on how to shell, when to shell and how best to shell. It's very informative for a newbie sheller or one who has been to Sanibel many times.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1rZfAMoGjOQ&noredirect=1

This is one of our all time favorite videos. The dolphin dance is so nicely followed by the camera and the lovely and peaceful music greatly enhances the images. Any one who has ever been in a boat and had the extreme pleasure of being accompanied by a group of dolphins will love this one!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NnvY7w2bIEY

Again professionally created and expertly narrated, this six minute video about fishing on Sanibel offers great advice on how, when, where to fish. What to do and what to avoid. It gets right down to the basics and even lets you know how to hold your fishing pole!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qclUx0rft_I

We've included this one just cause it is so much fun.

Entitled "Sanibel Summer Drink Recipes presented by The Grog Shop Liquor Store Sanibel Island Florida", this is truly a splash of color with photos and recipes for some great tropical drinks. Yes, it's a video commercial, but we give a lot of credit to the creators for adding the music and the visuals and making a great, little promotion.

We are always open to suggestions about great videos that help guests get a good idea of what makes Sanibel so unique and so desirable. If you have any recommendations, we would love to hear of them.