Best Of
Pele - Goddess of Fire
Aloha beautiful people!
Hawaiian fire goddess, Pele, gave us a pretty great show last week during our visit to neighboring Big Island. Located on the southern flank of Mauna Loa (largest mountain in the world), Kilauea remains the most active volcano on the planet, adding new coastline to the island daily.
Featured below are a handful of my favorites from a morning lava boat tour. We checked in at 4:30am, rode in 5-8ft rollers for 17mi in the dark, and enjoyed sunrise at the flow before heading back.
Mahalo for viewing!
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Bumble bee on pink bottlebrush
Bumble bee on pink bottlebrush (Callistemon) Natural light.
Sony A6000/Sigma 105mm
Brian V.
Leaf cutter bee
Male leaf cutter bee Megachile willughbiella. Has amazingly furry front legs.
5Dmk2/MPE-65/430Ex flash.
Brian V.
Colorful Kathmandu 2017
This was my third trip to Kathmandu, and again i couldn't plan anything beyond Kathmandu. Here few images from this trip, this time i was able to visit Pashupatinat temple along with Durbar square and Boudhanath. Here are random clicks from trip, you can visit my gallery
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Joy of Spring
Too bad spring just ended.....it was a good one here in Cali thanks to record rainfall!
1) Divine Path
2) Golden Wind
3) Heavenly Flames
4) Green Tea
5) Rainbow Hills
6) Adam & Eve
7) Home sweet home
8) Spring Inferno
9) Green gold
10) Fog bath
11) Moooooo-scape
12) Left behind
13) Infernal Walkway
14) Sherman Williams
15) Carrizzo's gold
Dash to Reflection Canyon
Made a quick trip out to Reflection Canyon, in the Glen Canyon Wilderness of Utah. Some statistics:
Trip length: 2.25 days
Miles driven: 1,766
Miles hiked: 18.5
Backpack weight: 54 lbs
Number of keeper images scored: 2
Body weight lost: 0 (how is that possible?)
Bucket-list items checked: 1
Worth every minute! 
Thanks for looking!
Joel
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Re: Strike a Pose - Posing Guide
I think that posing guides are crutches. You know why? Because it should come from a place of authenticity or creativity. If you don't use your mind while posing and try to connect with your subject and ask yourself what needs to be done for something to look natural then you will not develop that part of your brain. Too many photographers are checking out everyone else's websites "for ideas" instead of developing their own style of creativity.
When I got too busy to check out any other photographer's sites my creativity soared.
Just my 2 cents.
