Secret Beach

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Awais Yaqub

Very nice lovely colors

Dwayne Oakes

Awesome ! Thanks for posting.

Take care,

Dwayne Oakes

kdog

Beautiful shot, Mike. I know there are probably hundreds of little beaches like this on Mauii, but I have a sense of deja vu on this one. Perhaps somewhere on that long road around the northwest portion of the island between the airport and Kapalua.

Cheers,
-joel

dlplumer

Excellent; a real beauty

Reeflections

Thanks for the comments!

kdog wrote:

.... Perhaps somewhere on that long road around the northwest portion of the island between the airport and Kapalua....

Joel, The name of this beach really is "Secret Beach" but it's very well known and used for weddings a lot. It's on the South side of the island just below Makena.

kdog

Well, at least I was close. I had the right island.

Anyway, great stuff. Keep 'em coming and don't be afraid to post them a little larger.

Cheers,
-joel

jeffmeyers

Well done. I like the colors and the contrast seems to be right on.

Reeflections

Thanks again.

Joel, sorry about the small size. I hate small landscapes too but I have made a conscious effort to reduce the sizes I post anymore because so many of my shots have been blogged and emailed all over the Internet without links or credits. Rather than quit posting, I decided to at least make them a little less useful.

coscorrosa

Beautiful! Love the soft pastel colors, the palm trees, and the motion of the waves. Very nicely balanced exposure as well.

jstpeter

Excellent, just the right amount of cool tones to amek this fele like the perfectbeach to be on.

ironron

coscorrosa wrote:

Beautiful! Love the soft pastel colors, the palm trees, and the motion of the waves. Very nicely balanced exposure as well.

What a cracking shot" as a newby.with a 5D. & not much experience with it, would you mind imparting what setting you were using to get such beautiful colours.
did you you use a 5D?

Reeflections

ironron wrote:

What a cracking shot" as a newby.with a 5D. & not much experience with it, would you mind imparting what setting you were using to get such beautiful colours.
did you you use a 5D?

Nope, you have to use a Nikon for a shot like this.

Just kidding of course - this was shot with a D300 ISO 200, 1/6 @f18 at the crack of dawn.

ironron

Reeflections wrote:

Nope, you have to use a Nikon for a shot like this.

Just kidding of course - this was shot with a D300 ISO 200, 1/6 @f18 at the crack of dawn.

Cheers "

NorthernFocus

I like the contrast between the pastel colors of the sky and the dark colors and details of the rocks and bushes. Also beautifully composed with all of the components of a tropical beach As a personal preference, the wave motion is kind of stuck between smooth fluidity and "freeze frame" Then again I could just be jealous because you have liquid water this time of year