Kauai

chickendrop

The beautiful taro fields in Princeville:


Just another gorgeous morning in Hanalei:


Sunset at the Hanalei pier:


Coconut art:


Waimea canyon. Someday I will hike this!:


The deep blue sea:


The north shore:


He was watching for surf breaks. I think he had his board nearby:


Tiny bubbles....:


Wild cats at Hanakapiai beach:


One more:


Birdseye view of Hanalei:


Waterfalls galore!:


Awapuhi on the Hanakapi'ai trail:


Hanakapiai falls. Didn't bring a tripod because it was a treacherous hike. So I was standing in cold raging water to balance on a rock to get this:


Waimea falls:


Breakfast at Joe's on the green:


My wife located and mapped out a great spot to catch a Poipu sunrise:


Friendly little kitty playing peek-a-boo at the beach house:


Another friendly kitty:


Cleaning up after a bowl of milk:


Tidepools on the North Shore in Oahu:


Hanalei bay. My favorite place in the world!:

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Yuri Pautov

Thank you for such a wonderful trip! Beautiful photographs.
Yuri

chickendrop

Thanks! It really is paradise. No other place like it in my opinion.

richy wrote: »

Awesome shots, breakfast at the princeville resort overlooking the bay and across to the mountains is spectacular cannot wait to get back some day. Kauai is a truly beautiful place to be and you caught that perfectly.

chickendrop

Thanks Yuri!

Yuri Pautov wrote: »

Thank you for such a wonderful trip! Beautiful photographs.
Yuri

Logic 7

Just awesome. Makes me wish I could go back soon.

chickendrop

Thanks! I want to go back too!

Logic 7 wrote: »

Just awesome. Makes me wish I could go back soon.

rainbow

Just a gorgeous set of photos from my favorite island! Thanks for reminding me of how beautiful Kauai is.

sapphire73

Beautiful photos of my favorite island in Hawaii! I am especially drawn to your photos of the Poipu sunrise, tidepools, and Waimea canyon.

schmoo

I saw your landscape shots in Landscapes but I'm glad I looked here for the other shots. What a gorgeous set and you have such a wonderful eye. Hawaii is now bumped up a spot or three on my To Do list.

cr8ingwaves

I lived in HI for three years and Kauai was my favorite island to visit. Thanks for taking me back for a few minutes! Simply spectacular captures.

Wicked_Dark

stupendous! thanks for doing such a great job, especially wading for the waterfall. love the cats, too.

chickendrop

Wow! Thanks for all the compliments!

Awais Yaqub

Awesome set as usual, very nice feel in these photos.

aj986s

Beautiful pictures!! I've never been to Hawaii, but now want to go more than ever!

hanalwala

Love your pictures...... how did you manage to take the waterfall pictures without the tripod ??

chickendrop

hanalwala wrote: »

Love your pictures...... how did you manage to take the waterfall pictures without the tripod ??

Thank you! I was standing knee deep in water and using a huge rock as a natural tripod Not the smartest thing to do since that was my only camera. It was too long of a hike not to take a chance though.

Shima

Wow! Stunning shots here, I've never been to Hawaii yet but it's definitely on my life lists of places to check off in the next few years... love your shots, you captured everything so perfectly, looks like these could be in a magazine or something!

Professional

When i can visit there, i think i will buy large format and medium format just to have the highest resolution of that beauty there.
Amazing terrific shots!
Lucky you.

chickendrop

Thanks

TangoJuliet

Beautiful images. My children just moved to Oahu, Hawai'i, from Palmer, Alaska last week. My daughter, the oldest at 19, has aspirations of becoming a professional photographer and will be studying this summer at Rocky Mountain School of Photography in Montana. I'd love to go in March and go hiking into nature with her on a three day photo walk.

chickendrop

Thanks! Lucky kids. My wife and I always talk about packing up and moving to Kauai.

TangoJuliet

I missed an opportunity while in the USAF to go, but I've never been. I was kind of hoping to go in March, but my daughter advised against it since the Ex and I don't get along.

theprincereturns

Glad you enjoyed Hawaii :-) I live on Oahu (definitly more crowded and busy then the other islands), and havn't had a chance to visit Kauai yet. Thanks for sharing the great pictures! If you ever are headed to Oahu drop me a line and i can give you some recomendations on places to stay and places to visit.

Stella7d

Beautiful photos!

NeilL

Poipu sunrise

Neil

chickendrop

TangoJuliet wrote: »

I missed an opportunity while in the USAF to go, but I've never been. I was kind of hoping to go in March, but my daughter advised against it since the Ex and I don't get along.

You should still go, just don't hang out with the ex It really is the most beautiful place in the world. You won't regret it.

chickendrop

theprincereturns wrote: »

Glad you enjoyed Hawaii :-) I live on Oahu (definitly more crowded and busy then the other islands), and havn't had a chance to visit Kauai yet. Thanks for sharing the great pictures! If you ever are headed to Oahu drop me a line and i can give you some recomendations on places to stay and places to visit.

Thanks Lucas! I will do that!

chickendrop

Stella7d wrote: »

Beautiful photos!

Thank you

chickendrop

NeilL wrote: »

Poipu sunrise

Neil

Thanks Neil

One of my favorites too. All thanks to my wife who found the location, woke up at 5am with me, and mapped it out!

TangoJuliet

chickendrop wrote: »

You should still go, just don't hang out with the ex It really is the most beautiful place in the world. You won't regret it.

It'll have to wait for some other time in the future. I'm using the only vacation I have for a year to cover an event at the USAF Museum in Dayton, OH, in August. And my daughter is studying photography at RMSP in Mizzoula, MT, until the end of October .