Hawaii Landscapes

HamsterHueyHamsterHuey Registered Users Posts: 73 Big grins
edited February 3, 2011 in Landscapes
My wife and I just got back from our honeymoon in Hawaii and we had an absolutely fantastic time there. Took lots of photographs and here are some of the better ones that I wanted to share.

1. Sunrise at mount Haleakala (old volcanic crater) on Maui

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2. Another sunrise pic from Haleakala (both have subtle HDR processing)

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3. Hiking along the sliding sands trail on Haleakala

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4. A silversword plant on its way out

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6. Waimoku Falls in Hana

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8.Wailua Falls, Hana.

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9. A black sand beach on Hana

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11. Waikoloa, Big Island

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12. Rainbow Falls, somewhere along the way to Volcano National Park

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13. Halemaumau Crater at Volcano National Park

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14. We got really lucky with our Lava viewing! (walked over 5 week old Lava that was still steaming from the inside)

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15. View from a relatives house on Oahu.
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I hope you guys like the photographs. I'm still learning with my XSI so I'd certainly appreciate any and all comments and critiques :). Sorry if these are too many images for a single thread, I had a really hard time picking my favorites!
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Comments

  • Doug SolisDoug Solis Registered Users Posts: 1,190 Major grins
    edited January 15, 2011
    Great to see you got a cloud free Haleakala, doesn't happen that often. cool shots. Also I really like #8, this is a great perspective looking through the trees to the falls.
  • HamsterHueyHamsterHuey Registered Users Posts: 73 Big grins
    edited January 15, 2011
    Doug Solis wrote: »
    Great to see you got a cloud free Haleakala, doesn't happen that often. cool shots. Also I really like #8, this is a great perspective looking through the trees to the falls.
    Thanks a lot Doug. Actually, Haleakala was quite cloudy/foggy, but I managed to set my camera up on a tripod and I ended up taking tons of shots with my remote IR shutter release. Got lucky with some of them :). It is an amazing place though.

    I like the waterfall too. I like this one too, but my Hitech filters leave a magenta color cast and even after trying to correct for it, the green in the image seems a little too cool and throws it off ne_nau.gif

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  • ajroahkniajroahkni Registered Users Posts: 82 Big grins
    edited January 31, 2011
    Great shots! Do you have any through the bamboo forest part of the Waimoku Falls hike?
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  • anonymouscubananonymouscuban Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 4,586 Major grins
    edited February 1, 2011
    I love #6. This is not a perspective you see often photographed. Cool.
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  • STphotosSTphotos Registered Users Posts: 32 Big grins
    edited February 3, 2011
    anonymouscuban wrote: »
    I love #6. This is not a perspective you see often photographed. Cool.

    Agreed!
  • ajroahkniajroahkni Registered Users Posts: 82 Big grins
    edited February 3, 2011
    It's one of the best hikes on the island - in the national park and the trail ends at the base of those falls. There's a great bamboo forest that you walk through along the way, half of it on a raised walkway. I was hoping the OP has some shots of that. I did the hike once, years ago...didn't have a camera with me, but if I did, I seriously doubt I'd be able to get photos on par with these. Love the set.
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  • hawkeye978hawkeye978 Registered Users Posts: 1,218 Major grins
    edited February 3, 2011
    Nice set. I like #2 and great perspective in #6.
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  • PilznrPilznr Registered Users Posts: 262 Major grins
    edited February 3, 2011
    Great Shots! I'm headed there in June. I can't wait to see Haleakala and all the other amazing sights. Thanks for sharing and getting me super excited about going. Any recommendations that you haven't shared above? I'm interested in the lava shots. I hope I get a chance to see some hot lava.
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