Different Views of Maui Costline

theprincereturns

Just got back from a weekend in Maui. Driving around the Island you get tons of different types of coastlines. I didn't have time or gear to really do a lot of these landscapes justice (couldn't fit my tripod in my carry-on with my snorkeling gear), and didn't have a ton of time at each spot. That said I thought I share some of them. Any sugestions (particularly on composition and/or post processing appreciated).

#1 Big Beach On South Shore




#2 Road to Lahiana Looking back at Haleakala




#3 Sunset looking West at Lani'i on Road to Lahiana




#4 Sunrise from Whale Watching Boat over Haleakala


#5 Holoula Bay



#6 Near Nakalele Blowhole on North West Coast


#7 North West Coast



#8 Sunset from Napilil Bay (From Point and Shoot camera as I didn't have my DSLR with me :-( ).

karlabbott

I like #4 quite a bit. I would try and darken the sun on the left side of the image a bit and add contrast to the textured area to the right of the sun.

zoomer

Amazing scenery, thanks for sharing. My favorite of these is 6, I can almost hear the surf pounding.

theprincereturns

karlabbott wrote: »

I like #4 quite a bit. I would try and darken the sun on the left side of the image a bit and add contrast to the textured area to the right of the sun.

Thanks for the suggestion. I did a bit of contrast adjustments to the sky but not a lot. I was also torn between trying to pull detail out of the mountain as well. I thought it actually detracted some from the sky and ocean. Maybe a high contrast black and white would work as well with more detail.

theprincereturns

Thanks :-) Yeah the surf was quite rough and the wind was actually very high that day. I am pretty far away from the coast for that picture, but the swells were 10-15 ft with a wind advisory of 25-35MPH. I tried to hike down to the blowhole, but you have to go down this narrow reveine to get there and I was litterally being blown backwards by the wind. So that coupled with needing to get back to the airport ment I didn't get to go down :-P

zoomer wrote: »

Amazing scenery, thanks for sharing. My favorite of these is 6, I can almost hear the surf pounding.

theprincereturns

zoomer wrote: »

Amazing scenery, thanks for sharing. My favorite of these is 6, I can almost hear the surf pounding.

I posted a couple more pounding surf pictures on a new thread for you zoomer ;-)

http://www.dgrin.com/showthread.php?p=1743977#post1743977