Hawaii Summer 2103

Prior

My wife and I were fortunate enough to visit Hawaii this summer for a week and a half and spend a few days touring Pearl Harbor and spend the remainder of the time on the Big Island. I'm finally getting around to uploading/posting a few of the pictures from our visit- I'm still new to post processing with Lightroom; plenty to learn. Hope you enjoy, and always appreciate any comments!


Palm Trees, Chain of Craters Road, Big Island
Shot with the D2X and polarizing filter, my wife liked the 'cooked' look of this one.


Crashing Waves, also on the Chain of Craters Road, Big Island
I took a series of these with the waves crashing in, want to make somewhat of a stacked collage of these shots.


Akaka Falls, Big Island


Waipio Valley, Big Island. This area is sparsely populated but was once the center of Hawaiian society and population. A large tsunami wiped the area out- it's now home to less than 50 people, all native Hawaiians. Access is via a very steep, 4 wheel drive only road.


Lava Flow Beaches, Big Island


Waipio Valley from the beach


Waipio Valley Sunset, from the balcony of our B&B. Power lines and the tree aren't my fav, but the lihgt in this one was just stunning.

Hope you all enjoyed a few shots from our trip. I can't wait to go back again!

JonaBeth Russell

Beautiful captures!

My wife despises power lines in a shot, and I can totally relate. However, something about the power lines is charming to me. It makes it feel real -accessible to humans.

JeffC230

loooooooooove these posts!

Fiddlestix

These are beautiful images of a very beautiful environment. I believe that Hawaii is perhaps the most beautiful place on earth!

Really like the contents and the clarity of your images. Images 1 and 2 seem to have a bit of a yellow tint in the sky area. Maybe it is my monitor or maybe there was some smoke in the air at the time. Regardless, well done!

Prior

Thanks for the comments. The first two do look a little yellow to me- there was some smoke in the area, but I probably tweaked something during processing. I'll see what I can do to clear those up a bit.

Thanks again!
Prior

shawnc

Images from the Future? Summer of 2103? I like the images. Last one in particular. I have a hard time with power lines and make every effort to shoot around, or remove in post if possible. Otherwise, that's my fav.