Below you will find pages that utilize the taxonomy term “Hawaii”
Top 200 Photos: #35
Back to Hawaii for this Top 200 Photo
It was one of those trips to Hawaii without Danielle. I was really bored so I went out onto the beach since my hotel was right across the street from the beach. I found this long concrete pier that had a crowd of people on it. I figured I’d go check it out. Essentially, people were waiting until the waves stopped, then jumping into the water. It was a good 20 feet or more to the water below. The reason for waiting for the waves to stop is that otherwise they’d slam you into the concrete pier. Also, you had to launch yourselves a ways out because you didn’t want a wave to arrive as soon as you’d landed. I was standing behind two girls (who you’ll see in photo #29) and they jumped in one-by-one. I love shots of dynamic action like jumping because it tends to look really cool. I missed her friend, but I got her jumping in.
Top 200 Photos: #150
Out onto the Pacific for today’s Top 200 Photo.
I’d never seen a whale in the wild before, so I knew we HAD to take advantage of the humpback whales who come to Hawaii for the winter. We went out on a lunch cruise to go see some whales. The only disappointing thing (which is not mentioned in the brochures) is that you can only get within 100 yards of the whales. That’s a whole football field away! And I didn’t have my Sigma 120-400 (link to B&H) yet, so this is the closest I could get to the whale. At least we got lucky and this mother jumped out. She was teaching her kid how to slap the water and other things and at first I thought we’d just see fins and tails.
Early June Photojojo
This latest photojojo entry focuses on a business trip I took to Hawaii last June.
Photojojo for Early Jan
This time last year I was in Hawaii on a business trip while most people here were at the Inauguration. See this photo capsule online at the photojojo site.
A Daily Photo
Rather than pile up my daily photos whenever I forget to post them, I’ll just post them one at a time and build up a stream of photos. I haven’t been in much a textual blogging mood recently. Perhaps that’ll return eventually.
Whenever I’m in Oahu, I love eating at this ramen joint. If your only experience of ramen is cup o’ noodles, you haven’t had real ramen. Check it out next time you’re in a heavy Japanese neighborhood. This place has good price and service and the food is pretty filling - especially if you get the rice and dumplings.
Hawaii Day 5
And now it’s time for the conclusion of my Hawaii travel photo blog. ( Started Here) The first photos are Friday EST, but still Thursday in Hawaii.
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That night I was bored so I set up my tripod on my balcony and shot some night scenes.
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Hawaii Day 4
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In yesterday’s post I mentioned how I overcame my shyness and it led to a good picture. That doesn’t mean I stopped taking candid photos. I wonder what she thought when she saw the camera pointed her way. Afterwards I shot some photos of the guy with a million balloons who happened to be passing by in the photo above. Did she think I was aiming for him? Because that was my intention - for her to think that. Although, I did want a photo of him too. I ended up taking about four and this was the best one.
Hawaii Day 3
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I think everyone has seen a street performer painted in metal and dressed in clothes with a metallic-looking surface. I’ve seen them in Miami, Vegas, and Fort Lauderdale. But only in Honolulu have I seen three of them on the same street only a block from each other. At first when I saw the guy in the newspaper clothing I thought that was pretty creative. But then I saw the metallic guy just a block over. And after that I saw the guy in the “ska” checker board suit. Definitely some points are due for them not all looking the same. But are there really that many people who want a photo with a metallic man that they will take three such photos?
Hawaii Day 2
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I forgot to mention, in my first post, that since I took all of my camera bodies and my GPS unit, I didn’t want to have to worry about setting it back to EST when I got back home, so I left everything in EST. So I decided to divide my days (for the purpose of these posts) as if it were in EST. So, on Day 2 I continued to take pictures as I walked about. But I also tried out the new underwater housing I bought for Danielle’s camera. It was pretty awesome being able to have the camera with me in the water. I was able to get some photos underwater and, if Danielle had been with me, we could have taken portraits of each other in the water. Nearly all of my photos from that day were with the underwater housing and here is a sampling of those photos.
Hawaii Day 1
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Last week I boarded a plane on a business trip to Hawaii. This time my wife couldn’t come along so all I had to do after work was attend to my photography.
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Hawaii Trip and Pictures
During inaugural week I was in Hawaii. Given how cold it was in the Balitmore/DC area that week, I can’t say I wasn’t happy to be there. I stayed at the Embassy Suites Beach Walk in Waikiki and I cannot say enough good things about the hotel. When we first checked in we were offered some tropical drinks both alcoholic and non-alcoholic. The rooms were suite style and very well kept. Every morning they had a whole bunch of complimentary breakfast food - including omlets made to order. They also had a happy hour every night with free drinks and cheap snacks.
Of course, I took my Canon 400D and Fujifilm A 345. Overall I did pretty well. Out of 800+ pictures only 63 were out of focus. Also, for sake of mentioning it, 61 were of my wife. That’s a new thing for me as we usually don’t take the usual tourist-y pictures. Our first day were were still on Eastern Time so we got up at 0400 and went to watch the sun rise.