Honolulu Hale Christmas Lights - 12/21/2009

The Eyes of Hawaii group met for the annual Christmas light photo shoot. The night shoot presented a great exposure and lighting challenge. I tried manual settings to try and overcome the under/over exposure of dark and light areas but still wasn't too successful. Here are the results. We met at the municipal parking lot then headed on Beretania to the State Capitol.
Continuing on Beretania, a lone lighted Christmas tree at Washington place.
We turned onto Bishop and headed for Bishop Square...but first, I took a quick snapshot ...
The lights at Bishop square changes color and I decided to create an HDR...first, the white colored lights..
Then the lights turned red...
When I combined the two shots in HDR...
We then ended back at Honolulu Hale...it was REALLY crowded and I managed to only get a couple of good shots...Hopefully, I'll get a chance to try again when it is less crowded.