I saw a fellow EOH photographer take an HDR of Hanauma Bay so I also decided to to the same. I steadied my camera on my camera bag along the railings.
It was an overcast day w/ some rain...but I thought I'd give Koko Head a try w/ HDR.
This WOULD'VE been cool w/ HDR..next time I go back to Hanauma Bay, I gotta remember to try it. Parking was $1...not too bad.
We stopped at one of the lookout along the way. As soon as I saw the brown colors in the rocks, I KNEW it'd make a cool HDR. It was really windy...and good thing that Photomatix has a feature to correct horizontal and vertical shift so it didn't look blurry.
We stopped to eat later at Sweet Home Waimanalo and I thought the old wagon wheel would also make a cool HDR.. I really like how the red colors (wall, open sign, coke frig) came out so vibrant.
I never thought to take food shot w/ a 70-200mm, but I had to take a photo of the food.
On the way at the same lookout, we saw a bunch of sail boats. From the large waves, I think it was a pretty bump ride!
We stopped at Sandy Beach and I got some shots of the boogie boarders.
It was cool to watch them...could probably stay there all day...but the tour had to move on so we left after a few minutes.
We headed to Kailua Beach where there were these cool Kite surfers.
Finally, we found our way to the Pali to head back to town. I took this out the windshield. I had to use some photoshop skills to remove some of the haze from the photo.
It was super windy at the lookout and very hazy. The wind was even able to move my heavy camera & lens...good thing I have a stabilized lens because I couldn't hold my camera still w/ the strong wind.
I think it'd be really spooky driving along here at night...even during the day, it's kinda eerie.
4 comments:
Wow, where do I begin? I love all your photos . . . the angular look of the stairs, the brown striated rocks . . . I love the window at Home Sweet Waimanalo, the reflection of the girl gave it a dreamy look. It's beautiful. If Waimanalo is still a part of Honolulu, you should enter the picture into Honolulu Magazine's contest. Your ribs look sooo ono. The color of your ocean shots is so cool. The last picture of the road with the overhanging branches is a shot I've always wanted to capture, but never have. Great job Shun Wah . . . I'm jelloooos!
Thanks, Jalna! It was great fun getting all the different shots.
By the way, I checked my photos and I made a mistake on the restaurant name.. it's
"Sweet Home Waimanalo"..I'll correct my blog..
Wow - you did a great job "playing tourist" - great shots, great explanations and great use of HDR with no tripod. You go girl!
Wow, great tourist shot! Is this your first time to the islands? Great place for photography! Please post more.
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