Kamehameha Day Parade - 06/13/2015

Life's schedule took it's toll and I finally got to work on my pics from The Kamehameha Day Parade. I enjoy these parades because of the pa'u riders and their beautiful leis and horses. It was super hot and I don't know how they manage with all the heavy dresses and leis. It was also a super sunny morning and my exposure was all over the place from blown out because of the bright sun to being underexposed in the shade from the occasional puffy cloud. I was lucky to find a good spot behind a guy sitting on a beach chair who wore a cool hat (darn, should've gotten a pic) made from cutting a hole in card board soda tray, the kind you'd get w/ your large take out orders. A lot of the parade participants looked his way so I was able to get a lot of photos when they turned his way. :-)

The Kamehameha parade always have the king and his court. I had to fix the harsh shadows on their faces in PSE.

People in the parade were waving to the man sitting in front of me with the soda tray hat and yelled out 'cool hat'..

It was super bright.. and the white colors get really blown out.

Each island was represented by it's color and flowers.