King Tide - 5/27/2017

The King Tide is supposed to occur over the next couple of days.  The last time it came last month, I went to take photos on the Ala Wai and Waikiki Beach.  The south swells made it seem even higher and sections of the beach lost all the sand area.

The water in certain sections of the Ala Wai golf course reached quite far.

Several steps were under water.

The reef at Waikiki beach was gone and there were only the signs left uncovered,

Both sides of this breaker was sandy, now only one side is uncovered.  The surf also pushed water up to where I stood.

It almost look like I was at North Shore at times.

Hokule'a Homecoming -- 6/17/2017

Hokule'a ended a 3-year voyage and arrived at Magic Island this morning.  I wasn't able to go and watched it at home.  I decided to take a chance to see if I could still see it just around sunset.  I was lucky she was still there.  I was surprised Nainoa Thompson was there.  He was very humble and gracious as he spoke to the people there.  He explained he wanted to be respectful of everyone that came but they'd have to move Hokule'a closer to the Ala Moana Bridge so they can prepare to bring her to the Convention Center during low tide tomorrow morning. I am so glad I made it.

It started to drizzle w/ the passing clouds and my lens got rain drops so I resorted to using my iphone.

The 6D full frame test.

It got really dark after the sunset and I didn't have flash and even with the high ISO it was near impossible so I tried using my iphone.  

Here's the photo at ISO 1250.  I had to brighten in PSE but it looks a little grainy.

Giant Fireworks - 06/04/2017

A Japanese cosmetic company celebrated their anniversary in Hawaii and put on a giant firework show.  I was lucky I got to see it since it was out at Waikiki Beach.  It wasn't crowded so I had a great seat showing up 1/2 hour before showtime.  It was a good night for fireworks because it wasn't too windy but breezy enough to blow away the smoke.