Photo Update
Howdy! Feel free to scroll down to the next post to get right to the tip for today. This post is just for folks that would like to see a few photos I've taken as of late. If you've noticed that I've been a little silent this week it's because I've been on a cruise in Hawaii teaching Photoshop and Lightroom with Moose Peterson, Laurie Excel and Dave Cross. We've had a great time with the class and gotten some fabulous photo opportunities. I thought I'd share a few here:
1) Photo taken during sunset at Lahaina Beach
2) Another sunset photo from Lahaina
4) Another Sunrise at Wailea Beach
5) This one was taken at a hotel in Maui (the little girl's father and I started talking photography and the light was just too good).
6) The lava flow on The Big Island from about 1/2 mile off shore on our cruise ship (shot at 3200 ISO - the photo just doesn't do it justice)
Note: This one is just for fun. I thought it was an amazing site to see and wanted to share it with you. That lava flow doesn't happen all the time and many folks come here and never get to see it. However, the photo is just too noisy and not sharp enough to print.
Please do me a big favor and leave a comment to let me know which one you like best (if any). I'm going to be doing some printing when I get back and maybe you can help me narrow the list down. Anyway, the cruise is over tomorrow and I'll be really sad to say goodbye to some great friends that I've made during the week. Now I gotta go get some sleep. Getting up at 5:00am for a sunrise shoot. See ya!
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August 18th, 2008 at 9:35 pm
#1 and #4 are the best. See you Sat
August 18th, 2008 at 9:38 pm
#4 rocks. love it.
August 18th, 2008 at 11:54 pm
Can’t decide between #4 and #1 as my favorite-they’re both great!
August 19th, 2008 at 9:56 am
The flower is a Plumeria, and it was excellent. I liked the beach with the big island in the distance. The clouds in the background bringing both sides of the bay together in the forground did a lot for the composition even though the bay shoreline was dark.
To bad you missed the big surf. Pipe, Sunset et all are magnificent during the winter surf and a photographic challenge to say the least.
Aloha,
Mike
August 19th, 2008 at 1:50 pm
The are all superb…but I’m loving the two sunrise pix the best. The flower shot is very lovely, also.
Anna
August 19th, 2008 at 2:32 pm
My fave is Another sunset at Wailea … I would have like to see this at a longer exposure to froth up the water. Otherwise, great shot, perspective with wide angle.
August 19th, 2008 at 2:33 pm
Ooops … I meant another … sunrise.
August 19th, 2008 at 3:21 pm
I am a BIG fan of photo #1. The flower. I would proudly hang this one on my wall.
August 19th, 2008 at 4:40 pm
hawaii1.jpg and hawaii3.jpg. The yellow, blue, and white in the flower photo look so nice together - I love that one.
August 19th, 2008 at 6:05 pm
#2 is the best, as far as I’m concerned, because of the little self-referential story that I read into it–a bunch of photographers poaching a sunset, and one dude says “not as spectacular as what I was hoping for,” so he gets up and leaves. For me, this one is all about photography.
August 20th, 2008 at 12:04 pm
My favorite is the little girl. Second would be the flowers. Very nice work.
Your job is just too fun!
August 21st, 2008 at 7:07 pm
My favorites are #1, 3, and 5
You can almost smell the flowers! The sunset with the light burst with the clouds is amazing, and the little girl - precious, or should I say ‘priceless?’
August 21st, 2008 at 10:20 pm
“Another Sunrise”, hands down.
It is a breathtaking shot.
They’re all very good, but that one is best of this bunch.
August 22nd, 2008 at 1:02 pm
The flower does it for me.
September 4th, 2008 at 1:23 pm
I really like the first one of the flower. I think it’s that real intense painterly effect that the DOF created. Was there any other technique to that? I do a lot of macros and i’m always looking for a way to make them more interesting.
I also really like the one with the sunset and all the people on the beach. I love how the sun hits off the sides of the palms. My question (im a serious amatuer remember) is how you got the sky and forground exposed and balanced? I’m nly familiar with using ND grads but i’ve never understoof what one is to do when theres something in the way… like say… those enormous palm trees that block the majority of the sky.
September 6th, 2008 at 2:46 pm
I really love photo number 4 (another sunrise). No words for it!
By the way: Thanks for this great site. Very good for inspiration.
Rob
the Netherlands
September 6th, 2008 at 4:41 pm
I like the picture of the little girl the best. Love the way the light shines through her hair. Actually, all the pictures are great.
September 7th, 2008 at 7:05 pm
#1 The flower.
#2 The girl.
#3 Sunset photo from Lahaina.
In that order.
Cheers.
September 12th, 2008 at 1:33 pm
My fave is #4 - Another Sunrise at Wailea Beach. But the flower is quite close to it.
Great site!
September 12th, 2008 at 10:32 pm
Love them all, but Another Sunrise at Wailea Beach (number 4) is my favorite. Great job by the way.
September 13th, 2008 at 8:36 pm
Another sunrise is the heads above all the others. The eye leading you in and ending on the mountain is great.
The girl would be second.
September 23rd, 2008 at 3:09 pm
Photo taken during sunset at Lahaina Beach, to my eyes this is the best shot, amazing DOF. Realy great
December 22nd, 2008 at 3:00 pm
I love the “Another Sunrise at Wailea Beach”. Did you take the picture with CPL filter? Or did you just do some additional editing in LR? Either way, I would love some tips to take pictures like this.