The Keahole coastline never ceases to amaze me with it’s complete uniqueness and hidden gems.
[title color=”dark” size=”h3″] Kiholo Bay is an amazing place to visit [/title]
Walking around the beautiful turquoise water of Kiholo bay is an amazing experience. Fingers of pillowing lava jut out into the bay creating exciting alcoves with amazing vistas. Resting honu, schools of fish, and A’ama crabs. I just happened upon these three honu as I wrapped around a corner of lava rock. Just amazing.
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[title color=”dark” size=”h4″] A great Honor [/title]
I definitely wasn’t expecting to receive the honor of Photo of the Day by Popular Photography Magazine again, at least not for a while, since I was just chosen last Friday for my Crater Lake photo. I am grateful and excited. Thank you Popular Photography.
It is always a big surprise when I see the results of a long exposure. In this case is was the white surf that drew a pattern across the ocean’s surface from each crashing wave. Almost mimics the pattern of the clouds above.
[title color=”dark” size=”h3″] Opposite Shots [/title]
This shot is a continuation of the latest sunset shots. It seems to me that there are two pictures here in this shot. That if you cover up half of the image with your hand each side has a unique feel and quality. To bring in the yin yang, opposite, effect the left side is light and exciting, however, in contrast, the right side is dark and soothing.
1/4 second of movement can be so exciting. In fact, I love the look of it.
It always amazes me at how us as humans act around dangerous situations especially something that seems so mild. At first, the next victim approaches. They watch as a the first wave crashes against the rocks, see where the water falls, and begin to get a little closer. This continues until they are too close. Then the large set rolls in and the once seemingly mild wave crashes are now a 20 foot wall of instant unhappiness. After they are completely drenched they disappear and the next group of unsuspecting people come in.
The guy in this photo did much of the same thing. He stood there posing in front of the waves while his family took pictures of him.
The end of the year is almost here. We have only one more sunset before we call it 2013.
Today I wasn’t even planning to do any photography, instead I have been working on several other projects. One being another bird feeder. I stepped outside to check if the glue was dry to move onto another piece when I glanced up at the sky. For the past couple of days the VOG has been so thick that any sunset just turns into mud as it sulks into the water. Today was another one of those days, however, there was one moment the sun shined through the haze to illuminate the under belly of the clouds. These moments are when I appreciate being a photographer. This moment will now live in my collection as a reminder of the Hawaiian sunsets.
[title color=”dark” size=”h3″] The cliche water drop image! [/title]
Of course I am going to shoot this image, which is not as easy at it looks. In doing this shot I didn’t want to completely re-setup what everyone else has done, but with a little twist.
I set up two flashes under a glass bowl of water focused upward through the bowl to where the drop would hit the surface. Placed a blue piece of paper in the background to help with reflecting a nice blue color into the water, contrasting with the red drops. Then with a red food coloring dropper, squeezed one droplet at a time. The hard part is timing the droplet just before it hit the water surface, or while it hit the surface.
© Christopher Johnson