Driftwood resting on the sand at Kapa'a Beach. Does anyone else see the face tin the log?
My two boys and I took a boat tour of the Na Pali coastline today. It was a pretty amazing tour on a zodiac boat that was able tour maneuver in and out of the caves. This photo was taken at the end of our day as the sun was setting over the coastline of the Na Pali Coast.
What used to be a sea cave along the Na Pali coast .
Short hike along a beautiful coastal trail called Maha'ulepu or the english name, the heritage trail .
Beautiful night views at Glass beach on the island of Kauai
I have been trying to shoot some milky way shots while visiting Kauai. Unfortunately the weather on the side of the island where we are staying was not cooperating. I ended up driving to the town of Eleele for clear night skies.
I believe that this is a female house finch. I could be wrong though. I'm pretty sure that this is some kind of finch located in Kauai, Hawai'i.
Hawaiian monk seal covering it's face trying to block out the light to take a quick nap.
Tahitian screw pine or Hala is a native plant to the Hawaiian islands. When you first see the plant you thin that the big green bud the size of a pineapple is a pineapple. These are not pineapple.
Waves and Sunset
The ceiling on this sea cave collapsed thousands of years ago.
Heritage Trail located in the town of Poipu which is along the southern coast of Kauai. It native Hawaiian name is Maha'ulepu
I always love visiting Hawai'i this time of the year. In Alaska it is now too light to go out for night photography. Here in Hawai'i it gets plenty dark. Also being this close to the equator the milky way and the stars seem to be so much closer.
The milky way shot from the Hanapepe Valley Lookout in Kauai.
Female house finch
Hawaiian Monk Seal.
Surfer on Kealia beach is paddling out to catch the next wave.
Waves and Sunset 2
The power of water is pretty amazing.
Glass Beach, Hawai'i
I started my night at the beach. The milky was shining bright, but the clouds started moving in. I eventually packed up and moved further south to Eleele where the skies were clear.
Captured a female house finch sitting in a She oak tree
Hawaaian monk seal taking a break from the ocean.
I had the sunset all to myself. Very unusual to not have anyone around during the beautiful Kauai sunset
The charter took us deep into a sea cave along the NaPali coastline, It was very warm and humid.
Millions of years ago this was a hostile location. It still must've been an incredible sight to see the lava flowing to make the islands of Hawai'i.
This little fellow was hanging out on my lanai pecking at bird seed that the neighbors up above were feeding the birds yesterday.
Such an amazing night photographing the milky way. The previous day the family and I visited this beach, Glass beach, and saw a Hawaiian monk seal basking in the sun on the beach. As I was making my way down to the beach I remembered that there might be a chance that the seal might be back sleeping on the beach. So I turned on my flashlight and scanned the beach real quick, but didn't see anything. Then I took this amazing shot of the milky way. After a few shots I picked up my camera gear and decided to move further down the beach right under the tree pictured on the left. I almost got to the tree and got this feeling that I should check one more time for that seal. Luckily I did. When I turned on my light, what I previously thougt on my first scan was a rock turned out to be a Hawaiian monk seal fast asleep, less than 10 feet in front of me! I almost stepped on a monk seal! This particular monk seal was about 6 feet long and around 200 to 300 pounds. The reason I didn't see him was that it was pointed in my direction. It was horizontal to the water line.
View from the top of Sleeping Giant mountain. This was our second attempt at hiking Sleeping Giant with a toddler. On our frist attempt last year we made it about 3/4 of the way to the top. This year we made it all the way to the chin of sleeping giant. Next year we are shooting for the nose of Sleeping Giant.
Surfer at Kahili Beach bailing at the end of his ride
kikiaola small boat harbor
The views along the NaPali coastline are truly amazing. I believe every person should see this in person because picture don't do it justice.
Views from my my ocean charter of the beautiful NaPali coastline.
I was sitting down eating my breakfast working on pictures from the day before when this Japenese White-Eye perched outside my window. Luckily I had my long lens on ready to go, because these little birds don't stay anywhere for long.
There was a lot more light pollution at this location than I was expecting. Behind me there was a really bright sodium vapor light aimed at the beach. Then there was a bright green light to my left shining on the trees. Then a car showed up and drove through my scene. I guess you could say that I used my surroundings to light paint my scene.
This is our home away from home. Waipouli Beach resort located in Kapa'a, Kauai
Hawaiian monk seal comes up for air after burying his face in the sand to get away from the sun.