Tag Archive: Kauai

Jan 04 2010

Fiddling while the wind blows

Waimea fiddlehead

From the vast to the tiny…  Yesterday’s photo was a panorama of the Na Pali coast from the top of Waimea Canyon. Today’s is just a teensy bit of detail from the same spot. One of the things that always surprises me about Kauai is that it’s not all palm trees, hibiscus, and bougainvillea. Yes, there are …

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Jan 03 2010

Na Pali coast

NaPali panorama 1

Waimea Canyon, on Kauai, is breathtaking. From the end of the road, there are immense vistas of the canyon on one side and the Na Pali cliffs on the other. And at 4,000 feet high, the colors seem brighter than they do at sea level. Kauai’s famous red dirt glows in the sunlight, and the ocean is a …

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Dec 25 2009

Hold it right there…

tropicbird

Having lots of light is a luxury, especially this time of year.  With enough light, you don’t have to make trade-offs between shutter speed and depth of field — to put it simply, you can get just about anything in focus, no matter how fast it’s moving or how far away it is. Consequently you …

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