27 | April
"Hanalei Valley"
General: 1:35 PM on 1/13/06 | Canon 20D
Technical: 1/100sec | f/11.0 | 17mm (27mm) | ISO-100
Lens: EF 17-40mm f/4L USM
Exposure Mode: Manual
Exposure Bias: +0
Flash: No

This is perhaps one of the more photographed spots on Kauai. I was hoping to make a panoramic out of it, but I wasn't using a fast enough shutter speed for the rate at which I was spinning around (lack of tripod). A HDR image will have to suffice: a gradient was used to add a second processed shot for detail in a blindingly bright sky (same RAW file).

This part of the island gets an enormous amount of rain (as you can see here), and is therefore very green (as you can see here also). Oh, and Happy Birthday, Mom!.

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categories: hawaii landscape nature rainforest

Thoughts of: Ian
April 27th, 2006 at 4:44 AM

That's an awesome scene! Great contrast in colours..

Thoughts of: Chantal
April 27th, 2006 at 5:28 AM

Great photo with this myst

Thoughts of: Raymond Tse
April 27th, 2006 at 5:57 AM

Great photo- the saturated greens are fantastic.

Thoughts of: bruno
April 27th, 2006 at 11:31 AM

yeah you know what we want! more Kauai shots for the people! :) love this image. its so peacefull and colorfull. love it :)

Thoughts of: Justin Gaynor
April 27th, 2006 at 4:17 PM

HDR has done these clouds well...beautiful.

Thoughts of: Dennis Rogers
April 27th, 2006 at 7:23 PM

Great idea to use the same RAW file. Nicely done.

Thoughts of: Nik
April 28th, 2006 at 10:51 AM

I think we need to see a wallpaper for this one :)

Thoughts of: Mom
April 28th, 2006 at 11:00 AM

Thanks for the birthday greeting - and especially the card! You're a wonderful son - and a great photographer with the gift of artistically portaying the world to us. Thank you for making it a more special place!

Thoughts of: Jasper
April 29th, 2006 at 3:44 AM

This is very impressive. Nice work on the post-processing!

Thoughts of: Kris
April 29th, 2006 at 12:38 PM

very beautiful landscape photo, great job!!

Thoughts of: Chet
May 1st, 2006 at 9:19 AM

This is beautiful work.

Thoughts of: Laurent
May 2nd, 2006 at 9:32 AM

Great Landscape, Colors are great and really enhace the rainy mood. Well done

Thoughts of: Jason Ertel
May 2nd, 2006 at 9:43 PM

Beautiful shot! Color again is excellent.

Regards,

Jason

Thoughts of: Andy
May 29th, 2006 at 7:46 PM

Well shot! What a place where heaven and earth collide.

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