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[sstamm]

Re-post of one of my favorite Maui sunsets.

I can see why it would be a favorite- I love everything about it- just beautiful!

 

[HatTrick]

I can see why it would be a favorite- I love everything about it- just beautiful!

Thanks. So many people who photograph sunsets leave when the sun is no longer visible. That shot was possible because I remembered reading that the most spectacular part of a sunset sometimes occurs 10 or 15 minutes after the disc has dipped below the horizon.

I had arrived late to the Lahaina seawall; the sun was gone and thought I had missed a chance to shoot. But before joining my wife, who was shopping across the street, I hung around for awhile, hoping for an encore. Suddenly, the sky seemed to explode in color; it was the most amazing sunset I had ever seen. And it lasted a long time--so long in fact that after I had shot from every angle and vantage point I could think of, I met my wife at the Hard Rock Cafe and got this shot with the painted sky visible through a window.

 

[T_R_Oglodyte]

Thanks. So many people who photograph sunsets leave when the sun is no longer visible. That shot was possible because I remembered reading that the most spectacular part of a sunset sometimes occurs 10 or 15 minutes after the disc has dipped below the horizon.

That's the case when there are very high cirrus clouds. Those clouds do not get lighted from below until after the sun drops below the horizon.

Here are a couple of my favorite Hawaii sunset shots - these were taken on successive nights. The first is 'Anaeho'omalu Bay. The second, taken the following night, is from the fairway of Hole #2 at the Kona Country Club, right next to Mauna Loa Village Resort. The clouds in the second photo were the leading edge of Hurricane Flossie, the remnants of which made landfall the next day.

 

[HatTrick]

Quite an angry sky in that second image, Steve. This one (Maui) has some of that quality.

Maui sunset with an overcast sky.

 

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"Science City"

The observatories on the summit of Haleakala, Maui.

 

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Scenic Oahu Image

 

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The Daily Grind

New York City subway commuters.

 

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Waikiki Kiss

 

[T_R_Oglodyte]

South Point - Hawai`i Big Island

 

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Golden Hour: Lahaina, Maui

 

[T_R_Oglodyte]

Sunrise at Sea Mountain

Sea Mountain is on the south side of the Big Island of Hawai'i, right next to the Punalu'u black sand beach.

 

[HatTrick]

Dusk, Island of Hawaii

Royal Kona Resort, Kailua-Kona.

 

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Waikiki Sunset

 

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Beach with White Rocks

Looking out at Waiulua Bay, Big Island of Hawaii.

 

[Elan]

Great pic. Very cool colors & perspective.

 

[HatTrick]

Great pic. Very cool colors & perspective.

Thanks very much, Jim.

I wish I could get my wife interested in photography when we're in Lahaina. It would certainly be a less expensive hobby than the one she has!

 

[easyrider]

4 am moonset from ko olina oahu

 

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still around 4 am

 

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ko olina lights

 

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4-30 am moonset

 

[artringwald]

Here's a view of the Point at Poipu that many have not seen.

 

[Mosca]

This one goes back about 10 years. I got a set of complimentary tickets to Champions on Ice, which is Olympians doing Olympic stuff... and when we got there, they were first row, just off center ice! I didn't have a DSLR then, just a decent point & shoot (circa 2001), and of course no tripod allowed. I did the best I could resting the camera on the boards.

 

[jerseyfinn]

A few images from Florida trips in November & December last year.

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Tourists

Patterns

Take Out Dinner​

 

[geoand]

A different perspective when it comes to "bird's eye view."

 

[easyrider]

sunset over the Yucatan jungle.