Taro Skies

Thanks for looking! Wow, off the front page in 11 minutes!

Yes, I had to come all the way to Kauai to see the kind of light you get in the UK. In California it is usually completely clear, or completely cloudy while it rains. Then it clears right back up again. There is very little opportunity to work with light in the same way. Not that I'm going to give up, but it doesn't happen often.

Patrick

Thanks for looking in!

LOL Freda, I wish it was. I spent a lot of time looking at these mountians over the 9 days I was there...waiting... waiting...and waiting! I just lucked out on the last day.

Patrick

Thanks for your comments!

LOL - Jeanie, you are a big kid? I'm glad I was sitting down when I read that because I am in shock!

Thanks Ian. Yes, there is a lot of untouched land out here. Not so much in the immediate San Francisco area since there are 7 million people nearby. But away from the urban area, it is unspoiled. And because parks were set up before there were many people here, even some local coastal areas are unspoiled. And then there is the whole western half of the continent. I've noticed a difference in style too. I'm trying to integrate what I see on EPZ and UK photo books with local photography. They can be very different.

Still, light is light!

Patrick

Thansk Janet.

LOL Jouko, I will admit that I was up every morning at 3-5am for a 6:30am sunrise. And then I spent a lot of the day thinking about where to go for the sunset. But I got lots of snorkeling and hiking done during the day. So I managed a good vacation too.

Patrick

Thanks for looking! It has been a busy week, but I'll be browsing around later.

Yes, Ann, the shot with the 7 waterfalls I'll put up later. It is one of my favourites from the vacation.

LOL Jouko, yes 3am for you in the summer is probably the perfect time. But here is it just dark and the trails are very slippery!

Thanks Mark (sneazy), I agree that early morning is the way to go here!

Yes Kin, I needed to hold the extra grad but it was worth it, as the shot I took without it has the top righ tclouds getting blown out a bit.


Thanks Doug. This one definitely needed to be in portrait mode. I would have done a wider version but there were too many trees to the left and right of this scene.

Jennnn? Paddie???? LOL - Have you been talking with that southern belle??

I agree Maddie!

Thanks Sez, that is what I wanted. I got the lens to within 3 feet of the foreground leaves to get that effect.

Patrick

Thanks for your comments!

It was paradise Tony!

I know what you mean Mike. That is why I have other versions, including that extreme one.

Patrick