DirtyGlassEye
Beating heart (explored 9/5/25)
The spirit of adventure is prominent in shots like this. A living tropical jungle in the middle of an oceanic US state. I sought to encapsulate many things in this shot such as a leading path that could encapsulate the nature, the mystery, and perhaps a rundown overgrown path, a sense of abandonment with the rust on the railings (think I also got a vanishing point from this). Wahiawā is just that interesting.
As much as I was enthralled by this place, I had yet to pull in a moneymaker of a shot. Time was running thin. I was on the hour, and soon I would have to leave to get back to HNL to fly out to Tokyo. With a mild amount of stress, I power-walked through the rest of the gardens and before long I found this. It looked like it was a pathway left to rot and for nature to come in and threaten it's remains. It looks long dead, and at the same time, very much alive.
I have more shots from here but this might be favorite composition. Again, for how much I think Hawaii is overrated and not worth my time (and I stand by that claim on Honolulu), this place proved me wrong on many levels. Stepping into a new world that doesn't play by the usual rules (so in a sense, the title has multiple meanings and they're all true). Live for the thrill of travel, there's nothing greater on this earth.
Edit after explore: Finally, a shot I'm actually proud of (granted it's only the second one). Thank you all!
Beating heart (explored 9/5/25)
The spirit of adventure is prominent in shots like this. A living tropical jungle in the middle of an oceanic US state. I sought to encapsulate many things in this shot such as a leading path that could encapsulate the nature, the mystery, and perhaps a rundown overgrown path, a sense of abandonment with the rust on the railings (think I also got a vanishing point from this). Wahiawā is just that interesting.
As much as I was enthralled by this place, I had yet to pull in a moneymaker of a shot. Time was running thin. I was on the hour, and soon I would have to leave to get back to HNL to fly out to Tokyo. With a mild amount of stress, I power-walked through the rest of the gardens and before long I found this. It looked like it was a pathway left to rot and for nature to come in and threaten it's remains. It looks long dead, and at the same time, very much alive.
I have more shots from here but this might be favorite composition. Again, for how much I think Hawaii is overrated and not worth my time (and I stand by that claim on Honolulu), this place proved me wrong on many levels. Stepping into a new world that doesn't play by the usual rules (so in a sense, the title has multiple meanings and they're all true). Live for the thrill of travel, there's nothing greater on this earth.
Edit after explore: Finally, a shot I'm actually proud of (granted it's only the second one). Thank you all!