Rain on Rainbows

The almost unbelievable multi-hued bark of a stand of three Rainbow Eucalyptus trees growing close together along the road to Hana, in Maui, Hawaii.

 

We had a real rainforest experience on the windward side of Maui the day we headed out to find these trees we had been told were somewhere along the endless twists and turns of the road to Hana. Having seen a few pictures of this type of tree before, I had always assumed that the colors in the photos must have been extremely intensified in post processing. But nature never ceases to amaze. The colors really were exceedingly vibrant in many places even in a heavy rain, though we never saw any of the cool blue hues that are sometimes displayed as the trees age and new bark sections peel to reveal fresh new streaks of color below.

 

With the heavy rain limiting things a little bit and causing some spots of glare on the trunks, I decided to try some very slight (one fiftieth of a second exposure while slowly panning) vertical pans to draw out the bright color streaks and create a slightly more abstract presentation of this already otherworldly beauty.

 

Thanks for visiting.

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