Hawaiian Birds
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This is Haena beach, at the end of the Puna triail, 5 miles round trip: bigislandhikes.com/the-puna-trail
Ornamental trees Araucaria columnaris or Araucacia heterophylla waiting for the storm near O'ahu North Shore, Hawaii.
A natural scene, in Hawaii. Palm trees, mountains , clouds and blue sky.... Doesn't get much better.
This was a major sugar cane area until about 1985, now lots of abandoned or closed places. NE coast of Hawaii
Statue of Duke Paoa Kahanamoku
He won 3 gold, 2 silver, and 1 bronze medal as a swimmer in 4 Olympic Games between 1912 and 1932. He was also known as the "Father of International Surfing."
On a trip in Hawaii. We’re on the Big Island (BKA) The Island of Hawaii. There’s eight islands total. Due to the pandemic we weren’t able to visit the other islands, not to mention the cost of transportation between the islands. But we were content with seeing the work of our Heavenly Father’s hand in action. We climbed up and down a foot trail to get a glimpse of the waterfront until we eventually got there. More pics to come!
I didn't go to Hawaii (although looking at the weather here, I wish I were). We have a small population of these in Western Europe (likely offspring of individuals that escaped captivity at some point).
This one (no clue if it's a male or female) was only semi skittish and I was able to get reasonably close to get the shot.
Hawaiian hibiscus are seven species of hibiscus native to Hawaii. The yellow hibiscus is Hawaii's state flower. Most commonly grown as ornamental plants in the Hawaiian Islands are the Chinese hibiscus (Hibiscus rosa-sinensis) and its numerous hybrids, though the native Hibiscus arnottianus is occasionally planted.
a pair of Hawaiian Geese also known as Nene's live in a tropical paradise. These rare Geese are exclusively endemic to the Hawaiian Islands. The Nene is the official bird of the state of Hawaii.
The Nene is the world's rarest goose. Originally in 1778 when Capatain James Cook arrived on Hawaii, it was thought there were 25,000 living on Hawaii. Hunting and introduced predators reduced the poulation to 30 birds by 1952. Thankfully the birds bred well in captivity which aided in the successful re-introduced in 2004. Today the Nene population stands at 2,500 birds.
NOTE;
I liked an image I had taken with my cell phone on Kauai, but I felt it needed something in the foreground. I was feeling artsy and so I found an image of a pair of Nene's that I had also taken on Kauai with my SLR. I decided to add the Geese to add more interest.
The image is a composite of the two images. I placed the Nene's into the image. I then changed the image to black & white and added a simplify filter( Topaz Simplify) to it. I then hand painted in Lightroom all the colors. I then exported to Luminar 2018 where I added a few other filters! Some tweaking later, I was happy with the end result.
God is the ultimate artist and has an imagination beyond our comprehension. All y'all southerners in the snow be safe.
I've heard that if you order a Hawaiian pizza in Italy, you go straight to prison without a trial.
Lens : Mitakon 50mm f/0.95
Aperture : 0.95
This picture was taken on Kauai, Hawaii, near the Fern Grotto. It has a tint of vignette of the edges. Hope you enjoy!
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After completing the micro lens adjustment on the Zuiko 150f2 with 2X TC I did a couple of test shots of stuff around the balcony of my apt. Along came my regular visitor, Sunbird who wanted a piece of the action as well.
This fern was from my late father. I never knew that they had lots of very fine hair protecting the fresh shoots. Guess to prevent insects from eating them.
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