Canon EOS 50D, 50mm, iso 200, shutter 1/4000 @ ƒ/1.8
Tag flickr set
watch the sun go down from a burned out car
Canon EOS 20D, 50mm, iso 100, shutter 1/250 @ ƒ/4
we jeep on weekends
Canon PowerShot A720 IS, 5.8mm, iso 80, shutter 1/640 @ ƒ/4
Actually, we don’t just jeep on the weekends, we do it whenever we get the chance and everytime we have the chance. The black YJ with the snorkle is mine, the white YJ is hubby’s. You can see the larger sizes at flickr.
pyrotechnical
Canon EOS 20D, 56mm, iso 100, shutter 150 Seconds @ ƒ/22
We went to BayFest for the 4th and I really didn’t want to take my big camera. I wouldn’t have been able to get any fireworks shots without a tripod anyway. So I took the little camera and made some videos instead. At BayFest they have fireworks every night, so I took mine last night.
Oh, and go see them on flickr for a larger view.
ma’akua gulch
The hubby and I hiked Ma’akua Gulch last Saturday. It’s a very rough trail because you’re hiking on a rocky stream bed.
This hike is closed and I do not recommend anyone attempt to hike this gulch. It was/is very dangerous. There are rocks literally falling all around you through the later half of the hike. Hubby and I did not stick around very long because of the unsafe conditions.
I often find dark lush woulds hard to capture or rather hard to convey what it is that I am seeing because there is often so much detail. I’m hoping learning more about aperture and remembering to bring my tripod will help.
pro bowl ohana day
Today was Ohana Day at the Aloha Stadium. I hope everyone’s going to watch the Pro Bowl tomorrow and as you see out across Hawaii, look toward the mountains, I live right above the stadium. 
old house
I was inspired by this photo found on flickr. So I drove down the Dendron, VA to find this old house.
daisies
Daisies are my most favorite flower. It is impossible to look at one and not feel some little bit of happiness.
19 self portraits
“It is hardest to look closely at oneself.”
i’ve been everywhere man…
It was very hard to pick out which photos would be posted. I hope these best tell the story…(We drove from LA to VA in 6 days.)
byodo-in
This beautiful Buddhist temple is a replica of the 900-year-old Byodo-In located in Uji, Japan. It is located in one of the most peaceful locations in O’ahu – the Valley of the Temples. The valley is situated against a back-drop of tall cliffs and is landscaped with traditional lush Japanese gardens and koi ponds. Inside the Byodo-In Temple is a nine-foot Lotus Buddha. Outside is a three-ton, brass Peace Bell… [hawaiiweb.com]
Note: It was a pretty gray icky day, perhaps not the best day for photography.
ladybug
Is it a ladybug or a manbug?
at the beach
If I haven’t updated my site, this is where I’ve been…
sunset
Took my 20D out for some sun yesterday.
A few notes: I’m not impressed with the 50mm lens indoors with flash, photos seem under exposed. The black and white modes are fun and I plan on using them. Often I do not convert images to black and white that may have been great black and whites. However, the sepia, green, blue and purple are fun but shouldn’t be over used. All those things can be done in photoshop, why are they in the camera anyway?
I’m in the market for a good bag. I’m looking at a Domke f-2. I already have a ‘day bag’ I need a ‘hold everything for a trip’ bag, any suggestions?
playing with macros
Decided to go outside and play with my tubs. (Not very artistically either.) I used my 50mm lens and 100mm on my 80-200mm lens. I need a new tripod, that’s for sure. And I need to learn more about f-stops. Actually, I have a lot to learn.
vog
There was a lot of vog over the island earlier this week, while it didn’t make the sunset as spectacular as I hoped it was nice no-the-less.
perfect blossoms
A perfect blossom is a rare thing…
You could spend your life looking for one,
And it would not be a wasted life.
– Katsumoto, The Last Samurai
nuuanu valley
Nuuanu Valley hike – 01oct2004
I’d like to point out that it really is that green and lush in the Nuuanu Valley. It’s very other worldly.
kauanla trail
I do a lot of hiking. This was one I did with my family (hence the lack of ‘personal’ photos) and the views were great but the photo opportunities not. Plus I think my film got over heated or something, there’s a lot of purple in the photos.
auto show
The auto show was sort-of a disaster. It didn’t have anything to do with getting there. I drove all the way there and found parking fine. The show its self was ok (I have seen better) but my camera went dead after being there 20 minutes. I did take spare batteries with me but they were dead too. It seems my charger has crapped out. I also ended up taking my kids’ friends. Sigh.
So, the photos are kind of crappy. Half dead camera’s definitely don’t take good pictures and of course they went dead before I got to the viper and corvette. 
barbers point lighthouse
“Having a landmark or prominence named after you is typically considered an honor, however, in the case of Barbers Point, it is doubtful that such was the case. On October 31, 1796, the brig Arthur, captained by Henry Barber, was sailing west from Honolulu to Canton with a load of sea otter pelts aboard. Shortly after leaving Honolulu, the Arthur struck a coral reef that extends roughly a mile from the southwest tip of the island of Oahu. Six of the crew of twenty-two along with the ship were lost in the wreck. Since the wreck, the point has been associated with the captain of the ill-fated vessel. In 1968, the U.S. Board of Geographic Names dropped the apostrophe, changing the name from Barber’s Point to Barbers Point.” ~ lighthousefriends.com
uss utah
“Utah was declared “in ordinary” on 29 December 1941 and was placed under the control of the Pearl Harbor Base Force. Partially righted to clear an adjacent berth, she was then declared “out of commission, not in service,” on 5 September 1944. Utah’s name was struck from the Navy list on 13 November 1944. Her partially submerged hull still remains, rusting, at Pearl Harbor with the remains of 58 Sailors trapped inside.
Where Arizona receives more than 1 million visitors every year, Utah’s remains lie silent in an active military area on Ford Island, where only a handful of active duty service members and former crew members pay their respects to the fallen Sailors and former shipmates. An elegant, white pier extending into the waters in front of Utah’s partially exposed hull marks the site where she was struck and sunk in the surprise attack on that December morning. A polished brass plaque commemorating the ship and crew’s service stands watch at the base of a flagpole. An American flag proudly flies over the site where Utah came to rest.” #
My husbands ship LSV-2 (CW3 Harold C. Clinger) is docked next to the USS Utah.
black and white
Shot with my Canon EOS-Rebel G last year.
