[Leica] New Hawaii Photos

[nathan.wajsman at planet.nl (Nathan Wajsman)]

Business trip, eh? What company do you work for? Are they hiring?

:-)

Nathan

Richard S. Taylor wrote:

> After a long drought I finally got back to photography during a recent 
> business trip to Hawaii.  I spent most of my time on the Big Island in 
> Hilo and on the top of Mauna Kea (at 14,000 feet) where we run an 
> observatory.
> 
> These were all taken with my M7 and either the current 50 Elmarit or 35 
> Summicron ASPH on Kodak Royal Supra 400 or Fuji Superia 400.  The scans 
> are commercial, some are cropped and most have had minor level 
> adjustments done.
> 
> The first three were taken at Kilauea Caldera in Volcano National Park.  
> The caldera is just a big hole in the ground of course, so I backed off 
> and watched the tourists.
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/HAWAII/06_34A_0264_web
> 
> An alternate:
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/HAWAII/06_36A_0266_web
> 
> And a second alternate:
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/HAWAII/07_01A_0005_web
> 
> 
> Beginning in 1980 lava flows engulfed Chain of Craters Road on the Big 
> Island. Lava still flows about two miles further along the road from 
> where this was taken.  Here a Ranger sets off on foot for the active 
> flow area.
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/HAWAII/08_06A_0138_web
> 
> And an alternate:
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/HAWAII/08_07A_0139_web
> 
> I'm still not sure which of these I like better.  I like the appearance 
> of the lava flow in the second more but I don't think the Ranger stands 
> out sufficiently to make a good shot.
> 
> 
> Kids playing the black sand beach at Punali'u on the Big Island:
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/HAWAII/09_12_0351_web
> 
> And, on the white sand beach at Waikiki, a man hunts buried treasure:
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/HAWAII/11_30A_0057_3_web
> 
> and an alternate of the same guy:
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/HAWAII/11_23A_0050_2_web
> 
> 
> Finally, a couple of landscapes, first at about 9000 feet on Mauna Kea:
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/HAWAII/06_17A_0247_web
> 
> and at 13,000 feet:
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/HAWAII/P5190016_web
> 
> and finally, back at sea level, a blossom against a seascape:
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/HAWAII/02_05A_0272_web
> 
> 
> 
> There are a few others in the gallery available here:
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/HAWAII
> 
> 
> It's been a couple of months since I last posted.  Comments encouraged.  
> Many thanks.
> 

-- 
Nathan Wajsman
Almere, The Netherlands

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