Wednesday, October 13, 2010
August 24, 2010-Day 236
I think my neighbors thing I am a crazy person the way I always run after the neighborhood cats to photograph them. This is Kitty, the boss of the block.
August 23, 2010-Day 235
Macros make everything a little bit more interesting.
(A tomato, if you can't tell.)
(A tomato, if you can't tell.)
Saturday, October 9, 2010
August 21, 2010-Day 233
A lamp post at my friend's house. I though that the lines were interesting, but it actually didn't photograph that well. It was pretty blah, so I decided to edit the heck out of it.
August 20, 2010-Day 232
This is a photograph of some leaves seen through a water fountain taken at a slow shutter speed. I really like the abstract art that it created.
August 18, 2010-Day 230
Some cat toys at the pet store. I know this shot is boring, but it's all I took for the day.
Wednesday, October 6, 2010
August 14, 2010-Day 226
I like how this flower came out. I did not shoot it on a black background. I took this in its natural setting, but the background looks black because there was not enough light. (I think.)
August 13, 2010-Day 225
This photo is pretty blah to me. It looked much cooler in my head. I liked the way the retractable roof looked at this bar, but I didn't capture it that well.
August 12, 2010-Day 224
An another self-portrait of sorts. That's a reflection of me in my husband's eye. You can even see my kitchen behind me.
August 11, 2010-Day 223
This is not the photo that I intended to post for this day. In fact, I might have pressed the button by accident. But I actually like it. If you can't tell, that's me looking at my camera settings.
August 9, 2010-Day 220
These were also growing in our garden when we got home. We didn't plant them and I have no idea what they are. Any body know?
August 8, 2010-Day 219
When we got home, our tomatoes were ripening nicely, thanks to my mom's hard work while we were away.
Sunday, October 3, 2010
August 6, 2010-Day 217
Our flight didn't leave Hawaii until 10:00pm, so we decided to spend the day driving to North Kohala because we hadn't seen it yet. First we drove to Hawi and had lunch at Bamboo Restaurant. I don't have any photos, but I highly recommend it if you are on the Big Island. Then we drove to Kapa'au, where we saw this statue of King Kamehameha The Great. It is a duplicate of the better known one that is in Honolulu. Interestingly, this was actually the first one that had been commissioned to be placed in Honolulu, but it was lost at sea on it's way from Paris to Hawaii. After a second one was made and placed in Honolulu, they found the first statue, which they placed in Kapa'au.
After lunch, we continued on the road until it ends at the Pololu Valley Lookout. We hiked about halfway down to the beach, despite this sign:
It was worth it, though, for these views:
I know these are pretty similar, but I can't decide which I like better. What do you think?
Then we headed back to South Kohala along the Kohala Mountain Road, which is inland away from the ocean.
When we got to South Kohala, we still had time to explore a lava tube that we had spotted the day before. This photo was taken on August 5th.
We knew that we could walk through the entire law tube and come out the other side. Despite that, it was still pretty dark inside.
After walking a while, we finally found a way out.
Unfortunately, I was too short to actually be able to climb out and I was afraid that if my husband tried to pull me out, I would fall backwards, so I passed off my camera and climbed back down to try to find another exit. Here are a few that my husband took of me trying to climb out. I was really proud of myself for getting out by myself.
Of course, it was a lot easier once I passed off my camera and had both hands free to climb.
So, that is the end of my vacation photos. Finally! Hopefully I'll be able to catch up pretty quickly with my blog now.
After lunch, we continued on the road until it ends at the Pololu Valley Lookout. We hiked about halfway down to the beach, despite this sign:
It was worth it, though, for these views:
I know these are pretty similar, but I can't decide which I like better. What do you think?
Then we headed back to South Kohala along the Kohala Mountain Road, which is inland away from the ocean.
When we got to South Kohala, we still had time to explore a lava tube that we had spotted the day before. This photo was taken on August 5th.
We knew that we could walk through the entire law tube and come out the other side. Despite that, it was still pretty dark inside.
After walking a while, we finally found a way out.
Unfortunately, I was too short to actually be able to climb out and I was afraid that if my husband tried to pull me out, I would fall backwards, so I passed off my camera and climbed back down to try to find another exit. Here are a few that my husband took of me trying to climb out. I was really proud of myself for getting out by myself.
Of course, it was a lot easier once I passed off my camera and had both hands free to climb.
So, that is the end of my vacation photos. Finally! Hopefully I'll be able to catch up pretty quickly with my blog now.
August 5, 2010-Day 216
Unfortunately, our last full day in Hawaii wasn't the best weather, so we decided to just walk around a little instead of going to the beach. We decided to walk over to the resort next to ours, and on our way, we saw some sea turtles relaxing on the beach.
Then we decided to drive down to Kona for lunch. I took these photos along the way. The Kailua-Kona side of the Big Island is really weird. I wouldn't really describe it as pretty. It actually looks what I imagine Mars looks like. It is very dry (except for the ocean) and most of the rocks are black because they actually dried lava.
The land is so dark, that people write messages with coral along the road. (This is very bad. People shouldn't steal the coral from the ocean.)
After lunch, we enjoyed some shaved ice.
Here's another cute gecko that we saw when we got back to the resort.
Then we decided to drive down to Kona for lunch. I took these photos along the way. The Kailua-Kona side of the Big Island is really weird. I wouldn't really describe it as pretty. It actually looks what I imagine Mars looks like. It is very dry (except for the ocean) and most of the rocks are black because they actually dried lava.
The land is so dark, that people write messages with coral along the road. (This is very bad. People shouldn't steal the coral from the ocean.)
After lunch, we enjoyed some shaved ice.
Here's another cute gecko that we saw when we got back to the resort.
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