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I really enjoy the effect one gets when using long exposures. While in Honolulu I captured a few long exposure shots. This one was taken on the main strip, I did not use the tripod but set the camera on a wall and used the timer to avoid shaking the camera when the shutter was released.
I mentioned before that I would give some personal observations of Hawaii so here it goes. I can't pronounce the words and didn't even try, the speed limits are so slow I could not wait to get home and drive 90 mph on the beltway to get it out of my system. Most of the speed limits are under 55 mph with few areas that allow you to drive that fast. Even in those areas people drive 10 mph under the limit. Honolulu has as many homeless people living on the beach as cops in the streets and that is allot. If you see a blue light on anything it is not a fire cop but a Police officer. Don't cross the streets unless you have the walk signal, even if no one is coming, you will get a ticket. The malasada's are just out of this world and so is the Moco Loca. The water and fish are just beautiful, but their is no other wildlife and the birds are scarce except for one island leaving me sad. If you are not Japanese you are a minority. I guess I should have made notes because the others are not coming to me. It was a great vacation and I am glad I went but I am more a Yellowstone or Alaska person, I just love the wildlife. On the other hand I think Linda and Shane could stay there forever.
I know I posted four days in a row from Hawaii and I have many more but I will mix things up, I just need to photograph something else. This summer has been a blur with little time for anything but projects and Shane. Have a great weekend I am back to work tomorrow.
After a month off I am back to Sky Watch Friday. Today's photograph was taken out the window of a 757 over 30,000 feet above the Pacific ocean close to the island of O'ahu. I really thought this trip would yield many good sunrise and sunset photos but I had trouble being up early enough for sunrise photos and found that most of the time I was on the wrong side of the islands for sunset photos. While on the ship only one good sunset photo opportunity occured and I had to watch it out a window from the dinner table. Oh well, I still captured a few photos I can use for upcoming sky watch Fridays. Be shure and click the link to enjoy other great sky watch photos from all over the world.
Since no one came out and said it yesterday, we spent our vacation in Hawaii. We landed on the island of O'ahu and spent the week there seeing most of the island and going to our first Luau. On July 4TH we boarded a cruise ship and cruised the other islands making numerous stops for more adventures. I will elaborate more on the trip as photos are posted including my personal observations of Hawaii. Yesterday's photo was taken at Sand Island beach on the island of O'ahu. We climbed the Diamond Head Crater seen in the distance but more on that later also.
After a 16 day vacation my family and I are home now. I never mentioned the location of our vacation and I won't know but I will leave you with this photograph taken hours before leaving for home and a few hints from it. That is Linda and Shane sitting in the sand close to a monk seal, in the distance is Diamond Head Crater. Yes they were both sad to leave and I think they could have stayed there the rest of their lives.
More on the vacation later. I was surprised to see post on here when I got home. I uploaded and did scheduled post before we left. The first few days we had online access and by the time I could check my sites in the afternoon on my Itouch the post were never present. I manually posted them and assumed that for eight or nine days there would be not post. Much to my surprise they were all accounted for when I got home. Along with the numerous projects and appointments I have over the next two weeks I will make it around to all the other blogs and sites I frequent and do some catching up. It is good to be home and it sucks to be home.
Enough days in a row with birds, it is time for some big game. This bull Elk was photographed in the Madison River last fall during the rut.
Not the best of lighting and the sky was boring but it is still a Blue Heron on the nest with two young birds.
The Anhinga fishes by going under the water, when they come up they spend time with there wings spread drying off.
Over the hump day and dinner is served.
Yes more from the Armed Forces Day event in Carlisle at the Army Heritage Center, don't tire of them I have plenty more.
Last Friday Shane and I went to the Bike Fest weekend at the Carlisle fairgrounds. The show featured bikes, bands and girls. I just thought I would give you a little taste of all. For the older people out there you may remember the bike from the movie Easy Rider. The band is called Bushmaster Gary Brown, they are a local group that I had never heard of but they were really good. Gary Brown is playing the guitar and he was fantastic. I could listen to them more often. If you google them there my space site had a number of there songs on it you can listen to. The last photo is the girls part, I have no idea what they were advertising and I don;t know if anyone else did either but they shore did attract allot of attention.
