My trip to Kauai & Hawaii

Hey everyone. I returned from paradise to a rain soaked and wind blown city this past weekend with 800 photos and a significantly lighter pocketbook. After 12 days in Hawai'i, I wasn't necessarily ready to leave (would one ever be?), but it was a long enough trip to not feel terrible about heading home.

It was a good trip, lucky even. My 70-200f/2.8 dropped out of my backpack onto concrete from 4ft up, and fortunately the only damage it incurred was a nice pockmark in the lens hood. The weather was fantastic as well, but I suppose that's all relative.

For those of you that live in Hawai'i, thank you for your hospitality and sharing your little peice of paradise. Here's a few shots that I took over the last two weeks. Enjoy!

These are just a few, but you can see all the rest on my Flickr account.

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Very nice set and a wonderful place to go.

I really like #4.
Also, great capture on the sea turtle (#5) - his shell was easily mistaken for a rock until I saw his head.

Curious about where you took #2. Did you hike, drive or fly there?

Great images.

the 49 sec exposure of the hotel @ night it fantastic.

Great set, colours on #1 and #2 are so vibrant! Turtle cool also, as is DoF on #4

Great shots! Hard to pick a favorite, I like all of them.

Awsome series, and great colors throughout. Nice job.

#2 is my favorite! So lush! Where is this exactly? I must go!

#2 is my favorite as well... any PP done to that shot?

BEAUTIFUL....!!

I will be there in 4 weeks myself.... Oahu and Hawaii.

it's very beautifull...

Nice images Stefan! Love the colors in all!

very nice - wild looking turtle !

moeronn wrote in post #6275222
Very nice set and a wonderful place to go.

I really like #4.
Also, great capture on the sea turtle (#5) - his shell was easily mistaken for a rock until I saw his head.

Curious about where you took #2. Did you hike, drive or fly there?

Thank you! #2 was at the VERY end of the road up to Waimea Canyon. There's a relatively good lookout up towards the end of road that most people stop at (it's already pretty spectacular) and don't go any further. Keep going. It's the end of the road, so you really can't miss it. The area is called the Na Pali coast. It's an area of Kauai that you can't drive into. From that point, you can only access it by foot, boat, or helicopter. Pretty spectacular.

Palladium wrote in post #6275247
Great images.

the 49 sec exposure of the hotel @ night it fantastic.

Thank you. I got pretty lucky. That was actually the first go at a night shot that evening. I didn't have to keep the woman bored for all that long.

Joecoral wrote in post #6275436
Great set, colours on #1 and #2 are so vibrant! Turtle cool also, as is DoF on #4

Thank you!

HighPlainsPhotographer wrote in post #6275493
Great shots! Hard to pick a favorite, I like all of them.

Cheers mate!

Nistelrooydude wrote in post #6275600
Awsome series, and great colors throughout. Nice job.

I do appreciate it! Cheers!

louwphotography wrote in post #6276994
#2 is my favorite! So lush! Where is this exactly? I must go!

The island of Kaua'i. Just a sliver of the Na Pali Coast State Park.

diabolus wrote in post #6277547
#2 is my favorite as well... any PP done to that shot?

A bit of straightening and cropping out a bit of the foreground. Few curve tweaks, but that's it. It really was/is that vibrant/lush.

Maureen Souza wrote in post #6277555
BEAUTIFUL....!!

I will be there in 4 weeks myself.... Oahu and Hawaii.

Thank you! Have a fantastic time. The vog on Hawai'i wasn't bad at all last week. Should be beautiful.

top4play wrote in post #6277581
it's very beautifull...

Cheers!

jdizzle wrote in post #6277584
Nice images Stefan! Love the colors in all!

Thanks man!

Darsk47 wrote in post #6277827
very nice - wild looking turtle !

Ya, pretty crazy, they're everywhere on Hawai'i.