Fun Light Show

I used a light rope that has a USB connector as a plug and a portable power source to light it up. A 10 second exposure while swinging the light rope around gives wild, unpredictable, but fun results.

Selfie

I titled this "Selfie" because I accidently got myself in the image. But I liked the result.

Circles of Light

The fun with light painting is that you never know what you are going to get, it is always different, can never be duplicated, or predicted.

Grandpa-try this

Playing with a light wand that I bought from the local discount tool dealer and two of my granddaughters was so much fun. They had a ball squealing, laughing, and "Grandpa, try this...".

Light Painting

Two of our Granddaughters spent the last couple of nights with us so we went out at night and played with a LED light bar that has 112 LED's in it. We would swing the bar around while running in front of the camera. Then we would squeal and laugh as the picture would come up on the back of the camera. We had so much fun, times that will not be forgotten.

Rocky Coast

With the cloudy sky everything in the photo was about the same color making the whole scene flat. It took a bunch of processing to get it to where it was nice enough to even show anyone. But after all of that it came out quite nice. Much of the North Shore of Maui is rocky but very beautiful.

Grazing with a View

While driving along the smaller end of Maui we drove through a cattle ranch. The fences were just amazing along with the peacefully grazing cattle and the Pacific Ocean as a backdrop. Just had to capture it.

Smooth Waters

This is a 10 second shot through a neutral density filter to cause the water to smooth out. Mostly I don't care for these types of photos, I think because they are generally done for way too long and the water looses its character. As I started processing this photo I thought it would look good if it were made to look more like a painting that a photo, so that is what I tried for.

Shades of Blue

We were standing on the black lava cliffs of Maui with the waves crashing in on the base of the cliffs. The sky was mostly cloudy but the sun broke through for just a few minutes and gave us this beautiful show of blue and white foam as the wave broke.

Roots at Twin Falls

This is Twin Falls on the island of Maui. I set my camera on a tripod, dialed in all of the settings and then waited, and waited, and waited....until all the people moved out of my way so I could get a clear shot of the tree roots and waterfalls. Finally I had just a few seconds before somebody stepped in front of me to take a selfie. But I had time to get three shots. This is one of them.

Blue Parrot

While traveling along the road to Hana on Maui we came across a person who was trying to get people to hold his parrots so he could take pictures of them and then sell them the photo. We gave him a small donation and he allowed me to take a few pictures of his bird.