All of these photos were taken in the month of June 2008.The sprinkler system in our Greenhouse waters the vegetation every morning at 7:00am. Here are some shots of water drops on a vine in.
Water drops on fern in the Greenhouse
One of my Dendrobium Orchids
Kihei sunset at Maui Surf Resort. Taken from the county park next to the resort right after I helped photo shoot a Wedding with Ray Mains, Donna and Keith (from our Digital Photography class at MCC).
Turtle Fence at Sugar Beach in North Kihei. Fences were put in about 11 years ago to help build up the sand dunes and keep the Hawksbill Turtle from getting onto the highway. The full moon drives them ashore to lay there eggs in the warm sand. When the coming ashore they were being attracted by the headlight from the cars on the highway. In 1997 two of the endangered Hawksbills were kill by being hit by vehicles. So the fences were install and no turtles have been hit on the road since. As you can see from the photo the fences have deteriorated over the years and are in the process of being replaced with plastic fence made from recycled plastic containers. It's a good thing!
This is the Kealia Pond inlet. Kealia Pond is a Nature Preserve and you can almost always find a large number of Hawaiian Herons hanging out along the inlet. I went down at sunrise one Saturday and took about 200 photos over 2 hours.
Heron coming in for a landing. Interesting that they don't seem to fight for territory.
This one had staked out a rock along the waters edge and was not giving it up.
This guy was right below the Highway bridge and didn't seem to be bothered by the cars. Or me for that matter.
Oh, what's up!
Food!. They will sit there for 20-30 minutes with out moving a millimeter. Then suddenly strike the water and come up with sushi.
This guy was about 3 feet above the water line, but was still able to dive down to the water and come up with Breakfast. He was just getting ready to launch when I snapped this shot. He was the one that clued me into what they were all doing and caused me to put my camera in motor drive. That lead to the previous photo catch.
These are endangered Hawaiian Stilts.
Plumeria Flower in Waialae (where the Sony Open in Hawaii is played every January) area on Oahu
Crop of the previous photo
Boogie board surfer in Waikiki.
Another Boogie boarder. They were having so much fun it made me want to jump in an join them. But I had to go to my real job instead.
Diamond Head Light house. Now the residence for the Commander of the US Coast Guard.
Beach in the Waialae area past Diamond Head
Palm trees and breakwater along bay where Chinaman's Hat (an Island) is located.
Chinaman's Hat. Famous Island in bay along East Coast of Oahu. Tour bussed stop here so that everyone can take picture of the island.
Different perspective of Chinaman's Hat from 180°. I added some vignetting on this photo as well as framing it through the bush.
