Vision Landscapes: Travel

Aloha Airlines Ending Flights

Mon, 31 Mar 2008 03:14:22 GMT

A sad day for those of us who live in Hawaii. Aloha Airlines, which has served the islands for 61 years, is ceasing all flight operations effective Monday. This is due to extensive competition from mainland Mesa Airlines (operating as go!) and high fuel costs. The shutdown of Aloha's passenger operations will also affect about 1,900 employees.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23872335

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Big Island Trip

Sat, 15 Mar 2008 15:58:01 GMT

Waikoloa, Hawaii

I'm off for a few days on the Big Island, staying in the Waikoloa area. The trip here was uneventful, save the expected minor inconveniences of modern day air travel. I arrived shortly before 11:00am. The Kona area hasn't changed a lot since my last visit here, although there is a lot of road and building construction going on at the moment.

The weather near Kona is good, but the volcanic haze in the air is quite heavy. They said on the radio that the volcano (on the other side of the island) is currently putting out a record amounts of ash and fumes. According to an article in today's Honolulu Advertiser newspaper "Sulphur dioxide emissions on Thursday reached 1,800 to 2,000 tonnes per day, far above the 150 to 200 tonnes per day that is typical at the crater." It made for an interesting sunset, although I was in the wrong place to take advantage of it.

I'm going to add images of the hotel I stayed at, the Hilton Waikoloa, simply because it is a very stunning hotel; I would love to stay here again someday.

All images were taken with a Nikon D200, with a Nikon 18-70mm F3.5-4.5 G lens, at ISO 100. Additional images were taken (not shown here) on a Nikon F6, with a Nikon 24-120mm AF-S VR lens, on Fuji Velvia 50 and Fuji Provia 400F.

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Let's Explore

Sun, 19 Aug 2007 05:01:21 GMT

Aloha,

Welcome to my site at Live. I'm a professional Landscape Photographer living on the island of Oahu, Hawaii. I would like to take this opportunity to welcome you and invite you to visit as I explore the landscape and the world around us.

Although I live in Hawaii, I'm a frequent traveler to Australia. I love the clean air and wide open spaces. Last year, I had the opportunity to visit Devils Marbles Conservation Area in the Northern Territory. Devils Marbles is located just about 245 miles (395 km) north of Alice Springs, near the town of Wauchope, and is a is cultural and natural park, unique for its spherical rock formations. The park covers approximately 4452 acres (1802 hectare).

The image you see here, was taken just after sunrise. I was fortunate, at this time of year, late October, to have the park to myself. I left the parking and camping area and started photographing well before sunrise; just as the sky started to turn color. The image shown here was taken just a few minutes after sunrise, and the sun rises very quickly in the desert. For those interested in equipment, the particular image was taken on a Toyo 45AII, with a Schneider Symmar-S 135mm f5.6 lens, on Fuji Velvia 50. I also used a Horseman 6x12 back with 120 roll film for this.

You can see more of my work at: Vision Landscapes

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