Island Life

Island Life, June 30, 2009
Kiahuna Plantation Resort, Po'ipu, Hawaii
Nikon D80, Tokina 12-24mm (AT-X 124 II) f/4.0 @ f/11.0, 1/80s, ISO 100
Developed in Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2.4, Camera Landscape Profile

Ah, you can feel the warm, tropical breeze blowing around you, can't you? You can feel that, right? It's tickling my ankles right now.

Here the wife is kicking back with one of her favorite hobbies, but still playing model for me. Until my intervention she had been sitting about ten feet to the right, in a less photogenic spot. Such a sweet girl.

Two bits of trivia about this photo. One, notice the moon between the fronds of the palm tree. Two, the building in the background is not really tilted like that. When shooting at extremely wide angles, straight lines have a habit of distorting, and I have not yet invested in perspective correction software.

A few more days left in the islands, and lots more photos to share. What would you like to see next? Vote by leaving a comment for one of the following:

A. My brief encounter with a tropical insurance agent.
B. One more reason why I am NOT a professional photographer.
C. Yet another super-wide angle photo in which I let the sky dominate the image.
D. Pointy things.