West of Po'ipu

Comments are invited.

Very nice photo. Beautiful sky as a backdrop for the palms. Great job.

Amazing as it may seem with all the saturation, I've seen this in the Philippines off the top of the Taal Volcano... wonderful shot.

On the thumbnail it looks like an interesting (if weird) take on a common and often-done subject. Looking at the large view, the technical shortcomings are overwhelming. Saturation has not just gone over the top here. It has gone wrong. I understand that this is no mistake. I can see this is intentional. I understand that perhaps you intention was to do something different with a cliche subject. A good idea to begin with, because with this type of subject, unless you do something different and new, it's only useful as a postcard or as an excercise. But I don't think this particular approach worked. Not because it's unrealistic. It's irregular and strong, without actually making a point of it. Gives away the feeling that the photographer was trying to achieve some novel effect, but ended up with an undefined and unbalanced aesthetic that doesn't make too much sense. But in any case, it's clear that you're onto something, and trying different approaches at common-subject photography is not a bad path to be on. Even if it ends up being an excercise, it's good excercise for the eye.

I'm going to Maui in a few days. This photo is something I would hope to get. Did you use any on camera filters? Handheld, monopod, tripod? What is the concept of scanning the film the wrong way and inverting?

Nikos, thanks for your visit (I think). Could you be more specific? I think this would make a very nice postcard.

 

Aloha Robert, and mahalo! If memory serves, I used a polarizer on this. I also used a tripod. Good luck on your journey.

 

I sometimes scan color negatives as positives and then invert them in Photoshop. Some film emulsions are problematic in my scanner's firmware algorithms. Scanning as a positive circumvents these. Regards.

Very nice colors!

just beautiful!

Walter, beautiful scene. I like postcards too.

really very well done !