Kauai Morning

This taro field is in the small town of Hanalei. Taro is used by the

native Hawaiians to make poi, a paste-like substance which was a

staple in the diet 100 years ago. Today, taro fields have mostly been

replaced by sugar cane, pineapple, and other more tasty crops.

 

Taken as the sun rose. The trade winds pick up about 10 minutes after

sunrise so there is a very narrow window of opportunity to catch

still and reflective water. 5 minutes after this photo was taken, it

was windy and pouring rain for about 10 minutes. Then it was sunny

and windy.

 

5 miles behind the left-hand peak is the wettest place on the planet,

where over 440 inches of rain fall per year. This field gets only

about 120 inches per year!

 

1/2 second exposure @F22

Lovely landscape, nice reflections.

Excellent!

This is an amazing image. Wonderful depth and color. Thanks for the very interesting and detailed description. It gives the image a context and much more meaning.

Excellent combination of foreground and background

This is truly outstanding. Congratulations!

Very nice picture Patrick keep up the good work.

And welcome to PN.

 

DK.

Beautiful composition and light

Thanks for sharing this incredible picture! Nice to know some background information.

Excellent

a great photo.. u have such a good eye for composition..

awesome! very refreshing. and the foreground is so clean and clear it seems CGI. thanks for sharing! brings back some great memories of my own country as well. 7/6

Very nice shot, congratulations

 

fantastic use of the foreground elements, so random but they work so well together with the leaves and shadows. Lovely image. Only improvement could be from more colour in the sky...

I really like this shot. The mountains, sunrise, and reflection are great. The small house draws my eye in and takes away from the otherwise natural scene, however, I'm not sure the was a way around it.

EXELLENT?????????????

beautiful shot

Wonderful image Patrick. In the spirit of constructive feedback, the top feels just a little cramped to me, but everything else - light, focus, and a spectacular foreground, looks spot on.

 

cheers,

John.

Very Good

Nice photo! I come to Kauai once a year for the last 5 years, and always got kick out on this Taro field by the farmers while I’m trying taking the picture.