Haleakala Crater, Maui

Thanks.

Here is the wide-angle view taken on a sunny day.

 

http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=4532366&size=lg

beautiful image ! Merry Christmas Vincent !

HI Vincent. Magnificent shot. I'll be there in January. Hope to get some great sunrise shots, then ride the bikes down. Can you suggest anywhere else to get some great shots in Maui?

Beautiful! Nice work.

What a great landscape, especially surrounded by fog below a blue sky. I want to see this place someday.

Vince--Great work! I like the compositiong with a little bit of sky near the top. Great tones/colors throughout the crater and the clouds really add a nice "feel" to the shot. You hit the nail on the head with saturation of your colors as well. Thanks for sharing and keep up the good work! Merry Christmas, my friend!

Thanks for your comments.

 

Will, Maui is filled with great opportunities all over. The Road to Hana has many places such as Wakani Falls at mile marker 18 (be sure to hike down though), Alau Island, 7 pools of Oheo, Wailua Falls, Black Sand Beach. There's Iao Needle, Lahaina, Kihei, Big Beach same as Makenna, Hookipa windsurfers in Paiaia, Haleakala sunrise and daytime (like this here), flowers everywhere and sunsets that are very often colorful due to the Big Island volcano being close by. That should hold you over a bit.. : )

 

I hope you make it there too Stephen! I've never seen anything as unusual as Haleakala. So many different looks too. Look me up if you make it to Kauai.

 

I agree with your critique Tyler. Since the wide-angle view was a dud on this day due to too much cloud cover, I thought something closer-in like this might work. Believe it or not, I don't think I've seen anything like this out there yet close-in like this. I was actually very surprised when I looked at these slides on the light-box. The textures and atmosphere was striking. I agree, the sliver of blue sky adds a little extra element to this as you mentioned. This is also where having two zoom systems, one with the 17-35 wide-angle and the second with the 28-70 really delivers.

 

 

Thanks too Michelle. I will look over your work soon and share a few opinions along the way.

 

You say this on your bio:

 

"I'm currently working on a website so that I can sell my images now, but it's slow going. Hopefully having an engineering degree, and no type of arts or photography degree, doesn't scare people away from buying my photography."

 

Nobody will be concerned with your other profession. In fact it probably only makes this craft more enjoyable. A striking contrast from your day job for sure. Selling your work is really not too difficult. Just be sure to avoid taking any shortcuts at any point of the process. Here are a few tips that I have learned along the way. Shoot carefully and thoroughly, covering as many looks as you possibly can. Initial edit very slowly; get other opinions if necessary when selecting which ones you will use. Edit even more carefully in Photoshop once you have selected your winners. Go back again after a few days and see what you can do to improve the image. (A little break away from any one image, I find, is often very helpful). Print Proofing is another very important element. Sometimes I have adjusted the file over 10 times before finally being satisfied with the print. Be sure you have quality mats, (avoid black mats if possible, the show every finger print and dirt particles). Use a tight fitting clear bag to protect the matted photograph too. Some use the loose versions because they are easier to put on. I find they look too sloppy. Initially go into these accounts yourself. Offer consignment. Guaranty sales (you can do exchanges too). Get at the minimum some acrylic display stands. Having a tiered wooden display stand is even better, but not always practical. Your " HUBBY/photo-boy" can help there too. : )

 

Anyway, hope this helps. Many thanks for all of you taking the time on this Christmas Eve to leave a comment. Have a nice Christmas too!

A very grand view Vincent. Lovely colors.

Fantastic composition and excellent color as always. Congrats !

Thanks for all the tips Vince. Merry Christmas.

Vincent, to be honest: the colors look oversaturated to me. I've been there several times and it's indeed a magical place. But I've never seen a sky with this deep blue uniformity near the horizon. The dark areas also look too blue. Maybe you "overblued" this image a bit.

Otherwise the picture is really great and comes close to my images :):):)

I got wonderful colors with cloudy skies (no shadows) or with full sun at high noon (no shadows)...

Happy New Year and Thank You for sharing:)Dorota

A wonderful view!

 

Ulrika

Hello Friedemann. I appreciate your thoughts too. This image was captured near midday, with a polarizer; therefore you get a darker (polarized) sky and richer colors in return. Which in my book is only a good thing. In fact if you look at my wide-angle view you will see the larger sky in that image is even darker due to the wide-angle (more sky) view. It also looks completely normal, yet is darker and richer than this one.

 

Just to be sure I re-checked the original slide and this is exactly what it looks like with one exception; the darker clouds on the left side middle area here have a little more blue than in the original. The original does have some blue tint in those clouds as well, but not quite as much as seen here. That small section does not have the sun's rays directly on it. Perhaps is reflecting some of the blue sky, which is not all that unusual. It's an easy adjustment as well to make. Thanks for the tip.

 

Oftentimes this place is completely socked in with clouds which makes photography under those conditions useless. It's a long drive back down when that happens...

 

 

Where can we find your versions by the way? Thanks again.

This is a very nice shot aof a wonderful landscape, great capture Vincent!

Vincent, Between your landscapes & Alec EE's portraits I'm in photography Nirvana. Happy New Year, LM.

Vincent,

Another beautiful velvia shot. I have to say that I find the blueness of the clouds on the left side and toward the center a bit distracting. They just look a bit fake, and I am a big fan of the supersaturated look of your work. Otherwise I love the saturated colors and the details in the crater. I was fortunate enough to spend three days hiking in the "crater" several years ago. An incredible place!

Aloha

Vincent,thanks for the reply to my comment. With regards to the color accuracy, I'm glad you corrected me. Besides of this, your colors are beautiful!

Where can we find your versions by the way?

Hopefully soon here in photo.net!

Besides of my limited scanning capabilities my 7 year old greybearded arthritic flatbed scanner delivers results I honestly don't want to share :) A new one has to wait a few more month (over the last years I've been a bit short on money while rebuilding my LF equipment...)

I'm not shirking. Just wait and see.

Thanks Chuck. I will make that adjustment in the big file and eventually post the adjusted version here. You say three days you spent here. Did you camp? They do have a few cabins with zero ammenities however.

 

Look forward to seeing your work Friedemann. Scanning can sure be a pain, can't it? Digital sure has that advantage over film.

 

Aloha.

Vincent,

We stayed at each of the three cabins so it was a four day, three night trip. It was Thanksgiving and we actually packed in a full-blown Thanksgiving dinner for the first night. Turkey, stuffing, gravy, wine, the whole thing. It was great. I highly recommend it if you get the opportunity. One suggestion though, screen for 120 decibel snore'ers when choosing your companions. I slept outside the first night until the group exiled the offending party into the wood storage room the next two nights. I could still feel the low frequency vibrations though the wall though.

I am so out of touch I just found out today that they quit making Fuji 50! I didn't realize it when I started shooting the old stuff in my fridge. I would have been more careful when choosing subjects. Only four rolls left.

I am going to post a handfull of Fujichrome shots in the next couple of days. If you find the time I would love for you to check them out.

Aloha

http://www.photo.net/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=00IWzi

 

Here, read this thread. Am still not 100 percent certain it's true though.

 

I was outbid twice during the last two days on Ebay for Velvia 50 (the only place I can find it nowadays). Anyway, one of the sellers contacted me about a "second chance" purchase opportunity last night. I bought 40 rolls from him for $300. I 've got about 100 rolls altogether saved now. There's still one place in the UK that sells Velvia 50 by the 20 pack for $180 plus shipping on Ebay.

 

I could live with Velvia 100 but I'd rather not have to. Hopefully that rumor is true; Velvia 50 to be re-introduced in the Spring of 2007.

 

I'll check out your work. Let me know when you post some. Aloha.

Vincent,

I have posted a few already. Here is one http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=5379832&size=lg There are a couple more posted under "Shorelines".

 

I also have this shot that I haven't put up for critique (and probably won't because there is not much to the composition) but I had to crack up when I looked at the scan and I had blue/purple clouds. http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=5380178

 

I apologize for pimping my mid-level work on your page. Aloha and I hope you have a great New Year!

Beautiful work.

I believe the purple clouds problem is more of a scanning issue. I do get an occasional magenta cast, but not quite that bad. I commented on your first one. Some nice work you have in those folders Chuck.

 

They are calling for monster surf today; up to 40 footers this afternoon.

 

 

http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2006/Dec/28/br/br6520319847.html

 

 

Think I might head up north today...