Serious pollen!

Serious amounts of pollen this spring! 

The first picture is what landed in the lake and drifted up against the dock.

The second shot is the windshield of my truck one morning!

Time to break out the decongestants!

Same scene, different zoom...

Here are a couple of pictures of Hardy Bay from last weekend. I didn't realize it until I went to post these two shots that they are both of the same view just different zoom settings. Amazing difference a few hundred mm can make...

My new excuse...

 

I just finished reading this article. Apparently we aren't supposed to cut the dandelions when they first show up in the Spring. The bees, beetles and birds need them...

Perfect, a new excuse not to mow the lawn! 👍

Light as a feather...

I watched this little Seagull and several others like it touching lightly on the water barely getting their feet wet. Each time flying away with a small fish in their beaks.

Big Mooch...

"I'd gladly pay you Tuesday for a nice big fish today..."🐟

Sea Lions are like icebergs, only 10% show above the water. These big guys can weigh anywhere from 1,200 to 2,400 pounds!

Bird's eye view...

Found this majestic bird doing lazy circles on the thermals this afternoon. What a view it must be from up there!

It has been a long time since my last post.  Sorry about that!  Well, these are from couple years ago when I was in California.  I need to take a break from work to have some fun with my camera.  I wish I could do this for a living like Ron.

Blue Dunnos and a Bird...

Just for the fun of it here are a couple of totally unrelated pictures. One from this afternoon and another one from last week. 

Jacaranda time!

The jacaranda trees are in bloom this month so I headed upcountry to take a few shots. A friend of mine and I decided to see who could get the best shots.

I'm going to tell you I won, no matter what she says!!

Daniel and the Cat

This morning on the Coal Harbour waterfront I came across Daniel firing up Joey's old D6 Cat.

I think it's been at least a year since the last time it's run...

I see in my Crystal Ball...

I finally got a chance to go out and play around with some crystal ball photography. After some trial and error I was able to get some interesting captures. The first three of these are as shot, no post processing except to turn the middle photo right side around.

The bottom picture I worked over in Photoshop before posting it.

Ron you need one of these, the shots you could get with one of these in Maui would be awesome!

Just splashing around

I was at the luau the other night and while the tourists were having dinner I stepped out to the beach to take a few shots. Who new goofing off at work could be so much fun!

Iao Valley

This is Iao Valley here on Maui. The Iao Needle that you see protruding into the sky used to be a look out point for the Hawaiians so they could see invaders coming. How they ever got up there is beyond me. I certainly wouldn't want to climb it!

The season is almost over

The whales are starting to thin out and will be gone by the end of next month. I'm already looking forward to next whale season to see what kind of photos I will be lucky enough to capture then.

I guess it's back to the water for fish and turtle shots now.

Looking down

This photo is not upside down, it's just a reflection I came across that I thought needed to be photographed.

There are things here I find new every day and I look forward to getting out and finding everything on the island that I can. Life is good!

Things are looking up

I always find it interesting to point my camera up in the air and then watch the people around me do the same thing trying to figure out what I'm taking a photo of!