52 Weeks in Nature – Week 35 | Hawaii Nature Photographer

Posted on September 1, 2010

I just love this hike!

It is the Judd Memorial Trail.

It has everything from majestic ironwood forests, to bubbling streams,

to waterfalls with fun names like Jackass Ginger Falls.

It also has a lot of wild Coffee plants!

Just look at these beautiful red berries that will turn in to beans!

Just a reminder in case you didn't already know,

I will be off island from 9/1-9/8 attending my sister's wedding!

I hope to come back with lots of pictures to share of different types of Nature

that we don't see on the islands.

I'm praying for changing leaves!

See you soon!

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52 Weeks in Nature – Week 34 | Hawaii Nature Photographer

Posted on August 24, 2010

As last week was a rather busy one for me,

I have pulled an image from my archives and re-processed it for this weeks post.

It is one of my favourites from a trip to the Big Island that I took over 2 years ago.

From the Leading Lines, to the color, to the splash,

it just makes my heart happy and peaceful to look at this image.

I flew to the Big Island of Hawaii just for the day

all by myself!

It was a wonderful day of wandering the Hilo and Volcano sides of the island,

parking on the side of the road,

and deciding, "Hmmm, this looks like a good place to hike down and see what I can find!"

Then I prayed that I could find my way back out! LOL!

It was such a peaceful Momma Recharge Day!

I hope to do it again someday.

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52 Weeks of Nature – Week 33 | Hawaii Nature Photographer

Posted on August 14, 2010

I have nothing more to say than,

I sure do love where I live!

North Beach on Marine Corps Base Hawaii

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52 Weeks of Nature – Week 32 | Hawaii Nature Photographer

Posted on August 7, 2010

After a lovely day of rain this week,

the girls and I went outside to get some air.

I was captivated by the raindrops that were still hanging

around on the blades of grass.

I love how they bead up in little rows.

Then, while trying to capture the drops on the Red Ti Leaves,

I started seeing a little more abstract.

It's fun what you can start seeing when you least expect it.

These last two are some of my favourite that I've taken.

I can see them big on my walls. Hmmmm….

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52 Weeks of Nature – Week 31 | Hawaii Nature Photographer

Posted on July 31, 2010

I went on a hike with my sister to Manoa Falls over a year ago!

(Yes, I'm just now getting to these pictures!)

I loved these flowers!

Their color, that they only had 4 petals,

Their location…

Now, if only I knew what they were!!!

Some fun facts about the color purple (to borrow from my friend Catie Stephens idea)

Purple is a term used in English to describe a range of colors between the red and blue hues.

Tyrian Purple Dye was made from the mucus of the Spiny Dye-Murex Snail. Because of it's rarity, only the royalty could afford it.

Purple is a color between red and blue light, whereas Violet is a spectral color.

Purple is associated with Saturday on the Thai Solar Calendar. Anyone can wear purple on Saturdays and anyone born on Saturday can adopt Purple as their color.

The Purple Heart is a US military decoration awarded by the President of the United States to those who have been injured or killed while serving in the US Military on or after April 05, 1917.

"Deep Purple" is a popular Rock Band.

"Purple Haze" is a popular Jimi Hendrix song.

People with purple auras are said to have a love of ritual and ceremony.

Few, if any, words in the English language rhyme with Purple.

In the Star Trek Universe, Klingons have purple blood.

In Star Wars, Mace Windu is the only character to have a purple light saber.

Now, if anyone knows what kind of flower this is,

would you mind letting me know?

Thank you!

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52 Weeks of Nature – Week 30 | Hawaii Nature Photographer

Posted on July 28, 2010

I wouldn't want to mess with either of these guys!!!

I wonder why the Clown Fish is so Grumpy!

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52 Weeks of Nature – Week 29 | Hawaii Nature Photographer

Posted on July 19, 2010

This week my daughter made a little friend.

This little gecko found her and hung out with her

for all of outdoor play at the daycare.

She then insisted on bringing it home and releasing it in our yard because,

"Gecka doesn't have a family and I'm now her Mommy! I need to take care of her!"

So, we released "her" on our little palm tree in the front yard.

Gotta love the 5 year old logic!

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52 Weeks of Nature – Week 28 | Hawaii Nature Photographer

Posted on July 10, 2010

Let's talk about Shutter Speed and running water. Everyone loves a waterfall, right? How can you make a waterfall picture even better? Find a rock to use as a tripod, or better yet, carry a tripod with you, and slow down that shutter speed. Here are a couple images to illustrate.

The above image settings are ISO 1600, f 4.0, 1/60 sec. Still too slow for handheld, and you do get some of the movement blur in the water, however, it looks like the water is stopped in time.

By changing the settings slightly to f 10 and 1/8 sec, we now have nice, smooth, milky flowing water. It gives the illusion of seeing the water moving. Now get out there and try it out!

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