Hiilawe Stream

Gallery: LandscapePosted June 3, 2013402 views11 comments

Deep in the valley of the Kings, Waipio valley has some amazing streams filled with lush Hawaiian forest. This one stream flowing from the famous Hiilawe Falls. One exposure with a ND filter. Post process in ACR and photoshop. Aloha

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11 comments

Comment posted by Daniel Rappaport on June 3, 2013 at 6:43 PM

Nicely composed. The vignetting and lighter background pull me into the scene. Amazing how similar this is to a Pacific Northwest spring scene.

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Comment posted by Matt Anderson on June 3, 2013 at 6:57 PM

Waipio Valley is on my Hawaii must visit next list.
I wanted to get there in 09' but got sidetracked to the Caribbean.
I love this photo. The vignetting, composition, processing, perfect to my tastes! Well done Tom.

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Comment posted by Chris Moore on June 3, 2013 at 9:56 PM

Very nice! It thought for sure this was from PNW from the thumbnail. I was initially on the fence about the vignetting, but I came back to it and it really does do a good job of pulling me into the scene. Nice job!

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Comment posted by Mark Metternich on June 3, 2013 at 9:57 PM

Great Hawaii scene Tommy.

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Comment posted by Neale Dyster on June 4, 2013 at 7:43 AM

Nice composition and interesting scene, good shutter speed choice.

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Comment posted by Joerg Bonner on June 4, 2013 at 8:53 AM

great comp and processing. i love the use of the vignette here - works very well!

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Comment posted by Nancy Lea Sandy on June 4, 2013 at 11:19 AM

I usually don't care for dark scenes but this is both beautiful and mysterious. Very natural looking light and color. Nicely done

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Comment posted by Tom Kualii on June 4, 2013 at 11:49 AM

Thank you for your comments. Really appreciate it. Aloha and have a great day.

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Comment posted by R.Bill Moser on June 4, 2013 at 12:57 PM

Love the lush greens here and how you composed the scene. Well done

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Comment posted by Catherine Reilly on June 4, 2013 at 7:14 PM

Very lush looking and primal as captured. I like the vignette more than I thought I would.

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Comment posted by Gary Reed on June 6, 2013 at 1:38 PM

Adventure, seclusion, danger...this picture invokes all of these things. Nice vignette, great colour.

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