National Geographic's Daily Dozen Pic

My pic that I shot at the Ukelele Festival was chosen for Week 3 July 20's Daily Dozen by National Geographic. You can check it out at: 

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The Dragon's Eye: 34th Annual Prince Lot Hula Festival

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Ukelele Festival

Got there late. Played around with some special effects on the pics. I really like my spam musubi shot and the way it was stacked...in the hot sun, hehe.

 f/8   1/80   +0.33   ISO 400   155 mm

(I thought I had to boost the exposure compensation but it had a bad glare when I did)

 f/8   1/125   ISO 400   70 mm

 f/13   1/40   ISO 400   70 mm

 f/13   1/100   ISO 400   70 mm

f/11   1/400   ISO 200   200 mm

34th Annual Prince Lot Hula Festival

A fabulous line up of halau hula performed at the 34th annual Prince Lot Hula Festival at the Moanalua Gardens. The festival honors Prince Lot Kapuaiwa who revived the once banned hula in the Moanalua district.

 f/7.1   1/60   ISO 400   270 mm

 f/6.3   1/100   ISO 400   240 mm

 f/6.3   1/100   ISO 400   130 mm

 f/6.3   1/125   ISO 400   240 mm

 f/6.3   1/125   ISO 400   270 mm

f/6.3   1/160   ISO 400   185 mm

 f/6.3   1/160   ISO 400   100 mm

 f/6.3   1/160   ISO 400   270 mm

 f/6.3   1/160   ISO 400   270 mm

 f/7.1   1/125   ISO 400   185 mm

 f/7.1   1/125   ISO 400   270 mm

 f/8   1/125   ISO 400   130 mm

 f/8   1/125   + 0.33   270 mm

 f/8   1/125   + 0.33   ISO 400   270 mm

f/8   1/125   + 0.33   ISO 400   270 mm

The performances ran throughout the day. I caught a couple of halau hula groups before lunch and then it started to rain. I had some things to do in the afternoon otherwise I would have stayed. I shot in Manual Mode trying to keep the shutter fast enough to get clear shots and at the same time allowing for the shady light conditions.  The park provided the perfect settings for the performances. It was a large crowd but it still felt cozy, casual and fun.

Full Moon over Kahala

With the Eyes of Hawaii photography club. The full moon teased us for awhile hiding in and out of the clouds.

 f/9   1/2000   270 mm

 f/9   1/400   100 mm

 f/9   1/400   85 mm

 f/7.1   1/640   270 mm

f/9   1/2000   270 mm

I forgot to turn off the auto ISO feature, hence all my pics were shot at ISO 3200. Its strange, the camera still allowed me to choose the ISO when I was shooting manual, and I didn't realize until I got home that the auto ISO feature was still turned on.

Fireworks-Ala Moana 2011

 f/11   1 sec   60 mm

 f/11   1.6 sec   65 mm

 f/11   2.4 sec   65 mm

 f/11   1.4 sec   65 mm

 f/11   1.2 sec   65 mm

 f/11   0.5 sec   65 mm

 f/11   0.6 sec   65 mm

 f/11   .25 sec   65 mm

f/11   0.25 sec   65 mm

Annual fireworks display at the Ala Moana Beach Park. Found a nice spot at the Kewalo Basin Boat harbor. Used Manual Bulb, ISO 200

Melveen Leed

 f/6.0   1/50   ISO 400   140 mm

 f/6.0   1/100   ISO 400   130 mm

 f/6.3   1/100   ISO 400   270 mm

 f/6.3   1/100   ISO 400   270 mm

f/6.3   1/100   ISO 400   270 mm

Performing at the Ala Moana Center Stage, celebrating 50 years of entertaining the people of Hawaii

Fireworks-Aloha Tower 2011

Eyes of Hawaii photo shoot of the fireworks at Aloha Tower from Sand Island.  It was nice to shoot it with the city landscape in the background. Weather was nice, maybe a bit too windy

f/10   Bulb   ISO 200   25 mm

 f/10   Bulb   ISO 200   25 mm

 f/10  Bulb  ISO 200   25 mm

 f/10  Bulb   ISO 200   25 mm

 f/10   Bulb   ISO 200   25 mm

f/10   Bulb   ISO 200   25 mm

  f/10   Bulb   ISO 200   30 mm