Tag Archive for: Oahu

Tropical Paradise in HDR

18 Sep
September 18, 2011

I still love learning how to create HDR images, though I still have a lot to learn. I took some of my images from my trip to Maui and Oahu and turned them into HDR images. Here are the results.

Food Adventures: Romy’s Kahuku Prawns and Shrimp Hut

12 Sep
September 12, 2011

Up until around 3 years ago, I lived most of my life thinking I was allergic to shrimp. Imagine my surprise when I went in for allergy tests and found out I wasn’t. It still took me a few years to get it out of my head that it was OK to eat shrimp and I still have to remind myself Read more →

U.S.S. Bowfin, Pearl Harbor, Oahu

11 Sep
September 11, 2011

One of my life long goals was to pay a visit to Pearl Harbor, I was finally able to do that while on my last vacation. It was quite a humbling experience and I can’t even begin to imagine what it was like for everyone back then. I snapped a shot of the U.S.S. Bowfin and decided to add an HDR touch to it. I was quite happy with the result so I’m sharing it here.

Valley of the Temple, Oahu

09 Sep
September 9, 2011

While visiting Oahu, we headed out to the Valley of the Temple so my wife could visit her family that was laid to rest there. The grounds are beautiful and very well taken care of. Unfortunately it rained most of the time so I was only able to snap a few shots Read more →

Vacation ends, back to the grind

30 Aug
August 30, 2011

So I just returned from an 11 day vacation in Hawaii and it was amazing, I spent 9 days on Maui and 2 on Oahu, thus the lack of updates to the blog. I took lots of photos (1750 to be exact), some of which I will be posting in the next few days. I ate plenty of food, had some good times with my family, enjoyed a few Mai Tais, and even tried snorkeling for the first time ever. All in all I had a great time, but now it’s time to get back in the swing of things. Read more →