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RE: Puna, Hilo and Mauna Kea slide show - missydog1 - 01-30-2010
Tom,
I don't have an adjective that can match up to this wondrous array of images. The Romantics would have called it Sublime.
Just when I thought I'd seen the best it blew my mind again.
Thank you! I will share the link with some who will appreciate this.
RE: Puna, Hilo and Mauna Kea slide show - TomK - 02-01-2010
Mella - I hoped to see those rays again this weekend (they're called anticrepuscular rays as they're on the opposite part of the sky from the sun) but it didn't happen - the MK shadow was impressive though! Dory - can't tell for certain but I bet you were seeing the ranging lasers. I wish I'd seen that sight!
Islandboo - you were very lucky - if the moon is in the shadow it's fairly certain it had to be just after a lunar eclipse (was it?). I managed to take a photo on Friday evening with the moon very close to the shadow but not in it. I agree, it's a magical sight and despite spending many days and nights on MK over the years, I've only seen the moon in the shadow a couple of times.
Carrie and Kathy - thank you so much! And thank you to everyone who wrote such kind words. I've been going through a very rough few weeks and you all helped to lift my spirits - I am truly grateful!
Tom
RE: Puna, Hilo and Mauna Kea slide show - Richard Ha - 02-27-2010
Aloha Tom:
These are wonderful images. It was so spectacular that I had to send it to my wife before I had seen it all. Thanks so much!!
Do you mind if i link it to my blog--hahaha.hamakuasprings.com.
If you don't mind how would you like to be credited?
Aloha
Richard Ha
RE: Puna, Hilo and Mauna Kea slide show - TomK - 02-27-2010
Richard - please feel free to link to it in your great blog! I'm not that bothered about a credit, although if you want you could point to my blog post where I first posted the show. It's http://apacificview.blogspot.com/2010/01/slide-show.html
I'm very happy you enjoyed the pictures!
Tom
RE: Puna, Hilo and Mauna Kea slide show - Radiopeg - 03-06-2010
Jeez, I am so impressed. I didn't even realize that this part of Punawab was even here until I looked at it about two weeks ago. I just thought it was the registration part. So I have been digging and I think I have now found the jewel I was looking for. My ex was a photographer and I know that terrific photos like yours are not happenstance. You put in a great deal of thought and patience and spirit into them. And boy, am I overwhelmed by their beauty.
RE: Puna, Hilo and Mauna Kea slide show - TomK - 03-06-2010
Radiopeg - thank you for your very kind words! I don't understand the bit about being another part of Punaweb because there's no connection between my photos and this site apart from being allowed to post a link to them here! I'm also not really a photographer, it's a new hobby for me but the summit of Mauna Kea is an incredible place and it's hard not to take interesting shots from up there - apart from this winter. On the whole the weather has just been too good and I've no shots of snow and ice or those wonderful high cirrus clouds at sunset!
Tom
RE: Puna, Hilo and Mauna Kea slide show - Spyder - 03-06-2010
Very Nice, Thanks. So much to explore!
RE: Puna, Hilo and Mauna Kea slide show - TomK - 03-06-2010
Thanks, Spyder. I find it hard to believe so many people like my pictures this much. You and everyone's responses makes it all worthwhile!
Tom
RE: Puna, Hilo and Mauna Kea slide show - Radiopeg - 03-07-2010
So tell me, Tom, what kind of camera you use. Please. I am dying to have an excuse to upgrade my digital. I sent my old, old, 35mm to my daughter to have. With digital, I love the fact I can delete all my mistakes. My husband has a little Fuji 3 meg and it has always beaten my Cannon for color. My ex used the large format, and got great detail, I just am not that patient.
We shall not cease from exploration, and the end of all our
exploring will be to arrive where we started and know the
place for the first time.
-T.S. Eliot
RE: Puna, Hilo and Mauna Kea slide show - TomK - 03-07-2010
Radiopeg - nothing fancy. Most of the pictures on the slide show were taken with a Panasonic Lumix FZ28 which is a fairly high-end point and shoot. Unfortunately it got destroyed in the storms we had just before Christmas and it's now discontinued, so replaced it with its successor, the FZ35. I haven't bought a DSLR yet because of the expense but that's the plan one day.
I like the FZ28 (and FZ35) because it has most of the features of a DSLR so it's good for learning (I've only been at this for just over a year) and can zoom from wide-field to 18x. The image quality is very good with the only real problem being noise in low light, but that's pretty much unavoidable for a camera like this with a small sensor. You can use it in fully automatic mode if you want or fully manual (most of the time I use aperture priority) and can produce both JPGs and RAW files. The FZ35 cost me about $300 which I think is a very fair price. It might be a little cheaper now.
Canon and Nikon both sell similar cameras if this is the sort of camera you're thinking about - the Canon SX20 and Nikon P90.
Tom