Ho’okipa Wai’ola / Water is the Essence of Life / O ka lewa i luna, ua pa’aia he lani / In the space above, Heaven is held fast “Above the mountains / the Geese turn into the light again / Painting their black silhouettes on an open sky Sometimes everything has to be inscribed across the heavens / So you can find the one line already written inside you. Sometimes it takes a great sky to find that small bright and indescribable wedge of freedom in your own heart. Sometimes with the bones of the black sticks left when the fire has gone out / someone has written something new in the ashes of your life. You are not leaving, you are arriving”. ~ by David Whyte from The House of Belonging Copyright © Sharon Mau 2009 / My images do not belong to the public domain. Reproduction is strictly prohibited. All rights reserved Canon EOS Digital Rebel XTi 19 August 2009 Featured Art 21 August 2009 / Nirvana / and / Silhouette / and / The Woman Photographer / and / Sensational Sun / The manifestation of moment of spiritual inspiration, this composite has been warmly received. Mahalo to everyone for your kindness, I am delighted you enjoy my art / Ho’okipa Wai’ola ~ O ka lewa i luna, ua pa’aia he lani / This is a composite of two images taken in the same location at the same time stitched together. One of the brilliant sky and the other of the coastal view from Ho’okipa Beach gazing toward West Maui and Kahakuloa. / I hope you enjoy it. I love doing this.
Taken at sunrise across Burry Port hrbour 2009 sony a200 / 18-70mm / 3 image hdr 0.7 steps
Suisinish is an abandoned village reached after a rough hour- long walk from Kilbride, near Torrin, Isle of Skye. / This old cottage is too modern to have been one of the dwellings where the folk were evicted to make way for the sheep, which were more profitable to the greedy landowners of the time. Many of the families were separated, and forced to emigrate to America, Canada, and Australia. / I cannot begin to feel their anguish. / There are many ruins scattered around the Brae (hillside), evidence of a thriving, close-knit community torn apart by human greed. Maybe this bulding was built early in the twentieth century, I have no idea and can find no information. / Back to the present….. / There was quite a wait for some usable light, a chilly fierce wind was blowing, rain was brewing, nothing new ! We sat in the shelter of one of those deserted ruins, eating a cheese piece, ( sandwich ) and a cheering cup of hot coffee from the thermos, reflecting on how ‘they’ lived then, compared to us nowadays, and watching the sheep that are now the only inhabitants of this beautiful place. / Rowan trees were planted in the belief they kept evil spirits away, and it is considered very bad luck to cut one down, even today ! This cottage is surrounded by them, I guess the magic didn’t work. A three shot HDR. CanonEOS 40D mounted on tripod, iso 100, auto wb, f22, RAW files converted in Photomatix, and touched up in Adobe CS3. / A little Orton also applied to ‘pop’ the texture of the stone. / A slight vignette added. FEATURED IN / http://www.redbubble.com/live-love-dream / AND / http://www.redbubble.com/groups/style-class-elegance / AND / http://www.redbubble.com/live-love-dream/featured_works / AND / http://www.redbubble.com/groups/mornings-and-evenings-sunbeams-storms SEE MORE OF MY ISLE OF SKYE SET….
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Not everyone gets to see a sunrise like this – So why not share it with everyone. The BEST part of the day in my books
CANON 450D / F 7 / 1/32 / ISO 100 / 18-200 @ 18MM / ND 8 FILTER / HDR. Lost lagoon.Taken early am, looking east towards downtown Vancouver, British Columbia. BETTER VIEWED LARGE.
This was a very fun day! I met kathy and Gina before sunrise, bounced around the park and had some sincere laughs! These two were so fun to be with! I can’t wait to finally relocate and shoot with them again. Oh, I almost forgot, we were also accompanied by Al I’m on the left, kathy in the middle, and Gina on the right, holding Al. This sunrise was taken with Nikon D90 DSLR and a Sigma 17-70 mm lens, focal length 17, at Webb Lake in the Babcock/Cecil M. Webb WIldlife Management Area in Charlotte County, Florida. / / / Featured in The World As We See It … 10-25-09 / Featured in Collage and Landscape Photography 10-26-09 / Featured in You Big Softy 10-29-09 / Featured in Mornings & Evenings Sunbeams & Storms 11-6-09
Another dawn shot and an outgoing tide from the East Beach at Lossiemouth in Moray Scotland. Nikon D80 / Manual / 1.5 sec. at f16 / ISO 100 / Nikon 18.0-70.0mm f/3.5-4.5 at 18mm / Hitech 0.6 ND soft Grad. / Manfrotto 190XPROB / 804RC2
Is this a sign of to days Politics way out on the left / Taken on the prairie in Western Saskatchewan / Olympus E510 14/42 lens / photomatix pro 3.1 lightroom 2.3 HDR
This shot was taken at my favourite part of the day, just after sunset. Southbourne beach, Bournemouth. Nikon D90 – Sigma 10-20mm – B&W ND110 – ISO 200 – 131 secs f/8 – Photoshop CS4.
Sunset above the Danube dam channel photographed from a small fishing village of Csölösztő (Cilistov) in southern Slovakia.
The morning sun rays cut through a pine tree on the hillside across a fog topped pond in our pasture.
Taken in the desert behind my sister’s house, sunset, Las Cruces, New Mexico
Sunrise just north of Valley Falls, Oregon, west side of Hwy 31. Pentax *istDs
Literally just in time – 2 minutes later and there was full cloud cover! Shot at Budle Bay, north of Bamburgh, Northumberland, England, June 2009. 3 frame HDR, _2,0,+2 EV’s, tonemapped in Photomatix Pro 3.2.6 and tweaked in CS4 Canon 400D,Canon EF-S 17-85mm lens at 33mm. ISO 100, f22. PLEASE VIEW LARGER Copyrighted with myfreecopyright.com ref: / MCN: CFQA4-LGFH1-4XCNB
Early morning trip to a little known local beach near Stanley, Tasmania. Nikon D40 / Nikkor 18-200mm lens @ 130mm / ISO200 / F/5.6 / 1/1000th of a second featured in All Water in Motion group 30th June 2009 / featured in Natural Colour & Light group 9th July 2009 / featured in Mornings,Evenings, Sunbeams & Storms group 25th July 2009
Ne Hoe Ka Leo O Ka Wai / (pleasant is the murmur of water) Sunset Ho’okipa Beach Maui North Shore Hawai’i Title is an excerpt verse from the beautiful mele (song) / Ka Inu Wai – Maika`i Ka Makani O Kohala / (Thirsty Breezes of Kohala ) with words by William J. Sheldon and music by David Nape Hui: / Ko aloha, ko aloha ka`u mea nui / He makana, he makana na ka pu`uwai Chorus: / Your love, your love is a great thing to me / A gift, a gift for the heart Maika`i ka makani o Kohala / `Ike `ia e ka inu wai / `O ka wai no ia pono kâua / Wai kaulana o ka `âina Good is the wind of Kohala / Known as the drinking water / It’s the water that is good for the two of us / Famous water of the land Nani wale Niuli`i kâhela i ka la`i / `Ekolu `ôpua hiki mai / A la`i `ia mai e ka ulu hala / Nalo wale ka luna o Hapu`u The splendor of Niuli`i sprawling peacefully / Three clouds approach / Gently settling there at the hala grove / Hiding the top of Hapu`u Ha`aheo ka hau i ka mauna / Kahiko i ka ohu o ka nahele / E ka oni mai nei lililnoi / I ka ohu noe ike kuahiwi Proud is the hau in the mountain / Adorned over by the forest / The mist moves about / The misty rain enshrouds the mountains Ana `ole ka makani iâ Kohala / Holohia a ka ua Naulu / Aia ka luana i Makapala / I ka hea mia a Niuli`i Boundless is the wind of Kohala / Mingled with the Naulu rain / Rest will be found at Makapala / When the Niuli`i calls an invitation Nê hoe ka leo o ka wai / Hana pono i ka poli o ka `iwa / Ku`u `iea ku`i lei kâhiko ia / Na pua lehua i `Awini Pleasant is the murmur of water / Refreshing among the ferns / My ferns, my adorning lei / Entwined with the lehua of Awini Source: Verse 1 & 2 from Hopkin’s Aloha Colletion & Pete Donnelly, Verse 3, 4, 5 from Pukui collection – This song tells of the Inuwai winds that blow across Kohala and parch the land. Kohala, Niuli`i and Hapu`u are places on the big island. The 3 clouds represent 3 sisters and one is the writer’s sweetheart. Her home was hidden from his view by the hala (pandanus) grove of Hapu`u. Chorus, Verse 1, 2 translated by Ainsley Halemanu. Verse 3, 4, 5 translated by Mary Pukui. Text Copyright Charles Hopkins 1899 Fine Art Photography / Copyright © Sharon Mau 2009 / All Rights Reserved Ho’okipa Beach Park Canon EOS Digital Rebel XTi / Composite Three Images / Shooting Date 06 September 2009
A view of Dromana beach in the hours of early light. / ~ / Camera: Canon / Model: Canon PowerShot A2000 IS / ISO: 125 / Exposure: 1/250 sec / Aperture: 3.2 / Focal Length: 6.4mm / Flash Used: No / Date: 14.07.09
Arizona sunset from the spring of 2009.
Taken at the Stony Swamp Conservation Area near Ottawa, Ontario, Canada in September 2009. I liked the silhouettes of these tree skeletons, but whenever I tried to change my vantage point a bit, I found my feet getting wet. It would seem that the Stony Swamp was aptly named. Nikon D700 / 50mm / 1/100 second exposure / f10 / ISO 450
Last light – Mannum South Australia. Bold vibrant glowing sky finishing off the night, seen through the frame of a windmill with another in the background. Thanks to Dave Hartley from the Mannum Motel for the trip and chance to shoot a sky like this!!!! Shot taken between the Mannum township and Greenings landing at Mannum. Canon 400D – 17-85 lens.
BEST VIEWED LARGER Thank you for your views, comments and favouritings / Right Spot – CHECK / No Boats – CHECK / Enough Cloud – CHECK / That Consistency to the Water – CHECK / Lights in varying colours – Check / Reflections on Water – Check / Run for the D300 and the tripod – DEFINITELY Caught a range of shots on this Friday morning reached my vantage point about 5.30am. I saw these reflections and ran for the camera. Sydney Harbour like a mill pond before the many vessels start their morning trips and disturbing it’s surface. The other factor is that look to the water surface that landscape photographers might know it’s like a oily look to the water that lends itself to wonderful reflective surface. It took many shots of Sydney Harbour this morning, if, and you should have seen the sunrise that followed . WAIT ! yes i have photos of that as well. Equipment: Manfrotto Tripod, Nikon D300 Nikon 18-200mm Lens / Technique: 5 Bracketted Exposures, Photomatix 3.2, Capure NX See Also Monochrome: See Also / Oh What A Beautiful Morning: Right Place Right Time:
A Turneresque depiction of Bamburgh Castle, Northumberland Nikon D200 / F22 1/50 ISO100 / 7 exposures +/-3 / Processed in Photomatix / Edited in Photoshop Featured in: /


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