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Hamakua Poko Beach / H-Poko Papa / Ku’au Cove / Sunrise on Maui’s North Shore Beaches We had a minor earthquake last night. You may read about it in my journal This is H-Poko Point overlooking the beautiful golden sands of Hamakua Poko Beach and Ku’au Cove gazing toward Mauna Kahalawai, I’ao Valley and the West Maui mountains. The city of Kahului and the Kahului Harbour is in the distance at the base of the mountains. Mama’s Fish House, a sensational restaurant with delicious island style fare and fabulous fresh catch seafood, is near the smaller golden beach you see on the left near the homes and Coconut Palms. Hamakua Poko Beach and Ku’au Cove is about midway between Ho’okipa Beach and the coastal town of Pa’ia. Hamakua Poko is the original name, and H-Poko is a common abbreviated form most used by locals. Papa is a Hawaiian word referring to the wide shelf of exposed flat table-like reef that fronts the short narrow golden sand beach here, along Ho’okipa Beach as well as other beaches on Maui. Hamakua Poko is popular among locals with shoreline fisherman, snorkelers and skin divers. Hamakua , which means “long corner” is the name of two districts on Maui, Hamakua Loa (long Hamakua) and Hamakua Poko (short Hamakua). H-Poko Papa is fronted by deep water and strong currents. There are many large tide pools which are excellent for swimming when tide is fairly low. Aloha kakahiaka, good morning Maui. Copyright © Sharon Mau 2009 / All Rights Reserved Canon EOS Digital Rebel XTi / Shooting Date/ 29 June 2009 11:01:57 / Shooting Mode Aperture-Priority AE / Tv( Shutter Speed ) 1/500 / Av( Aperture Value ) 8.0
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Copyright © Sharon Mau 2009 / All Rights Reserved Ho’omaika’i Ho’okipa / Hawaiian Translation: Ho’omaika’i ~ Good / Napo’o ‘ana ‘o ka la ~ Sunset Ho’okipa / Maui North Shore Hawai’i The Spirit of the Place “The stillness of the moment / The outside world cannot touch me here. / Everyday concerns melt away, meaningless. / Contentment fills my heart. / The Spirit of the Place is close / I sit within its sacred boundary. / It resides within me / We are joined soul to soul / The surface of the ‘ocean’ is calm / It stretches out from me / Reflecting the blue of the sky / As it winds its way on its journey / The gulls glide on the breeze / Circling high above my head / Under the gaze of the sun. I am enveloped in the heat of the day. / There is always a story to tell If you can find it / Looking under stones upon the beach / Are there secrets here? I sense the power of this place / Moving in its own way / Leading me along the path Of spirit and inspiration. Only the moment matters here / This reconnection to the Earth / Lost in the tracks of time / I reclaim the past, reclaim my memory. / The Spirit knows its own truth / It weaves its own reality / Whispering in a quiet voice / It challenges me to understand.” ~ Vanora Canon EOS Digital Rebel XTi / Shooting Date/Time 09 March 2008 19:37:00 / Tv (Shutter Speed) 1/500 / Av (Aperture Value) 14 / ISO Speed 400
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Kaula’uo / Ulua / Mokapu Beach / Wailea / Maui Gold Coast / Hawai’i Copyright © Sharon Mau 2009 / All Rights Reserved This image is the result of an experiment in light and camera settings as I was trying to reproduce the atmospheric conditions of the moment. You may see my camera data below. Please let me know what you really think of it. These two beaches are accessible by the same path along the wonderful elevated boardwalk, although they have different names for each side of the beach. When you are facing makai, the ocean, to the right is Mokapu Beach, which lies just in front of the Renaissance Wailea Beach Resort and to the left is Ulua Beach. These beaches are very popular places for walking, running, sunbathing, swimming and snorkeling, featuring sandy bottoms. In summer the water is wonderfully warm. It is a beautiful long stretch of golden sand, and the luxurious bronzed golden sand is reflecting the beautiful warm colours of sunset in this image. It was a peaceful evening on Maui’s Gold Coast. Ulua is name after the adult Crevalle fish. The Ulua fish is also known as Pompano. When the fish is less than 10 pounds, it is called Papio. The Ulua fish may be caught with a rod and reel from the shoreline and is considered one of the most sought after inshore fishes on the islands. It is delicious when breaded with a light seasoned flour and grilled or lightly sauteed with fresh lemon butter and dill weed. The original name of this lovely beach was Ke One Ulua (pronounced o-ney) / Like Polo Beach, Ulua is a name unfamiliar to Kanaka Maoli (Indigenous Hawaiians) and Kama’aina (long time residents) on Maui. The original name was Kaula’uo and that is what I prefer to call it as I believe the original name should be restored. Canon EOS Digital Rebel XTi / Shooting Date/Time 07 July 2009 17:36:42 / Shooting Mode Aperture-Priority AE / Tv( Shutter Speed ) 1/640 / Av( Aperture Value ) 3.5 / Center-Weighted Average Metering / Exposure Compensation +2 / ISO Speed 100 / Lens EF28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
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Kaula’uo / Ulua / Mokapu Beach / Wailea / Maui Gold Coast / Hawai’i Copyright © Sharon Mau 2009 / All Rights Reserved This image is the result of an experiment in light and camera settings as I was trying to reproduce the atmospheric conditions of the moment. You may see my camera data below. Please let me know what you really think of it. These two beaches are accessible by the same path along the wonderful elevated boardwalk, although they have different names for each side of the beach. When you are facing makai, the ocean, to the right is Mokapu Beach, which lies just in front of the Renaissance Wailea Beach Resort and to the left is Ulua Beach. These beaches are very popular places for walking, running, sunbathing, swimming and snorkeling, featuring sandy bottoms. In summer the water is wonderfully warm. It is a beautiful long stretch of golden sand, and the luxurious bronzed golden sand is reflecting the beautiful warm colours of sunset in this image. It was a peaceful evening on Maui’s Gold Coast. Ulua is name after the adult Crevalle fish. The Ulua fish is also known as Pompano. When the fish is less than 10 pounds, it is called Papio. The Ulua fish may be caught with a rod and reel from the shoreline and is considered one of the most sought after inshore fishes on the islands. It is delicious when breaded with a light seasoned flour and grilled or lightly sauteed with fresh lemon butter and dill weed. The original name of this lovely beach was Ke One Ulua (pronounced o-ney) / Like Polo Beach, Ulua is a name unfamiliar to Kanaka Maoli (Indigenous Hawaiians) and Kama’aina (long time residents) on Maui. The original name was Kaula’uo and that is what I prefer to call it as I believe the original name should be restored. Canon EOS Digital Rebel XTi
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On the Whispering Sea Pa’ako Beach / Twilight Makena Maui Hawai’i “To possess good intuition, goodly power, causes work. / It causes work firstly in the watching and comprehending of negative forces and imbalances both inward and outward. / Secondly, it causes striving in the gathering up of will in order to do something about what one sees, be it for good, or balance, or to allow something to die. I will not lie to you; it is easier to throw away the light and go to sleep. For with it, we clearly see all sides of ourselves and others, both the disfigured and the divine and all conditions in between. Yet, with this light the miracles of deep beauty in the world and in humans come to consciousness. With this penetrating light one can see past the bad action to the good heart, one can espy the sweet spirit crushed beneath hatred, one can understand much instead of being perplexed only. This light can differentiate layers of personality, intention, and motives in others. / It can determine consciousness and unconsciousness in self and others. / It is the wand of knowing. / It is the mirror in which all things are sensed. / It is the deep wild nature.” / From The Retrieval of Intuition as Initiation ~ Women Who Run With Wolves Featured Art 20 August 2009 / A Place To Call Home / I ke kai Hawanawana ~ Eia ku’u lei Aloha Pa’ako Beach / 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 / Shooting Date/Time 01 June 2009
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Ho’okipa Beach is world renowned as one of the international surfing capitals of the world. It is here you may see professionals from many countries around the world as well as many talented locals competing and enjoying this wonderful watersport. With a slight adjustment in Curves, I reset the White Balance to reveal the brilliant cloudless blue sky and a slight adjustment in Contrast. No Saturation. This is true colour on a bright and shiny summer day here on the island. Windsurfing Ho’okipa Maui North Shore Hawai’i / From my collection: / Wave Pirates ~ Surfing Maui Style Copyright © Sharon Mau 2009 / All Rights Reserved Canon EOS Digital Rebel XTi
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Ho’okipa Beach Sunset Maui Hawai’i Copyright © Sharon Mau 2009 / My images do not belong to the public domain. Reproduction is strictly prohibited. All rights reserved Beautiful Art and Greeting Cards For Sale ~ Shop securely and view my collection here “There are different wells within your heart. / Some fill with each good rain, / Others are far too deep for that. In one well / You have just a few precious cups of water, / That “love” is literally something of yourself, / It can grow as slow as a diamond / If it is lost. Your love / Should never be offered to the mouth of a / Stranger, / Only to someone / Who has the valor and daring / To cut pieces of their soul off with a knife / Then weave them into a blanket / To protect you. There are different wells within us. / Some fill with each good rain, / Others are far, far too deep / For that.” ~ Poetry from The Gift by Daniel Ladinsky Canon EOS Digital Rebel XTi / Shooting Date/Time 29 August 2008 20:03:50 / Tv( Shutter Speed ) 1/100 / Av( Aperture Value ) 6.3 / ISO Speed 100 / Lens EF28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
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Aviaka is Hawai’i in the Hawaiian language. / Pa’ako Beach Maui Hawai’i 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 / Shooting Date/Time 09 May 2009 17:00:37 / Shutter Speed 1/200 Aperture 10.0 ISO 100 / AF Mode One-Shot
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Surge Zone / Tide Pools of Pa’ako / Makena / Maui Hawai’i Copyright © Sharon Mau 2009 / My images do not belong to the public domain. Reproduction is strictly prohibited. All rights reserved Beautiful Art and Greeting Cards For Sale ~ Shop securely and view my collection here Camera Model Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XTi / Shooting Date/Time 26 July 2009
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Pa’ako Beach Maui Hawai’i Copyright © Sharon Mau 2009 / My images do not belong to the public domain. Reproduction is strictly prohibited. All rights reserved Beautiful Art and Greeting Cards For Sale ~ Shop securely and view my collection here Canon EOS Digital Rebel XTi / Shooting Date 26 July 2009 / Tv( Shutter Speed ) 1/800 / Av( Aperture Value ) 7.1 / Metering Mode Center-Weighted Average Metering / ISO Speed 100
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Ma ka ‘Aekai / when the ‘aina (land) meets the ocean Kaula’uo / Ulua / Mokapu Beach / Wailea / Maui Gold Coast / Hawai’i Copyright © Sharon Mau 2009 / All Rights Reserved This image is the result of an experiment in light and DOF settings as I was trying to reproduce the atmospheric conditions of the moment. These two beaches are accessible by the same path along the wonderful elevated boardwalk, although they have different names for each side of the beach. When you are facing makai, the ocean, to the right is Mokapu Beach, which lies just in front of the Renaissance Wailea Beach Resort and to the left is Ulua Beach. These beaches are very popular places for walking, running, sunbathing, swimming and snorkeling, featuring sandy bottoms. In summer the water is wonderfully warm. It is a beautiful long stretch of golden sand, and the luxurious bronzed golden sand is reflecting the beautiful warm colours of sunset in this image. It was a peaceful evening on Maui’s Gold Coast. The original name of this lovely beach was Ke One Ulua (pronounced o-ney) / Like Polo Beach, Ulua is a name unfamiliar to Kanaka Maoli (Indigenous Hawaiians) and Kama’aina (long time residents) on Maui. The original name was Kaula’uo and that is what I prefer to call it as I believe the original name should be restored. Canon EOS Digital Rebel XTi / Shooting Date/Time 07 July 2009 / Shooting Mode Aperture-Priority AE / Tv( Shutter Speed ) 1/640 / Av( Aperture Value ) 3.5 / Center-Weighted Average Metering / Exposure Compensation +2 / ISO Speed 100 / Lens EF28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
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Copyright © Sharon Mau 2009 / My images do not belong to the public domain. Reproduction is strictly prohibited. All rights reserved This is a view of Kahului, Wailuku and ‘Iao Valley West Maui from Kanaha Beach on a bright and shiny day. The beautification and restoration project of Kanaha Beach Park is an ongoing project supported by many wonderful volunteers and organizations of our Maui community providing time, funding and resources to protect this beautiful area. Kanaha Beach is a beautiful recreational treasure on Maui’s North Shore, yet it is also one of the island’s many protected areas supporting the restoration and preservation of native coastal plants and animals. Canon EOS Digital Rebel XTi / 21 August 2009 / Kanaha Beach Park
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Randy Awo playing on the beach with his beautiful grand daughter. Jacob and I were invited to a DLNR beach party yesterday. We had such a fabulous time. The beautification and restoration project of Kanaha Beach Park is an ongoing project supported by many wonderful volunteers and organizations of our Maui community providing time, funding and resources to protect this beautiful area. Kanaha Beach is a beautiful recreational treasure on Maui’s North Shore, yet it is also one of the island’s many protected areas supporting the restoration and preservation of native coastal plants and animals. Canon EOS Digital Rebel XTi / 21 August 2009 Copyright © Sharon Mau 2009 / My images do not belong to the public domain. Reproduction is strictly prohibited. All rights reserved Kanaha Beach / Kanaha Beach Maui Sports Unlimited
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The beautification and restoration project of Kanaha Beach Park is an ongoing project supported by many wonderful volunteers and organizations of our Maui community providing time, funding and resources to protect this beautiful area. Kanaha Beach is a beautiful recreational treasure on Maui’s North Shore, yet it is also one of the island’s many protected areas supporting the restoration and preservation of native coastal plants and animals. Canon EOS Digital Rebel XTi / 21 August 2009 Copyright © Sharon Mau 2009 / My images do not belong to the public domain. Reproduction is strictly prohibited. All rights reserved Kanaha Beach / Kanaha Beach Maui Sports Unlimited Featured Art 23 August 2009 First Things / Featured Art 24 August 2009 Images and Ideas
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It is always a beautiful day on Maui / Pa’ako Beach Makena Maui Hawai’i “The archetype of Wild Woman resides in the guts, not in the head. She can track and run and summon and repel. She can sense, camouflage, and love deeply. She is intuitive, typical, and normative. She is utterly essential to women’s mental and soul health. She is the female soul. Yet she is more; she is the source of the feminine. She is all that is of instinct, of the worlds both seen and hidden – she is the basis. She is intuition, she is far-seer, she is deep listener, she is loyal heart. She encourages humans to remain multilingual; fluent in the languages of dreams, passion, and poetry. She is the voice that says, “This way, this way.” She is the one who thunders after injustice. She is the one we leave home to look for. She is the one we come home to. She is the things that keep us going when we think that we’re done for. To adjoin the instinctual nature does not mean to come undone, change everything from left to right, from black to white, to move the east to west, to act crazy or out of control. It does not mean to lose one’s primary socializations, or to become less human. It means quite the opposite. The wild nature has a vast integrity to it. It means to establish territory, to find one’s pack, to be in one’s body with certainty and pride regardless of the body’s gifts and limitations, to speak and act in one’s behalf, to be aware, alert, to draw on the innate feminine powers of intuition and sensing, to come into one’s cycles, to find what one belongs to, to rise with dignity, to retain as much consciousness as we can.” ~ excerpt from Women Who Run With Wolves Myths and Stories of the Wild Woman Archetype by Clarissa Pinkola Estes, Ph.D. 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 / Shooting Date/Time 30 August 2009 13:02:46 / Shutter Speed 1/200 / Aperture 10.0 / ISO 100 / Lens EF28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM / Focal Length 28.0 mm
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Ho’okipa Beach Maui Hawai’i 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 / Shooting Date/Time 06 September 2009 17:49:11 / Tv Shutter Speed 1/250 / Av Aperture Value 10.0 / ISO 100 / Lens EF28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM / Focal Length 65.0 mm
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Ho’okipa Beach Maui Hawai’i 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 / Shooting Date/Time 06 September 2009 17:50:34 / Tv Shutter Speed 1/250 / Av Aperture Value 10.0 / Evaluative Metering / Exposure Compensation 0 / ISO 100 / Lens EF28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM / Focal Length 28.0 mm
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Ka Makani O Ho’okipa / The Wind of Ho’okipa / Sunset Ho’okipa Beach Maui North Shore Hawai’i 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 / Shooting Date/Time 06.Sep.09 18:11:39 / Shooting Mode Aperture-Priority AE / Tv( Shutter Speed ) 1/800 / Av( Aperture Value ) 6.3 / Metering Mode Center-Weighted Average Metering / ISO Speed 200 / Lens EF28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
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Glorious stands of delicate red whip coral adorn the steep drop-offs surrounding the Cocos (Keeling) Islands
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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
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Featured Art 23 September 2009 / Islands of the World Featured Art 14 September 2009 / All Water in Motion Pa’ako Beach / Makena Maui Hawai’i Fine Art Photography / Copyright © Sharon Mau 2009 / All Rights Reserved Natural light and sensational colours, the sunset on this evening was dazzling. I love the lavender light. This is a composite of three images all taken on Pa’ako Beach at sunset on the same evening, stitched with Curves WB adjustments. The Deeper Meaning of Aloha “The lover lowers her gaze and the Beloved / raises it until lover is engulfed in oceans too vast to / circumscribe and around their margins fly continuous bands of / singing birds The lover closes her lips around silence the way / light enters a room and obliterates darkness and the Beloved suddenly starts singing inside the / lover’s mouth until even the stars like wandering animals / in their constellational shifts bleat and bay across / vast astronomical distances making them as small as the moisture bead on the lover’s lip and the / Beloved’s eye-gleam from as far away as / deep undersea The lover stands to embrace the Beloved / and the Beloved stands to embrace the lover And the lover stands to embrace the Beloved / and the Beloved stands to embrace the lover and the echoes from their movements blow rainbow / lights stuttering against earth’s canyon walls and icebergs / break off and slide into black waters And the Beloved stands and the lover / shrinks within the microscopic compass of all her / insignificant acts until each breath / obliterates her / and the Beloved stands to embrace the lover / until the whole world rises to a standing position within that embrace An Ant gnaws at a redwood tree and it / falls in a straw across a single heartbeat We’ve never left God’s glorious dimension and need only look not within us nor around us / but through the sphere of that Glance the Beloved takes and / blows into a ball of sky and crashing waves which is all the lover offers through the paucity of / her multifaceted “I” The singular embrace“ / from: The Ecstatic Exchange / poetry of Daniel Abdal Hayy Moore / Ramadan Canon EOS Digital Rebel XTi / Shooting Date Saturday 09 May 2009 18:08:59 / WhitePoint 0.31 0.33 / Aperture Priority / ISO 100 Centre Weighted Metering / Lens Aperture F/7.1 (5.66) Pa’ako Beach / Makena Maui Hawai’i
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Sunset Pa’ako Beach / Makena Maui Hawai’i / From Hawaiian ake + akamai “to desire wisdom” 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 / Shooting Date/Time 22 September 2009 18:24:16 / Tv ( Shutter Speed ) 1/50 / Av ( Aperture Value ) 5.0 / Center-Weighted Average Metering / ISO Speed 100 / Lens EF28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM / Exposure Time 1/50 Second Tripod
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E kūwili o ha‘aha‘a i ka moana / Spinning, dancing in the ocean Sunset Pa’ako Beach Makena Maui Hawai’i 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 / Shooting Date/Time 22 September 2009 18:36:29 / Tv Shutter Speed 1/4 Av Aperture 5.6 ISO 400 / Exposure 1/4 second
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