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Day 340: 18 November, earlier in the evening, part 2

Wednesday, November 20, 2013

The obligatory Hula lesson!  The guy with the microphone is one of the Smith Family, who were everywhere!  It really is a family business.  This guy was the narrator, introducer, singer, hula helper, and he poured coffee on the side… (Nikon P7100, mostly in super dooper night mode) Tiki Torches! And a great dinner was […]

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Day 339: 18 November, earlier in the evening, part 1

Wednesday, November 20, 2013

(These titles keep getting more complicated!) We attended the Smith Family Garden Luau.  It starts with a quick tour of their gardens and time to walk around and enjoy them in the setting sun. Cactus in Hawai’i?  More than you’d think, but this is outside of the gate. (All Nikn P7100, except the next one!) […]

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Kaua’i Morning Bonus!

Tuesday, November 19, 2013

I was up about 6:30 this morning, and what did I see but that big Kaua’i Moon! (1/250s f/8.0 ISO125 300mm -1.56 stops Canon 7D 100% crop) (1/250s f/8.0 ISO125 300mm -1.5 stops 7D 100% crop taken in monochrome) ~Curtis on Kaua’i! {!-{>

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Day 338: A little moonlight (18 November)

Tuesday, November 19, 2013

We went to the Smith Family Luau tonight.  It was wonderful.  This isn’t it.  After being cloudy all day, the skies clear tonight and the (almost) full Moon was out. (1.5s f/4.0 ISO2500 12mm Canon 7D) (1s f/4.0 ISO1250 24mm 7D) Kapa’a by night. (2s f/4.5 ISO5000 22mm 7D) (1s f/4.0 ISO800 24mm 7D) Those […]

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Day 337: Chasing the Sun and beyond…

Monday, November 18, 2013

After the Moon we went looking for that sunrise. “It is around here somewhere…” “Nope.” “Maybe over there?” “I see it!  I see it!” Lots of warm, wet beach, too! And that couple again… Foot watching… *** *** “Time for breakfast!  Shoes…errr..on.” Coffee at the Olympic Cafe in Kapa’a. (iPad mini x3) A second floor […]

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Day 336: Chasing the Moon…

Monday, November 18, 2013

We got up early and went to watch the moon setting over the ocean.  This is the view over Hanalei. (Canon 7D) Then we decided to ge a better view over the ocean for it.  So off to Ke’e Beach!  Eleven one lane bridges later (no traffic!!!)… Of course it decide to drop into the […]

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Day 335: 16 November

Sunday, November 17, 2013

We started the day at the Farmers Market in Hanalei.  It isn’t terribly large, but is usually very well attended.  This is about half of the Market.  There should be a lot more people, but one of the sources for people is the cruise ships, and apparently the one for today got stopped out at […]

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Day 334: 15 November, a Day of Rest…

Saturday, November 16, 2013

We didn’t do a whole lot on the 15th…rested up from the previous days!  It also warmed up (not much, about 80F) but with 100% humidity it takes something out of you! These are actually from the 14th, but fit here better.  The resort was holding fire extinguisher training for the staff. It was all […]

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Day 333: 14 November

Friday, November 15, 2013

Thursday night I took a night photography workshop from Kauai Adventure Photography Workshops!  I had hoped to get one of those fantastic Milky Way over the Ocean shots, but it was not to be…cloudy.  There were only a few of us, and we practiced some nice sunset photos, then light painting and long exposure.  Here […]

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Day 332: 14 November

Friday, November 15, 2013

We went out to KÄ«lauea Point National Wildlife Refuge (Wikipedia) run by the US Fish and Wildlife Service .  Lots of birds and fun there! The Dailylife Daughter #2’s roommate likes to identify birds, so here is her chance to name a few! (The Roommate says: Red footed Boobies) (All photos Canon 7D) Ohh, eeeh, awww…. (Roommate says: the […]

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