Sony NEX-3 and Moon shoot, 4/17-18/11

These panoramas were created in the camera.  Yay no photomerge via software programs. Another cool thing is that I am able to just click away.  Most cameras that have panoramas create an outline of your image which you have to line up to take the next section which you have to do again and again.  Uggh.  

I am happy when I saw that Gary was selling his Sony NEX on the Eyes of Hawaii website. This camera is a small DSLR with interchangeable lens.  My biggest interest was the panorama feature.

FYI, the Hawaii Theater is not curved.  I was trying to get the whole theater however the parked cars made it difficult for me to pan.

This is the school that I work at.  I really like the mural someone did for us.

Eyes of Hawaii had a sunset and moon shoot from Kawaikui Beach Park on April 18.  This was a difficult shoot.  At the end as I was leaving, I found that having the palm trees in the foreground made for a more interesting shot.  EJ and I were the last of the Mohicans.

NPAC performs Disney's Camp Rock: The Musical, 4/8/11

I just love the performances by NPAC, Nanakuli High and Intermediate School Performing Arts Center. The first time I saw them was in November, here is the link to my post: http://cdshares.blogspot.com/2010/11/sunday-112110-talent-npac.html

This evening, I also blogged/posted: Another Sunrise/Sunset, 4/10/11.

Another Sunrise/Sunset, 4/10/11

Sunrise from Kaiona Beach Park.  This tiny island in the background is known as Rabbit Island.  It was such a cool spot to shoot from and we were also fortunate to have a group of hula dancers come to this beach park and chant to the sun before cleaning the beach.

Next stop Secret Cave, from this exit, I took the next pictures.  As you can see it was a cloudy morning.

Later,  I joined the photo group "I Wanna Shoot So Badly" at Barber's Point for a sunset shoot.

I have never been to this place and was intrigued with the many interesting things lying around here. Here is Minh with his wife.  They are such a cute couple and they have so much fun together.

 Closer look at  Barber's Point Lighthouse.

I did a double take when I saw her.  Her owner was kind enough to let me take these pictures of Miss Piggy, yes that is her name.  She will be a year old in May.

Mom and her darlings, 3/21/11

Milton Shak called me to share that this mother now has 11 ducklings.  I saw his videos and they are so so cute!  I went over to get these shots and video (edited 4/12/11).  Thanks Milton, I agree they are such darlings.

Sunrise - 4/2/11 and Sunset - 4/3/11

This weekend, it was fun taking pictures of both sunrise and sunset with photo group "I Wanna Shoot So Badly".  I finally downloaded a free version of Ephemeris TPE which their leader Stan Y. uses.

We met at Makapuu Beach on Saturday, 4/2 for the Sunrise: 6:23 am

I bet you are wondering how I got this cool effect.  I borrowed Minh's filter: wide band fader ND (W). With this filter, you rotate it allowing more or less light. Little did Richard know he would get this effect which also surprised Minh.  He had never seen this before.  I had to try it out, yay it also worked for me.

 On Sunday, 4/3 we met at Spitting Cave in Portlock for the Sunset: 6:46 pm

Henry, you are fearless!

That is Diamond Head in the background.

We ended this weekend at Zippy's for dessert and had fun sharing our pix both from our cameras and from our iTouch or other devices.