Imagine 60 people meeting at 7:30 am sharp for a photo shoot/hike at Kualoa Ranch. The majority were with Eyes of Hawaii, photography club, and the rest were with Terry Takaki's photography class.
However before getting there, Richard and I couldn't resist some shots across from the Ranch.
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This special shoot did cost $30.00 per person. So we gladly jumped into the vehicle that went up the mountain, lickty split.
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Our escort shared the value of the breadfruit.
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Hee hee, Gary, I grabbed your picture online, thank you so much for doing this panoramic with your very cool camera that stitches within the camera. I am jellos!
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From this vantage point, I almost gasped when were informed that we were now going down from this side of the mountain to the bottom by foot.
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What you don't see was the mud, mud and more mud. It was quite a challenge getting down. Only 3 people chose not to do the hike, however none us of knew the extent of the hike - so off we went.
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As I tried to capture this reflection in a puddle, my left foot sank (hee hee it was deeper than I thought and I had someone yank me out).
Would you believe it was 10:05 am when I took this shot. Hmm (8:00 -10:05 am) is a long time to be hiking. We ended up taking another 2 hours to get to the bottom. We were offered the scenic route since we are photographers. Hmm, we found ourselves going up again and around. Blessing, great exercise!
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It was fun to take pictures of these cows. There were more but were gated until we left this valley.
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This machinery was part of the
Kualoa Sugar Mill which I blogged on Sept. 6, 2010. I saw this as I departed from the little bus that brought us back and is infront of the dining room/souvenir shop. Now it was 12:24 pm. We were ready to get some R&R.
2 comments:
I loooove your shots, Celia. I keep looking at them over and over, especially the ones of the Koolau Mountains. Soooo beautiful!
Wow, nice shots. Looks more like you where on a WWII forced march. Am I glad I didn't go.
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