Haleakala is the world’s largest dormant volcano, having last erupted in the 1790’s. Its crater has many cinder cones. Many trails lead from the summit and various locations around the rim of Haleakala into the crater and a number of cabins (which must be pre-booked) provide hikers (who have to be very well prepared for all fast changing weather conditions) with overnight shelter as many trails are many miles long. Not only do the weather conditions change minute by minute but also the scenery from inside the crater. Its spectacular.

I’ve just completed Novembers Full Moon Crater hike which took us 2 days to complete. The first day was a clear blue day, a little chilly at the start, but perfect once down below the summit on our decent into the crater down the sliding sands trail. The second day it rained virtually non stop. But having the correct clothing and rain gear meant both days were great fun and enjoyed by us all. Most of the photos though were taken on the first day, because it was too wet too even get the camera out of the bag on the second day.

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I’d never heard of a REVERSE sunset not to mention seen a reverse sunset with the rising Full moon. The first photo above is exactly that. Its when the sunset colours are seen in the East as well as the West.

Petworth park was covered in Umbrella mushrooms this September. I only had my little Canon Ixus with me, but was happy with the result… It got me motivated to take more funghi photos in October.

A few days in France, while visiting Saint Aubin Sur Mer gave me good reason to stroll to the beach and check out the tides. The differences between the low and high tides are pretty dramatic even on a beautiful September’s day.

The Dunsfold Airshow was held at the end of August 2011, for two days on the Bank Holiday weekend, and it was a grand display of planes flying overhead. Planes included Hawker Hunters,  an Avro Lancaster Bomber, a Piper Cub, two LadyWing Walkers on PT17 Stearmans, an F86 Sabre, a Mustang P51, a Hawker GNAT, turbulents, a Hawker Seafury, a Spitfire, a Hawker Hurricane – and thats just to name a few. 

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It was a great airshow and apart from just a couple of short sharp showers the weather was perfect.

Great Party, Great View – Thanks  Jeanne, Matt and family

… And the difference is Photoshop

I’ve had another rainy day in the UK, and rather than being outside with my camera, I’ve been working through some images from Maui on my computer (in the dry!)…

Sunflower from Haiku

I just love pink and purple !!!

Now this really is cheating! but FUN !

I’ve been experimenting with Photoshop and ended up with an image of my friends pussycat (no its not a panther) that I am very pleased with and want to share

Before Photoshopping

The blue bells are almost finished but some are still perfect. The wild pink Campions are blooming, and the Dandelions are reproducing in the breeze …

I’ve had fun with my Canon Macro lens, its a 100m IS USM, and a beautiful piece of kit when attached to my Canon EOS 40D digital camera. I used it with an extension tube, which enables me to get in even closer.  A tripod is a must, and the cable shutter release makes shooting low shots easier.

These closeup macro photographs were taken in Maui in the back garden, and I am very happy with my results. I think I am hooked. The weather has been very calm, with a slight cloud cover (which is perfect lighting) and ideally not a single breath of wind.

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Its a good April 2011 so far for wind! Windsurfers are everywhere, and Hookipa is a popular location amongst the professional windsurfers, and they are coming in from all over the world.. so I have just added them to the the Hookipa 2011 gallery below

After my own windsurfing sessions down in Kanaha, I cannot resist taking my camera to Hookipa for a while. Here is some of the action I have been having fun capturing on camera.

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Friday, March 25th 2011 -Windsurfers in Paradise, Hookipa, Maui, Hawaii

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Lots of well known names and Professional windsurfers, surfers and kiters were out at Jaws today, in the waves with 35ft faces. Names including Kai Lenny, Levi Siver, Marcilo Brown, Mike Schreider, Klaus Voget, Julien Taboulet, Jason Polakow, Robby Naish, Kevin Prichard, Klaus Voget, Grahem Ezzy and Leo Ray to name a few.

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A great day was had by all, those out in the water and the specators and photographers on the cliffs, not to mention the lucky few whizzing around in those little yellow helicopters.