Nikon D810, 1/500 sec, f/7.1, 48mm, ISO 200
Walking down Baldwin Avenue away from the town of Paia you will come upon several surfboard fences. These are very colorful and worth a few minutes of your time. You do require a bit of luck to get a stretch of surfboards not blocked by vegetation or cars.
There are also several nice old storefronts along Baldwin Avenue. Again, luck is required to get a composition unobstructed by cars with the sun in the right position.
Paia Surfboards: 20.916049° -156.381235°
Nikon D810, 1/120 sec, f/22, 29mm, ISO 50
If you are staying near the town of Makawao, be sure to visit the Komodo Store and Bakery. It is a great place to start your day before hitting the photography trail. Be sure to get there early, the good stuff runs out quickly!
Komoda Store and Bakery: 20.854174° -156.310512°
Nikon D810, 1/40 sec, f/10, 75mm, ISO 200
When flying to Maui from the mainland, I like to spend the first two nights close to the airport. Our first choice is The Inn at Mama’s Fish House. It is an easy and scenic 20 minute drive from Kahului airport. The Inn is a good jumping off point to visit Haleakalā National Park for sunrise the day after you arrive in Maui, and a great place to recover from jet lag on day two. After that, we move on to our longer term lodging.
The flower wall above surrounds one end of the Inn’s parking lot. There are many more flower pots on the wall, but there were also a lot of distractions like palm leaves, cars, and shrubbery. Unable to capture the entire wall, I choose to focus on one small section.
I knew I did not have the depth-of-field to get both flower pots in focus, so I took two images, one focused on each pot, and tried to focus stack them in Photoshop. Unfortunately, I did this without my tripod, and the two images did not line up exactly. This result in ghosting around the front flower pot. Oh well, close but no cigar…
The Inn at Mama’s Fish House: 20.928988° -156.367016°
