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Ua Pou, Isle Marquesas, French Polynesia

Ua Pou, Isle Marquesas, French Polynesia

Perfection V800

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Nov, 2017

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Behind The Lens

Location

Ua Pao is a volcanic island in the middle of the South Pacific. Volcanic plugs rise up into the sky. We arrived in the mid-morning on board the Taparo V (in the photo) an inter-island freighter that services the Marquesas Island from Tahiti. We docked in Hakahau and we had some hours to kill while supplies were unloaded. It was my second visit to this magical island and hopefully not my last.

Time

It was around 9 am and already the clouds were building over the volcanic plugs in the distance from the humidity. By afternoon it would be raining as it always seemed to do on these tropical isles.

Lighting

Nothing special here, Just working with the available light

Equipment

Shooting handheld with a twin lens Rollie Flex on Ilford FP4

Inspiration

The picture says it all, The Taparo V at the wharf, the dramatic volcanic plugs in the distance. It was a moment never to forget.

Editing

scanned neg and post-processed in lightroom

In my camera bag

Nikon D610 with 17- 35, 1.2 Standard 50 mm1.8 Sony RX100 V6 on occasions my RollieFlex or Olympus OM1with 35mm lens

Feedback

Shooting in the tropics is best early morning or late afternoon before the heat, humidity, and glare get too high.

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