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Hawaiian Tikis
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Feb, 2020Views
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Awards
People's Choice in Public Sculpture with a Story Photo Challenge
Peer Award
Absolute Masterpiece
Top Choice
Magnificent Capture
Superb Composition
Outstanding Creativity
Virtuoso
Superior Skill
Genius
All Star
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Behind The Lens
Location
This photo was taken at Pu?uhonua o H?naunau National Historic Park on the big island of Hawaii.Time
This image was taken at around 5pm.Lighting
The lighting was all natural, no flash or reflector.Equipment
This image was taken hand-held with my point-and-shoot Nikon Coolpics 5000. ISO was 100, at f/6, focal length of 21.4mm, and an exposure of 1/385 s.Inspiration
While visiting this historic Hawaiian village, I wanted to capture some of the mystique surrounding the village. These statues, carved from local wood, seemed to fit the bill.Editing
The only post-processing done was to crop the image and convert to a monochrome image. I used Luminar to do both.In my camera bag
While this image was taken before I owned a DSLR, I typically carry my Canon 80D with five lenses (Canon 50mm f/1.8, 10-18mm wide angle zoom, 18-55mm zoom, and 55-250mm zoom, and Tokina 100mm macro prime lens). I also have my Haida M10 pro filter holder with a 10-stop ND and 3-stop GND filter and circular polarizer. Of course, I always have my standard accessories like spare batteries, lens hoods, memory cards, etc., and I carry a Godox V860-II speedlight with MagMod Sphere & MagBeam flash modifiers with color gels and gobos.Feedback
My advice is always simple...soak up everything about where you are, and feel the story that starts to reveal itself about your subject and your surroundings. I'm always amazed that eventually a compelling story begins to emerge, and my job then becomes how best to capture that story. Sometimes that's easy to do, sometimes it's damn hard, and sometimes I'm not able to do it at all. It's those times that I just enjoy the story and the moment, and then later it drives me to get better at my craft so in the future I can perhaps succeed.
