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p.1 #1 · p.1 #1 · Wall of Tears, Mount Waialeale, Kauai


This is a series of photographs taken at high ISO from the side of a Hughes 500 helicopter flying over the crater of Wai'ale'ale in the interior of Kauai. It was very challenging to provide adequate perspective in these images, let alone obtain a serviceable photograph at all. Wai'ale'ale's summit lies just below the trade wind inversion layer of 6,000 feet (1,829 m), above which trade-wind-generated clouds cannot rise. It's pretty much always cloudy and always raining. The fact that the sky is clear for a moment is interesting in and of itself I guess. The steep cliffs are at a near vertical orientation and endlessly drop down to the base of the crater where the innumerable waterfalls join.

5D MKIII, 24-70 2.8L, 24mm, f/11.0, 1/500 s, iso 1600, -2/3 EV
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7358/11442191466_a0dd8c1eb4_b.jpg

5D MKIII, 24-70 2.8L, 24mm, f8.0, 1/320 s, iso 1600, -2/3 EV
http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5522/11442190776_97ef68bf79_o.jpg

5D MKIII, 24-70 2.8L, 24mm, f/11.0, 1/500 s, iso 1600, -2/3 EV
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7359/11442105075_47a6d81635_o.jpg



Dec 18, 2013 at 07:04 PM
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p.1 #2 · p.1 #2 · Wall of Tears, Mount Waialeale, Kauai


These are pretty good, considering the challenges of shooting there. I prefer your first image the most, followed closely by your second image. It is really weird to see the blue sky in image three, as that doesn't happen often there (as far as I know).
Keith W.



Dec 18, 2013 at 11:55 PM
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p.1 #3 · p.1 #3 · Wall of Tears, Mount Waialeale, Kauai


Nice! Good work getting in there and enjoying the heart of Kaua'i

aF



Dec 19, 2013 at 05:37 AM
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p.1 #4 · p.1 #4 · Wall of Tears, Mount Waialeale, Kauai




kwilliam8 wrote:
These are pretty good, considering the challenges of shooting there. I prefer your first image the most, followed closely by your second image. It is really weird to see the blue sky in image three, as that doesn't happen often there (as far as I know).
Keith W.


The pilot did mention that is was very unusual to have blue sky at that location. Sadly he didn't really hover ever. He was constantly flying around and maneuvering the chopper so I never got to pause, think, and compose a frame. I must have taken 260 shots in 60 minutes. Some people say to ask the pilot to orient the chopper a certain way but I didn't want to impose. This was more something fun to do with my wife on our trip. She had my film body and the 17-40 4.0L whereas I had our brand new 5D MKIII and my old 24-70 2.8L. I'm curious how her shots will come out (if at all) as her ISO was way too low - I didn't bring any fast film.



Dec 19, 2013 at 05:40 AM





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