8300 miles and 1400 shots later.....

It's amazing what getting out of your everyday element will do for your inspiration. Around Missouri, everything looks the same: brown and wintery. In Hawaii... or anywhere... there are so many things to photograph. It rained for 4 out of 7 days, so in 3 good days I still took 1400 photos. I tried not to be a hinderance to the other 3 that I was traveling with. While driving around, I saw soooo many things I would've liked to have stopped to photograph, but couldn't. I got teased OFTEN: "What is she taking a picture of NOW?"... "She needs a quick-draw holster. teeheehee"... "It's only a TREE!"... "Keep walking, she'll catch up."... "I hear clicking back there." ....

These are the unedited "raw" shots. I can't wait to add highlights, lowlights, color...

Turtle at Black Sand Beach

(This is why NOT to set your ISO at 3200. This would have been an awesome shot if it weren't so grainy)

Thurston Lava Tube at Volcano National Park