Rainbow Falls Photo

Photographer’s Note

Rainbow Falls, Hilo, Island of Hawai'i

Rainbow Falls is in a small park on the outskirts of Hilo on the Big Island of Hawai'i. This is a very beautiful park along the Wailuku River. If we had been at the park in the morning when the sun was shinning there would have been a rainbow over this waterfall but as you see here it is lunch time and it is trying to rain. Off to the left is a pair of smaller falls from the same river, please see my post from yesterday for a more detailed look. As we were preparing to leave it started to drizzle but by the time we were seated at our restaurant for lunch a downpour began.

Retagger, mickyg, jaywalker, stego, tigra, john_c, jmcl, pboehringer has marked this note useful

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Retagger (26) 2007-02-20 16:06

Hello John,

You have captured a truely peacful setting. Your composition is spot on with the photo framed by the natural branches of the trees. Overall an excellent photograph!

Regards,
David...

mickyg (815) 2007-02-20 16:08

Nicely composed shot John,great detail in the rocks surrounding the falls and good foreground interest using the foliage, just a tad overexposed IMO .. but not enough to detract from a fine capture

batalay (20804) 2007-02-20 16:34

Hello John,

Great shot! I saw this site in 1992, from the very same spot. And as the great physicist Werner Heisenberg once pronounced, "Never underestimate how much pleasure it give a man to see/hear what he already knows." Well it is a pleasure to see this site again. I visited your posting from yesterday, and to be sure, I will go back to critique it soon.

Warm regards,
Bulent

jaywalker (12190) 2007-02-20 18:49

Hi John, A great capture of some beautiful falls, the water looks fantastic, brilliant exposure, sharp with great light & magnificent framing, kind regards Wilson.

stego (22350) 2007-02-20 20:37

Hi John,
Wonderful capture of that little spot of paradise on Earth. Very effective pov, perfect exposure and colors.
A very nice postcard, very well done.
Regards, José.

tigra (2966) 2007-02-20 22:01

Hello John
A nice place.. looks like a paradise:)
Katia

berseph (1758) 2007-02-20 22:12

Quite stunning. Great capture of the falls; I like how you included both the big one as the main focus and the smaller one on the side. Nice and peaceful...

JPlumb (3153) 2007-02-21 1:59

Beautiful capture of these falls John. There's a great texture to it. You've done great to capture the shadow detail behind the falls and the ripples in water, even with the longer exposure.

Thanks, John

john_c (24635) 2007-02-22 10:43

Hi John,
Your perspective is all important here, with the multiple falls well seen. From what I was told by locals, it is rare to see a full day of sunshine in the Hilo area and each time I have set out for these Falls I was deterred by weather. You made the most of the lighting conditions. The limited focal area keeps attention riveted to this bucolic scene. Well captured.
John

carper (64464) 2007-02-22 13:43

a marvelous place John,
and I must say that you made a fantastic composition, ythe pov is very good, almost an 3D shot, very good light and dark parts, yes I like it a lot, good photo job here.
gr. jaap

jmcl (13721) 2007-02-22 23:50

Hi John,

Beautiful POV .. I love the composition of the near leaf .. but really it is the soft meditative tones and light .. the understated saturation levels .. that get me ... creates a gentle impression of this majestic place.

take care,

John

ahmetgedikli (21769) 2007-02-23 9:53

Hi John,
Beautiful little waterfalls! Very good POV and depth. Well done.
Ahmet

pboehringer (770) 2007-02-27 10:38

John,
I love waterfalls and you gave me with this one exactly what my eyes needed to see. The POV and composition are awesome. I wish you would have had better light conditions. It seems to be flat.
My dream is once to get to Hawaii and see all these natural wonders that I only know from pictures. Did also get some volcanic activity pictures during this trip?
TFS, Peter

giorgimer (20964) 2007-07-05 5:38

Hi John,

great place!
I like your POV and the composition of the image.

TFS

Giorgio