Aloha!

[fishinchicks]

Just returned from an 8 day trip to Hawaii. We had an incredible time, but I think I left my brain on the beach somewhere. Having troubles getting it into gear...

Here are a few of my favorites. They are unedited, simply because I am too tired, and have too much catching up to do.

We booked a whale watching trip the day after we arrived. It just so happened that the day of our cruise, two humpback whales were in the harbor. The crew was just as giddy as the passengers were.

In this photo, the whale is swimming down the center of our catamaran style boat. Absolutely breathtaking...although I felt like a bath toy.

Went on a supper cruise on a Friday night. The sunset was made even better by the presence of sail boats.

Waikiki in the moonlight

[fishinchicks]

There is a hotel on Waikiki that puts on a fireworks display on Friday nights. Our boat captain had us in perfect position. The surf was rolling pretty good, so only a few of my photos turned out as I had hoped.

There were surf warnings on the North Shore for the first few days we were on the island. By the time we went on our Circle Island Tour, they were not as high. Still impressive, though.

Surf boards along Waikiki beach after a day on the water.

All of the statues had fresh flower leis adorning them.

I am not sure what species of bird these next two are, but I thought they were pretty.

[CAMAN]

Very cool! Yeah, those whales were even news here, evidently it's been like 25 years since whales were seen in the harbor. Neat that you were witness to it.

Great pics also!

[Dbl]

Awesome! What a trip! Thanks for giving us a glimpse.

[dockothebay]

Oh - beautiful! Makes me want to get there again - thanks for sharing!

[ShawnZ]

Sweet series. The images definitely make me want to go!

The birds are 1:Red Crested Cardinal, 2: Java Sparrow.....Way to go!

[CFRay]

Very Nice! Hope you filled a card in your 60D. If you brought that older XT along it's the second time to Hawaii for that unit.

After you have returned to normal maybe you'd put up a post regarding video on that camera? I'd be interested in your thoughts about that element of the 60D.

[fishinchicks]

Thank you for the kind comments, and thank you for the bird ID! I only took 911 photos, so I didn't even come close to filling up my card. Our friends that we traveled with take photos of absolutely everything, and it kinda drives us nuts. Especially when we have a 10 minute stop somewhere. I like to take photos of things I will want to look at over and over...not every statue and plaque explaining some historical thing. I do wish I could have taken photos at a couple of shows we went to. I would love photos of the fire dancers who performed during the Polynesian shows.

CFRay - the XT did not make it along on this trip. My camera bag wasn't large enough to have both bodies along. It has, however, been from New York City to the northern coast of California and many parts in between.

I have not yet tried the video feature. I have an excellent Canon video camera, so that isn't one of the features I pay much attention to on the 60D.