Christi and I spent a week Maui this December to celebrate her birthday and
decompress a little.
The day we got there was beautiful, but we got a scare on the second day when it
literally rained for 24-hours, but all the subsequent days were sunny and 80
degrees, so it ended up working out great!
This was my first trip with my early Christmas present from Christi, the Canon
5D Mark II. It's an incredible camera, full frame, 21 megapixels, and high def
movies. It's incredible. I also got an underwater housing for it and got some
neat underwater shots. The water was a bit rough this year so I didn't get the
shots I wanted, but I'll have another chance in February.
Here's a video I shot using the new camera and underwater housing. The
underwater photos are down toward the bottom of the page.
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New Condo |
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We stayed in a condo in Ekahi this time. The complex is right on the beach, and on our first night we were able to walk right down the beach to Ferraro's for dinner |
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First Sunset |
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Here's the view from our condo on the first evening |
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Sunset |
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We walked down to the beach to get more sunset shots |
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More Sunset |
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the first night was actually the best sunset of the trip |
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Walking to dinner |
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Walking through the Ekahi grounds to dinner. The new camera can shoot at 6500 ISO so it gets some great night shots |
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Dinner at Ferraros |
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A shot at Ferraros, a great restaurant at the Four Seasons |
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Pineapples are slippery! |
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I was unaware of how slippery pineapples were until I saw them using a picture of a pineapple to indicate a slippery floor. You learn something new every day! |
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Walking home |
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A shot of Wailea beach as we walked home from dinner |
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Further down the beach |
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It was much darker out, but I was able to brighten the shot quite a bit using a high ISO setting. I love this beach |
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Birthday Present |
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I made a little box and card by taking antique postcard replicas and metal that I embossed |
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Beauty |
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Christi enjoying her birthday dinner at Capische, wearing the necklace I made her for her birthday |
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Big Frog! |
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This big frog was next to the path on the way into our condo |
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Morning walk |
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Taking a walk on the beach while Christi goes for a run |
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Looking the other way |
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Looking down the beach the other way |
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Yummy lizard |
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A cattle egret eating a lizard |
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Our tree |
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I love this tree. That's Makena beyond it |
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Artist |
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This guy was painting a cool picture by the path |
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Makena - Big Beach |
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A shot of Big Beach at Makena |
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Night walk |
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A cool view of palm trees as we walk down the beach to Sarento's |
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Long Exposure |
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A long exposure shot back down the beach. it was much darker, but I left the shutter open a bit |
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Taking a break |
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Some boogie boarders taking a break on little beach in makena |
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Marriott infiniti pool |
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the new infiniti pool at the Marriott |
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Another angle |
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apparently the cabanas are for rent. i'm good with the beach |
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Little Beach |
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A shot down little beach. One of the most beautiful and relaxing beaches on Maui. it's also slightly clothing optional, but it's very laid back and non-touristy and you can't tell at this resolution |
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From the other side |
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Little beach from the other side |
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Makena Panorama |
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A panorama of big beach |
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Lahaina evening |
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a long exposure in Lahaina |
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Even longer |
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an even longer exposure |
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Beauty on the rocks |
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a shot of Christi as I came out of the water from snorkeling |
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Christi at Sarento's |
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Sarento's is one of our favorite restaurants. it was a huge plus that we could just walk down the beach to it |
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Sunset from our deck |
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another beautiful sunset from the deck |
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Makena morning |
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we went to Makena in the morning to get some pictures |
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Beauty and the beach |
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christi with little beach behind her |
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Profile |
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yeah, it's really hard to stop taking pictures of her. she's adorable! |
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Down big beach |
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looking down big beach toward the hill between big and little beach |
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Two Turtles |
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I got some decent underwater shots, but can't wait till February to get some better shots |
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Okay, I'm obsessed with turtles! |
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more pokey head fish |
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I think that's the scientific name |
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Angelfish |
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Yeah, or whatever, I don't know |
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Eating |
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The turtles were chowing down on the stuff growing on the rocks |
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