Kupapa‘u

Gallery: LandscapePosted December 15, 2010360 views17 comments

Lava cascades over a 30 foot cliff at Kupapa‘u in Kalapana, island of Hawaii. As it enters the sea, the lava shatters into millions of shards, creating a brand new black sand beach. The entire area was covered with lava a few weeks later.

C&C welcome. Aloha!!

Canon 1Ds Mk III, EF 16-35, 0.8 sec, f22, ISO 50

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17 comments

Comment posted by Michael Anderson on December 15, 2010 at 9:13 AM

AWESOME!!! That must be one of the coolest natural spectacles on the planet. Beautiful image, especially with the nice wave movement at the base of the red lava.

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Comment posted by Stan Rose on December 15, 2010 at 10:32 AM

Very nice! Good exposure, nice angular comp, and the bit of color in the clouds is just icing on the cake!

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Comment posted by Lori Kincaid on December 15, 2010 at 10:38 AM

Amazing! I'd love to see this in person. Beautiful and striking image.

Lori

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Comment posted by Chris Chamberlain on December 15, 2010 at 10:41 AM

Not as wild and crazy as your last, but more like I would expect to see with this kind of situation. A very nice image in it's own right. I'd love to have this or something similar in my portfolio!

Chris

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Comment posted by Jorne de Bruin on December 15, 2010 at 10:42 AM

What a fantastic spectacle and really well captured! Just plain awesome!

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Comment posted by Bill Chambers on December 15, 2010 at 10:52 AM

Welcome to NPN Bruce! This is truly neat. I would love to see something like this in person - I can't even imagine how neat it must be.

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Comment posted by Michael J Greene, on December 15, 2010 at 11:07 AM

Your choice of shutter speeds here rendered the water perfect IMO Bruce. I like this one a lot and love the processing.

Michael

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Comment posted by Luke Ormand on December 15, 2010 at 11:13 AM

I like the longish exposure and the cascading lava flow... good composition as well.

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Comment posted by Vincent Grafhorst on December 15, 2010 at 1:18 PM

Very cool; I love how the lava makes the water spray glow.

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Comment posted by Rui Vieira on December 15, 2010 at 3:35 PM

WoW... Awesome shot Bruce. A amazing natural spectacle very well photographed.

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Comment posted by dean hebert on December 15, 2010 at 7:37 PM

Great scene! I'm not a huge fan of f22, my images always seem a bit soft.

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Comment posted by Pramod Viswanath on December 16, 2010 at 12:29 AM

It must be an 'explosive' reaction when fire and water met. Awesome natural spectacle. Well frozen Bruce! Would love to go to Hawaii too witness the volcanos some day!

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Comment posted by Jimmy Gekas on December 16, 2010 at 11:29 AM

This is really sweet. I love the combo of the red/black against the greens/blues. This must be spectacular and special to witness in person!

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Comment posted by Justin Reznick on December 16, 2010 at 5:44 PM

Love it Bruce! The oncoming wave really compliments the lava flow!

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Comment posted by Mark Hespenheide on December 16, 2010 at 8:43 PM

Bruce,

That's a very nice choice on the length of time for the exposure, and very nice movement in the water as well.

Lava is always fun and impressive, but I particularly like the little blue tint on the tongue about halfway up the right side.

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Comment posted by Patricia Brundage on December 16, 2010 at 9:33 PM

I like the contrast of fire/water and the color range of darks/lights. Also the softening of the water's flow is exceptional. Awesome image!

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Comment posted by Bruce Omori on December 17, 2010 at 4:14 PM

Thanks all, for the very kind words! Yes, as Chris mentioned, not as wild and crazy as my first pic, but still awesome to witness and get the blood flowin'. Standing on the ocean side of that crack was a little unsettling, as the cliffs are very unstable. Also had to keep an eye on that surface flow, as not to get surrounded.

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