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Queen's Falls
Queen's Bath, Princeville
Kauai, HI
I recently spent a week on vacation with a couple of my friends on the beautiful island of Kauai, Hawaii. We fit a gazillion things into the week but also found time for some relaxing days as well. One of my favorite parts of the trip, if not *the* favorite, was our visit to Queen's Bath. On the north end of the island, near Princeville, is an area of coastline covered my lava rocks. In one particular place, called Queen's Bath, the lava rocks have made a little pool that is protected from the incoming waves. Water flows in from the back, filling the pool with water, fish, and other goodies, but keeping it safe to swim in. This place has become so popular that a parking lot and official trail have been made to get here. If you do go here, be careful to ensure that you find the *actual* Queen's Bath and don't instead swim in one of the similarly but much more deadly pools that aren't protected from the incoming waves. There's a sign at the bottom of the trail stating that 28 people have died here.
On the hike down to the falls I passed 2 waterfalls that I knew I just *had* to photograph. The first one, which is a bit larger, I may post later. The second, and smaller set of falls is this one here, where the water cascades down from the stream and creates 2 waterfalls almost back to back. The wide angle lens used here makes the falls appear somewhat larger than they are, but in actuality they're fairly small.
After swimming in Queen's Bath we went home and showered and waited for golden hour to start. We returned, hoping that the setting sun would reduce the glare on the rocks and then I planned on shooting sunset from the lava rocks as well. For this, I chose a composition that would show the two falls in a somewhat "S" shaped curve, and threw on the polarizer to reduce some of the glare. From where I am standing, Queen's Bath is behind me and to the right.
Nikon D700 w/Nikkor 17-35mm f/2.8 ED-IF AF-S
29mm, f/11, 1.3 sec, ISO 100, Tripod
B+W Circular Polarizer
Queen's Bath, Princeville
Kauai, HI
I recently spent a week on vacation with a couple of my friends on the beautiful island of Kauai, Hawaii. We fit a gazillion things into the week but also found time for some relaxing days as well. One of my favorite parts of the trip, if not *the* favorite, was our visit to Queen's Bath. On the north end of the island, near Princeville, is an area of coastline covered my lava rocks. In one particular place, called Queen's Bath, the lava rocks have made a little pool that is protected from the incoming waves. Water flows in from the back, filling the pool with water, fish, and other goodies, but keeping it safe to swim in. This place has become so popular that a parking lot and official trail have been made to get here. If you do go here, be careful to ensure that you find the *actual* Queen's Bath and don't instead swim in one of the similarly but much more deadly pools that aren't protected from the incoming waves. There's a sign at the bottom of the trail stating that 28 people have died here.
On the hike down to the falls I passed 2 waterfalls that I knew I just *had* to photograph. The first one, which is a bit larger, I may post later. The second, and smaller set of falls is this one here, where the water cascades down from the stream and creates 2 waterfalls almost back to back. The wide angle lens used here makes the falls appear somewhat larger than they are, but in actuality they're fairly small.
After swimming in Queen's Bath we went home and showered and waited for golden hour to start. We returned, hoping that the setting sun would reduce the glare on the rocks and then I planned on shooting sunset from the lava rocks as well. For this, I chose a composition that would show the two falls in a somewhat "S" shaped curve, and threw on the polarizer to reduce some of the glare. From where I am standing, Queen's Bath is behind me and to the right.
Nikon D700 w/Nikkor 17-35mm f/2.8 ED-IF AF-S
29mm, f/11, 1.3 sec, ISO 100, Tripod
B+W Circular Polarizer
Queen's Falls
Queen's Bath, Princeville
Kauai, HI
I recently spent a week on vacation with a couple of my friends on the beautiful island of Kauai, Hawaii. We fit a gazillion things into the week but also found time for some relaxing days as well. One of my favorite parts of the trip, if not *the* favorite, was our visit to Queen's Bath. On the north end of the island, near Princeville, is an area of coastline covered my lava rocks. In one particular place, called Queen's Bath, the lava rocks have made a little pool that is protected from the incoming waves. Water flows in from the back, filling the pool with water, fish, and other goodies, but keeping it safe to swim in. This place has become so popular that a parking lot and official trail have been made to get here. If you do go here, be careful to ensure that you find the *actual* Queen's Bath and don't instead swim in one of the similarly but much more deadly pools that aren't protected from the incoming waves. There's a sign at the bottom of the trail stating that 28 people have died here.
On the hike down to the falls I passed 2 waterfalls that I knew I just *had* to photograph. The first one, which is a bit larger, I may post later. The second, and smaller set of falls is this one here, where the water cascades down from the stream and creates 2 waterfalls almost back to back. The wide angle lens used here makes the falls appear somewhat larger than they are, but in actuality they're fairly small.
After swimming in Queen's Bath we went home and showered and waited for golden hour to start. We returned, hoping that the setting sun would reduce the glare on the rocks and then I planned on shooting sunset from the lava rocks as well. For this, I chose a composition that would show the two falls in a somewhat "S" shaped curve, and threw on the polarizer to reduce some of the glare. From where I am standing, Queen's Bath is behind me and to the right.
Nikon D700 w/Nikkor 17-35mm f/2.8 ED-IF AF-S
29mm, f/11, 1.3 sec, ISO 100, Tripod
B+W Circular Polarizer
Queen's Bath, Princeville
Kauai, HI
I recently spent a week on vacation with a couple of my friends on the beautiful island of Kauai, Hawaii. We fit a gazillion things into the week but also found time for some relaxing days as well. One of my favorite parts of the trip, if not *the* favorite, was our visit to Queen's Bath. On the north end of the island, near Princeville, is an area of coastline covered my lava rocks. In one particular place, called Queen's Bath, the lava rocks have made a little pool that is protected from the incoming waves. Water flows in from the back, filling the pool with water, fish, and other goodies, but keeping it safe to swim in. This place has become so popular that a parking lot and official trail have been made to get here. If you do go here, be careful to ensure that you find the *actual* Queen's Bath and don't instead swim in one of the similarly but much more deadly pools that aren't protected from the incoming waves. There's a sign at the bottom of the trail stating that 28 people have died here.
On the hike down to the falls I passed 2 waterfalls that I knew I just *had* to photograph. The first one, which is a bit larger, I may post later. The second, and smaller set of falls is this one here, where the water cascades down from the stream and creates 2 waterfalls almost back to back. The wide angle lens used here makes the falls appear somewhat larger than they are, but in actuality they're fairly small.
After swimming in Queen's Bath we went home and showered and waited for golden hour to start. We returned, hoping that the setting sun would reduce the glare on the rocks and then I planned on shooting sunset from the lava rocks as well. For this, I chose a composition that would show the two falls in a somewhat "S" shaped curve, and threw on the polarizer to reduce some of the glare. From where I am standing, Queen's Bath is behind me and to the right.
Nikon D700 w/Nikkor 17-35mm f/2.8 ED-IF AF-S
29mm, f/11, 1.3 sec, ISO 100, Tripod
B+W Circular Polarizer