Lanai City and Lanai Hale, a photo from Hawaii, West

Photographer's Note

I took this photo looking south to Lanai City. The mountain, called Lanaihale (or "The Hale" by residents), in the background is the island of Lanai's highest peak, 3,400 ft. "Hale" is the Hawaiian word for "house," so the literal translation is "Lanai House." The road is really that red due to the high iron content in Hawaii's volcanic dirt. Lanai City, the blur of white towards the center right, has a population of about 2,800.

EDIT: I have reposted a larger version of this photo. Please see "Original Version" for the smaller version.

fabio_ts, AiresSantos, Tezic, Vagabond, InasiaJones, ChrisJ, anakin, bakes888, justrob has marked this note useful

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fabio_ts (13696) 2006-08-16 5:40

What a lovely landscape Anne, I love its warm colors and the perfect point of view you have chosen.. really a nice work, compliments!!

ciao,
Fabio.

rychousmama (0) 2006-08-22 0:44

The bright, sharp colors in the foreground compliment the haze in the background. It makes for a dream-like or storybook setting. Beautiful job! -Lara

pione (2031) 2006-08-22 2:11

Ciao Anne, fantastica immagine dai colori pastello e la strada che porta verso un sogno!
Ciao PAolo

AiresSantos (56155) 2006-08-22 3:17

Hi Anne,
Thanks for your visit. This is a very interesting shot. I like the perspective, warm colors and light.
Thanks for sharing

Tezic (17867) 2006-08-22 10:03

Hi Anne,
perfect light using... very nice POV.. Also I liked the pastel colours of sky... congratulations...
rgds-Coskun

Vagabond (5848) 2006-08-22 10:08

Very nice picture with great capture of colours and contrasts. I like the diagonal road driving our sight to the far distance. Congratulations ..
Rui

carper (96) 2006-08-24 2:19

very nice one Anne,
as a colour pallet, this well taken shot, with a nice perspective, good point of view and very good light, very good countryside photo, well done.
gr. jaap

InasiaJones (31566) 2006-08-30 3:19

Hi Anne,

You’ve caught a great point of view over this beautiful landscape, filled with vivid colours and interesting sky. Nicely done!

André

ChrisJ (171146) 2006-09-26 6:34

Hi Anne

I like the diminishing linear perspective & depth added by the red dirt road & its' colour opposition with the blue sky. Congratulations!

leo61 (0) 2006-09-26 13:40

Hi Anne!
Wonderful light and a nice atmosphere with the haze in the background.Good composition with the diagonal road and fantasti contrasting red and green color.
Regards,Leo

indiana_gs (174) 2006-10-23 3:40 [Comment]

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marioana (2256) 2007-03-20 7:28

Hi Anne.
Awesome colours. Great perspective. Well done.
Regards, Steve.

anakin (2775) 2007-03-29 6:57

Me gusta la combinacion de los colores marron intenso y verde,quead muy bien. Las nubes tienen algo de ruido pero esta bien.
saludos
well done

danarees (2502) 2007-04-09 1:28

You have a great image here, with the road taking you into the image, and keeping the horizon from being dead center. I would wonder if there was a little more detail to be had in some of the shadow, might go with the luminance of the sky and the scene in general.

And I thought here in Utah we had red dirt!!! Wow...

Thanks
Dana

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bakes888 (18499) 2007-06-12 3:55

Hi Miss Nonymous. Great photo. excellent composition the road makes a great lead-in as well as being good foreground interest. Wonderful colours and good detail also. Thanks for sharing.
Cheers, Paul.

sway (436) 2007-06-16 2:42

Hi ,

I love the colours and the perspective looking down the road.
nice work
:-)

justrob (273) 2007-09-27 8:50

Don't you just love it when the light allows you to take such marvelous pictures? There are so many elements of this picture I like - The color of the road, the way the light makes the clouds look iridescent, the warmth of the light on the grass on the left, the way you've composed the picture - the red road receding.

It could have been a bit more focused, but... well done!

jpinkham (870) 2007-11-03 5:29

Very nice, "Anney" -- nice use of the path to draw the eye in, well saturated, rich colors, good use of light and shadow, and that soft mountain background. I don't know if your choice of depth of field here was deliberate or not, but the softness definitely creates a charming mood for this photo.