Maui and Oahu
 

just got back from my honeymoon in Hawaii. was going through some of the pictures i took and actually found some i thought were decent. this is my first time posting any photos. i'd like to hear what some of you with experience think. i know they're nothing original. and i really don't know much of anything about photography.

anyways....
here's a shot taken from the "Garden of Eden" on Maui. it's on the Road to Hana. that's my wifes backside ;)
http://www.reflexpoint.us/mmitz/trip/eden.jpg

this was taken at the resort we stayed at on Maui. the Fairmont Kea Lani in the town of Wailea.
http://www.reflexpoint.us/mmitz/trip/fkl.jpg

from Kaanapali beach on Maui.
http://www.reflexpoint.us/mmitz/trip/kbeach.jpg

another from Kaanapali waiting for our luau to start.
http://www.reflexpoint.us/mmitz/trip/rays.jpg

this was at the Ko Olina resort we stayed at on Oahu. that's my wife in front of me. wish i hadn't got those other people in the shot, but oh well.
http://www.reflexpoint.us/mmitz/trip/ko.jpg

another shot on the Road to Hana on Maui. i had another shot of this closer up, but i thought this one was better. that's a water fall if you can't tell, heh.
http://www.reflexpoint.us/mmitz/trip/rth.jpg

this last one was taken at the Hyatt in Kaanapali where we had our luau.
http://www.reflexpoint.us/mmitz/trip/swan.jpg

Enjoyable photos to view. Sure wish you didn't mention the word "luau", tho. It's been too long since I've attended one and you have my mind working overtime, now. :cool:

I especially enjoyed your Garden of Eden photo. Was well laid out and the composition is pretty much perfect.

aaahhhh...Kaanapali...late afternoon...trade winds coming in for the day... Nice shot! I like how the clouds zig zag across the photo and the waves pick it up from there. I would either shoot around that chair next time or make it more of a focal point.

Thanks for posting!

good point with the chair thing. wish i could have moved it out of the picture, but i was standing in line waiting to get into the luau, heh. but i wanted to get the palm tree in, and enough of the ocean/wave. if i moved a little too the left, i'm not to sure it would have looked right. but yeah, you're right..... i'll watch that next time.

thanks for the comments :)

Well, then you get extra points for grabbing the photo while performing another feat! :thumbsup:

congratulations on the nuptials & exciting honeymoon!

nice pics, too.