Bellows Sunrise - February 25, 2012

After enjoying myself so much the last two weekends I asked Kenway if I could join him again for another sunrise shoot. This time we went to the public beach at Bellows Air Force Station in Waimanalo.

The weather report said it was supposed to rain that day, but we got lucky...it was dry and there was hardly any wind. There were quite a few clouds in the sky when we walked out to the beach so we weren't sure how the morning would progress.


First shot of the morning.



















We found a spot to shoot from and set up our tripods. I was really glad it wasn't windy that morning...Bellows beach has really fine sand and I imagine it can get really interesting when the wind is blowing, especially if you have photography equipment. I also learned the hard way that it's a good idea to bring some rags along with you when shooting on a sandy beach...the sand tends to get everywhere.

While we were waiting the clouds started to thin out and it looked like we would be able to get our sunrise shots after all. The sky was starting to lighten and we got ready for the sun to make it's appearance on the horizon. A few minutes later the sun showed up and we got our sunrise shots.

The sunrise that morning was pretty amazing.

The colors in the sky were changing pretty quickly and at one point the sky was pink and blue with some nice golds. I managed to take a few quick shots of what was happening above us before it faded.


This really caught my eye...color split in the morning sky.



A few minutes later, the colors in the sky changed again and we saw some nice deep yellow, red, orange, lavender, pink and blue. Mother nature was putting on quite a show for us and we got busy trying to capture the scene before us. 



One of the last shots before we left to go to have breakfast.



It was still dark when we arrived at the beach and I noticed a large shape on the sand. At first I thought it was someone sitting on the beach waiting for the sunrise, but as the sky grew lighter I saw that it was just a pile of old rope that seems to have washed up on the beach. I wondered if this was part of the tsunami debris from Japan that was making it's way across the Pacific.

 

Tsunami debris from Japan?





After I took my official "sunrise" pictures, I took my camera off my tripod and tried to take some candid shots of Kenway in action. Unfortunately I wasn't able to take too many pictures of Kenway this time. The sun had come up quickly and the colors faded just as quickly. We took a few more shots and then started to pack up our things and talked about having breakfast somewhere.

Meister Kenway in action.

  

After I got home I started looking through the shots from the morning and picked a few to edit. I wasn't real happy with my editing from the previous week (I was much happier with the editing I had done 2 weeks before) and tried to pay more attention to what I was doing. I think the editing on these pictures are a lot better, but I'm much happier with the editing from the Kualoa Sunrise Shoot. Something to ponder as I wait for the next sunrise shoot.