I went TDY to Hawaii in April of this year.  Sometimes I get to go cool places in this job.  This is actually my third TDY to Hawaii which some people might be tempted to say I'm spoiled.  But believe me when I say it is more work than play.  These are the photos I took with my 35mm SLR.  I will be posting some of the ones I took with my digital SLR soon.  The blue waters of Waikiki  Waikiki April 2008-1   Waikiki April 2008-8    Waves and barriers  Waikiki April 2008-2  Waikiki April 2008-3  Waikiki April 2008-4   Calm before the storm and dusk  Waikiki April 2008-6  The flora and water  Waikiki April 2008-7  Waikiki April 2008-5  

Here is a random assortment of scanned photos,some OK, some not so OK, but hope that you enjoy them anyway.
Big tree
On the lake Car in a tree A different flower
Another different flower

Glacier

Classic Golden Gate - 1976

Maui Maui
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Moon glow
Vancouver Island - Mt.Washington

Newport Beach

BC beach

Red Beach Monk Seal

Savory Island Sunset
Sunset
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Sunset

This Hula Girl was originally from this Original.

If you like orchids, please see these before & after images of...
Yellow Orchid Before & After
Pink Orchid Queen Before & After    

While these pictures don't qualify for the challenge, thought I would share Oahu ocean view and a Waimea Sunset

Here is my last installment of Maui. I got some ocean shoots. Sorry guys, no babes on the beach photos, the wife would not go for that.
Ocean
Ocean
I saw several of these grave yards, the sign at this one is not legible so I can't say much about it. May be a Japanese WW II site.grave yard
Head stone
Some Local culture. Ahhhh
Finally the local fire department. I caught these boys out filling therefire truck. If my chief caught me working dressed like this .....lets just say i don't even want to think about it.  

Here are some photos of the rain forest side of Maui Hawaii from my recent trip.
I was amused that most of the plants in these photos you can buy at the local  nursary.
What would a rain forest be with out water falls.
Water fall.
 From the top of the water fall
Sort of awater fall
One last water fall

Here are a few photos from our recent trip.These are of Haleakala National Park in Maui Hawaii.
At the top
The crater rim
Crater
Oregon licens plate, go figure.

Down under those clouds is a rain forest
Some one's work space
This Park is the only place in the world where the Silversword plant grows.
This flower  is about the size of a quarter. I think this is the first macro I've taken that has turned out. I'm still learning.

It seems like I haven't posted here in ages. I have been working so much that I haven't had much time to photograph anything. I was able to take some time off recently to scout out the Big Island. I happened to be there when Tropical Depression Kenneth was passing through, which made it difficult to get many non rainy photographs.
Saddle Road South Kohala Hawai'i

A hui hou.

Sadly, at the memorial, most people just take pictures of the sunken ship itself, and they never seem to look up and notice the somber, yet strong, architecture. It's too bad; most people don't really think of what it is, which is a tomb.