Here’s an Ad layout that Wills Wing is using to promote one of their Hang Gliders.  It’s a picture I took back in April of one of my Hang Gliding friends taking off from the launch platform above Waimanalo.  It’s appearing in the December issue of Hang Gliding and Paragliding magazine.

Adobe just released the Beta of version 3. I haven’t had a chance to play with it yet but based on a review by Terry White it looks good.Lightroom 3 Public Beta! First Look There are alot of enhancements. A significant one could be the improved ability to publish your collections to photo sharing sites.
You’ll find the beta at Adobe Labs.

  Just like on the Mainland, October is a transition month in the Islands. Unlike the Mainland we don’t have foliage changing colors.  Instead, we have a period of muggy weather because the trades go away.  Usually the result of a storm to the north of the Islands that will eventually reach the Pacific Northwest. Which means the North Shore is the place to be if you’re a good surfer.

I do mean good.  North Shore surf is not for the beginner.

                                                                               This how it looks out my back door when it’s dead calm.

On Wednesday of this week (9/16) I assisted a couple of my Hang Gliding friends launch from Kamehame Ridge above Waimanalo.  Being a beautiful clear morning I decided to walk to a higher point along the ridge known as “Three Poles”.  On days like this you’re rewarded for your effort with a view of the eastern most point of Oahu looking towards Molokai across the Molokai Channel.

Capturing this view in one shot is beyond the capability of my photo gear.  Instead, using my wide angle lens 17-35 (effectively 25-52 on my Sony A700) I made a series of vertical shots.  After importing the 23 shots into Lightroom for processing the individual exposures I ran them in the Photoshop CS4 merge to Panorama action.