The Hawaiian Umbrella Wizard

Tighter crop causes figure to stand out more in the frame?

Or maybe like this... the sky is lovely!

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The Hawaiian Umbrella Wizard by christopherdale.

Taken at the peak of our four-hour hike above Honolulu. This view is over the other side of the mountains from the city.

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Paul Mayne says:

I love that redness umbrella with all that greeness beauty. I can almost hear the thoughts from the ancient umrella man as he ponders the future of his beloved Hawaiian islands.
Posted 52 months ago. ( permalink )

amazondotcom says:

an appropriate climax for the hike.

wonderful.
Posted 52 months ago. ( permalink )

Bearz [deleted] says:

Hi would you consider contributing this to the Photographic Impressionism group? This is just the type of image, that'd be a great addition to the group. Thank you.
Posted 52 months ago. ( permalink )

christopherdale says:

@Bearz: Done. :)
Posted 52 months ago. ( permalink )

¥§•ªˆ¨ˇ© LOVE © ˇ¨ˆª•§¥ says:

Fantastic shot christopherdale. I love it... The tone... clouds composition... a save...

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Posted 52 months ago. ( permalink )

s_st says:

For this to work the red umbrella needs to be more in the foreground. As it is now the bottom third of the picture is pretty uninteresting. Great view though, but that's a bit beside the point here.

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Posted 52 months ago. ( permalink )

Paul Mayne says:

Great contraxt with the red umbrella and the green mountains! I can still hear the umbrella wizard as he's contemplates the mysterious hillside of his native land.

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Posted 52 months ago. ( permalink )

Dshalock® the Libertarian Emperor of America says:

I don't care for the framing of this picture.

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Posted 52 months ago. ( permalink )

jlintz says:

the plants in the foreground on the left are a bit distracting and the umbrellas color doesn't pop as much as I would have liked

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Posted 52 months ago. ( permalink )

btezra [deleted] says:

~I/eye dig the point of view here, from behind the subject, giving me the view he's taking in, as if I am standing right there w/ him, but I do not believe it's indelible enough to save...a good shot~

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Posted 52 months ago. ( permalink )

< insert fancy new name here > says:

i simly like this one.

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Posted 52 months ago. ( permalink )

heidecraig says:

Too much photoshop trying to save the clouds. Everyone gripes about washed out sky. Maybe you should have just given up on this one and posted with the white sky.

deleteme5
Posted 52 months ago. ( permalink )

Dr. Pat says:

this is a very nice image, esp. large, but not one i want to save. i am not exactly sure what i don't like, but i do find the red dirt track to the middle of the lookout quite distracting and it competes with the person viewing the image too much imho.

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Posted 52 months ago. ( permalink )

rade.ON! says:

very coloful..
I like the red contrast with green..

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Posted 52 months ago. ( permalink )

EAWB says:

This is almost great. The clouds do look posterized at larger sizes, and the umbrella wizard looks cramped in the corner.

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Posted 52 months ago. ( permalink )

olya says:

excellent composition and choice of colors. nothing extra, great depth.

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Posted 52 months ago. ( permalink )

k2ski says:

interesting, but not good enough. the color lacks any sort of pop.

deleteme
Posted 52 months ago. ( permalink )

mmarchin says:

I think I'd prefer being closer to the guy with the umbrella to give it more of a "this is what he sees" feeling.

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Posted 52 months ago. ( permalink )

wmartyn [deleted] says:

When does the storm arrive

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Posted 52 months ago. ( permalink )

checoivan says:

i really liked the exposure and the strong use of the red color in the umbrella.

too bad it got to deleteme 10 I would have voted as saveme
Posted 52 months ago. ( permalink )

Andy Welsh says:

Although its worthless could I offer a save as I really, really like this one. The splash of red in the corner contrasts well with the rest of the image, I thought the crop was fine and captured so much of a really great view.

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Posted 52 months ago. ( permalink )

tynaminet says:

Beautiful shot! I love this picture.
Posted 52 months ago. ( permalink )

Joe@Poly says:

i like all of the different colors coming together. i would agree with the more drastic crop.
Posted 52 months ago. ( permalink )

robholland says:

Too late to delete, but a harsh critique.

1. Hokey title
2. Cliched Hawaiian landscape
3. Uninteresting figure, slumped over under a red umbrella, and looking more like a man in need of a drink than a wizard
Posted 52 months ago. ( permalink )

christopherdale says:

Fair enough, rob. Not quite sure what landscape shot in Hawaii wouldn't be termed cliched by now, though.
Posted 52 months ago. ( permalink )

Paul Mayne says:

There is no cliche here in this photo! That man there is a mystical ancient mountain dweller, still living on the Earth since before Christ's time. A capture like this is one is a million my friends.

I'm just sad you all can't see that. It's a WIZARD!
Posted 52 months ago. ( permalink )

cecily7 says:

It's like you couldn't decided whether you wanted to take a photo of the man or the landscape, so you kinda stuck the man in the corner and he destroys the landscape.

Oh, but it's a WIZARD! I hope you asked him the answer to life, the universe, and everything.
Posted 52 months ago. ( permalink )

ai pohaku says:

i love his wizardry hat! awesome view...what hike is it?
Posted 52 months ago. ( permalink )

christopherdale says:

@ai pohaku:

Looks like you're from the island. I can probably check, but all I know is that we went on a number of different paths after driving up to what was a national or state forest reserve. We hiked through the "snake pit" of roots all over the ground. From this view we could see the Poli (Pali,Poly?) Highway down below us. Hopefully that rings a bell.

@cecily:

The man RUINS the landscape? Obviously this is subjective, but I really think he only serves to make it more interesting, particularly w/ the red/green contrast. And, if he were in the middle, it'd be horrible.
Posted 52 months ago. ( permalink )

Erik R. Bishoff says:

Epic and moving.

The foreground figure is a little distracting but helps to establish scale. He's perhaps distracting because the umbrella is over his face so you can tell he's not looking at much of anything.

I love the sharpness of this shot. Must have been a long exposure or a very bright day?

A Nikon shooter... bravo!

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Posted 52 months ago. ( permalink )

México nostálgico y mágico says:

this most save look at the mountain
saveme9
Posted 52 months ago. ( permalink )

wit says:

Almost, but not quite there. At 10 dm's I'm pulling you from the pool better luck next time.
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worldwidewandering says:

This picture is too DANGEROUS for the SAFE. But you are invited to add this photo to THE DANGEROUS!!! pool! A place for some really great delteted photos from the deleteme! group.
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mii-shell says:

That photo is absolutly amazing! I love hiking in Hawaii and would love to see that view for myself. Do you know which hike that was? Mahalo!
Posted 37 months ago. ( permalink )

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