Thanks for looking, Rick. About the sky, this is the wet side of the West Maui Mountains, and it almost always is overcast, if not actually raining Just beyond the needle is Pu'u Kukui, which receives more than 300 inches of rain a year. As to the Size and context, see:
http://dan-matyola.squarespace.com/danmatyolas-pesos/2022/2/8/iao-valley Dan Matyola *https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery <https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery>* On Mon, Feb 7, 2022 at 9:10 PM Rick Womer <rickpic...@gmail.com> wrote: > Dan, this would appeal to me more if it had context or scale, such as a > surrounding landscape or somebody climbing it. > > You also forgot to arrange for the beautiful blue sky. Tsk. > > Cheers, > > Rick > > > On Feb 7, 2022, at 7:47 PM, Daniel J. Matyola <danmaty...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > Kuka‘emoku (a.k.a. the ʻIao Needle), is an erosional feature which > abruptly > > rises 1200 feet from the valley floor. This valley is rich in cultural > and > > spiritual values and is the site of the battle of Kepaniwai where the > > forces of Kamehameha I conquered the Maui army in 1790, leading to the > > creation ofn the Kingdom of Hawai'i. > > > > http://dan-matyola.squarespace.com/danmatyolas-pesos/2022/2/7/iao > > > > K-5 IIs, smc DA 18-135 mm F 3.5-5.6 ED AL [IF] DC WR > > Comments, criticisms, and suggestions are invited and appreciated. > > > > Dan Matyola > > *https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery > > <https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery>* > > -- > > %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net > > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- > %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List > To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
