This 4K timelapse takes you to all corners of Hawaiian island of Oahu

I love good timelapse videos. When they depict places around the planet, it boosts my desire to travel. I admire photographers who make an effort to create these demanding videos, and this time I’m presenting you with a timelapse by Chris Biela. Last time he took us to Chicago, and this time we go somewhere […]

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The largest photo of the known universe weighs two million gigabyte

I guess this can be described as the universe’s biggest selfie… Over 4 years the Pan-STARRS1 (The Panoramic Survey Telescope and Rapid Response System) have been taking photos of the skies from its location on a desolated, dormant volcano in Maui, Hawaii. Those four years (and half a million exposures) of data collection resulted in a huge […]

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Mother nature smiles back through the mouth of an active volcano

Kīlauea is an active shield volcano in Hawaii. It is the most active of five which make up the island. During a flyover by with Paradise Helicopters, documentary maker Mick Kalber captured what can only be described as a giant smiley. It appears that nature is not without a sense of humour. The volcano is somewhere between 300,000 and 600,000 years […]

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Photographer gets taken out by rogue wave while filming oceanside tutorial

While out shooting a wonderful tutorial on how to capture and process seascape photography, Hawaiian photographer Raiatea Arcuri had a bit of a spill when a rogue wave took out him and his tripod. The twenty minute tutorial is wonderful in-and-of-itself, but what has the world gawking is Arcuri’s spill at around the 5-minute mark. […]

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Capturing the Hottest Kiss in the World

Photographers Dallas Nagata White and Ed White hiked to a lava flow in Kalapana, Hawaii to capture some images with lava and the night sky in one image. When they arrived on location, it began to rain and they decided to try shooting with some speedlights instead.   After capturing some fantastic images of the group […]