THOMAS TAMURA PHOTOGRAPHY

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Wednesday, September 10, 2008

Upside Down Flying Red Footed Booby!

Well, not really upside down, but as you can see the head is definitely not right side up! I know you are asking and suspecting that this image was manipulated, but no Photoshop manipulation here, just minor cropping and toning, just like all the other photos you see posted here. Taken at the Kilauea Lighthouse lookout in the early afternoon a few weeks ago.

Monday, March 31, 2008

Farewell Aloha Airlines

Here is my attempt to freeze a moment in history. Taken this morning, on the Ahukini Pier, on the last day of inter-island passenger service (March 31st, 2008) of Aloha Airlines. Not the best perspective as the plane is quite small and I really wanted to include this structure of the pier (and there's no backing up on the pier!) I have almost always flown Aloha Airlines, so I do feel like something will be missing, but more importantly, hope for the best for the employees.

Saturday, March 15, 2008

Kilauea Lighthouse, Anini Wave

Went out to shoot the sunrise back in December, but the sun rises much more in the easterly direction (over Kilauea town,) so no chance of getting the sun in the shot, but did provide very nice side lighting enhancing the wave. Sort of an empty composition with no clouds or any other elements in the top section of the image.

Thursday, March 13, 2008

Ahukini Fisherman

Another oldie! Image taken with a Pentax 6X7 medium format camera and 165mm lens (about a 85mm equivalent when compared to 35mm film cameras or full frame digital sensors.) Not the cleanest of scans and I also cropped it to a square image, chopping off a small amount at top (shot the original image as a vertical.) I find black and white timeless, as it could be taken just yesterday or decades ago and now one could really tell (except for the subject or maybe because of the content?) I love black and white because you are not looking at colors and can concentrate on the subject, tones, contrast, background and all the other important elements.

Wednesday, March 12, 2008

White Hibiscus

Shot this photo while waiting for some clouds to lift during a early morning assignment. Not the cleanest leaves as you see, but there's something about the red and white hibiscus!

Tuesday, March 11, 2008

Hanapepe Art

Here's another oldie from the Canon D30 DSLR days (with a Canon 17-35mm F/2.8L lens,) which explains the "enhanced" blue depicted in the sky. This shot may actually work better as a black and white image, but I thought I would offer it "as shot."

Monday, March 10, 2008

Kauapea (Secret) Beach - High Surf

Here's a scan of a Fujichrome Velvia chrome taken back in the early to mid-90's, with a Canon 300mm F/2.8L EF lens. Shot from Kilauea's "Crater Hill," now called Seacliff Plantation, which is a gated community and more specifically from the upper area, part of the federal lands of the Kilauea Point National Wildlife Refuge.

Sunday, March 09, 2008

Broken Fence

One of my first attempts at large format photography with a old Crown Graphic camera and a (somewhat wide) normal 135mm Ektar lens (used for this shot) and 75mm Schneider wide angle. Not the most exciting subject, but really shows the detail that can be captured, with all the tall grass, dried leaves and the fine detail in the wooden fence.

Saturday, March 08, 2008

Friday, March 07, 2008

Waimea Pier B&W

Scan of a 6X7 black and white negative taken with a Pentax 6X7 camera and 45mm lens.

Flower Close-up

Shot with a Nikon 55mm Micro Nikkor AF lens, somewhere between life-size and 1:2 (a very small flower) with a digital DX SLR sensor and only minor cropping.

Thursday, March 06, 2008

Kee Beach Reflection


Here's a scan of a Fujichrome Velvia 6X7 chrome (taken with a Pentax 6X7 camera) and converted to black and white ....

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