I remember testing out a new Sigma 180-500 aspherical zoom lens a few years back.
This photograph was made of the sun as it was near to sinking into the Pacific Ocean in Hawaii.
I like the simplicity and singularity of a heavenly body that never changes (at least in our lifetimes).
There is a stretch of the highway coming down from Volcano, Hawaii that has many mini-forests of giant albizia trees.
These trees grow so tall that they essentially kill themselves because their root systems are so shallow that wind can play a factor with their survival.
Others like this lone sentinel survive standing as a skeleton
There is a lot of photography out there that presents around the spectacle of hot, colorful lava. This action represents the creation of land.
However, there is another aspect that I find integral to volcanic themes: the creation of life.
Some of the first forms of life that emerges from the barren lava landscape are plants, such as the ferns pictured above, with Halemaau erupting in the background.
I made this photograph along the Crater Rim Drive in Volcanoes National Park on a rainy, misty afternoon.
It reminds me of a primordial time on earth when things began to settle down after eons of vulcanism, before simple life forms appeared.
The big lava rock in the foreground was probably ejected from an explosion in the Halemaumau crater.
Because of this activity that began years ago, Crater Rim Drive is closed to the public.
This is a scene I found from walking around the waterfront. The colors were especially vibrant that year.
