Hawaii Volcanos

[PIC]

Any one shoot Kona Volcanos at Night ???
If so post your pic and techniqes ...
I am going to Kona National Park next month and would app your Kona inputs ...
Any input valued since this is my first time to Kona - otherwise 3 islands previously.
Here is the volcano on Kaui done many a year ago from a 20 mile bike/hike to the rim.
Do they run night Helicopter tours ??

EL

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Originally Posted by PIC

Any one shoot Kona Volcanos at Night ???
If so post your pic and techniqes ...
I am going to Kona National Park next month and would app your Kona inputs ...
Any input valued since this is my first time to Kona - otherwise 3 islands previously.
Here is the volcano on Kaui done many a year ago from a 20 mile bike/hike to the rim.
Do they run night Helicopter tours ??

EL

Do you mean Volcano National Park? It's on the Kona side of the Island. If so, the park is in a tropical rain forest; the other side of the Island is desert.

I have many snapshots taken all over the Hawaiian Islands, day and night, that I produced almost 4 years ago. I bought my first dSLR just a few months earlier, and there was a lot that I did not know about using it, especially on long trips.

There was a constant steam plume rising from the ocean where the lava poured from the side of the Island when I was there. From the far side of the Island, the plume appears as a flat, low-lying cloud that stays in the same place.



Past the active caldera, the road goes through this:





Here is a common sight if you drive into VNP:



If you drive far enough into VNP, you will run into a wall of rock, which used to be lava that flowed over the road several years ago. You would have to hike a few miles across sharp-edge, barren rock to reach the lava flow. That's actually not a good idea. Without lots of water and good protection from the sun and rocks, it is a really bad idea. Also, people sometimes die when they stand on a piece of solidified rock that breaks into the ocean or into lava or the wind shifts and sufficates them with poisonous or scalding gases from the volcano. So, the helicopter ride is a good idea. I think they do run at night.



Near the Volcano National Park is a green sand beach (I don't know exactly where that is) and I think a barking sands beach. My Mom wanted to take me to the green sand beach, but we ran out of time.

[PIC]

Hmmm - VNP might be better at night.

EL

[Joe_Lorenzini]

Although not at night (that would have been interesting for sure!), I did do the helicopter tour thing. For an extra $25 they took the doors off.

I had my 70-200mm on and although I had a wide angle with me, it turns out that flying around with the doors off make it more windy than I'm comfortable with when it comes to switching out lenses...

Here's a couple:






Fun stuff!

_/oe

[Breezy]

Awesome Photos

[PIC]

Joe - Thx !!
Thats not Hawaii Blue Helicopter service. Those guys use like 6 passenger copters.
I think I like the one you took better {smaller} -
whats the service name and how best to book ?
Its kinda like what I took in Alaska - see below ...
How much did it run {time and $$} ?
Based on your pics ... I might try Dusk or night.
Yes I think I will have doors taken off and stay with 70 - 200 F4L on my 5D.
And keep wife on ground ...