Category Archives: Photo Challenges

Going up

Pumping concrete at a construction site at Hilo Benioff Medical Center in Hawaii — A pumper funnels concrete to the new building.

This week’s Sunday Stills challenge theme is ‘Things under Construction.’ See more responses here.

Last Friday, I had cause to visit the hospital in Hilo (Don’t worry, they say the leg will grow back!). The hospital is now called the the Hilo Benioff Medical Center. That’s because Marc Benioff, the CEO and co-founder of Salesforce, donated a chunk of the money to build the addition to the hospital seen in these photos. The addition will greatly expand the Intensive Care Unit and add additional hospital beds.

A crane at a construction site at Hilo Benioff Medical Center in Hawaii — Got to get it in the right place.

Moving materials at a construction site at Hilo Benioff Medical Center in Hawaii — Got to have supplies for all this activity.

The Numbers Game #87

A Nutmeg Mannikin snacking on cane grass seeds.

The idea of The Numbers Game is to enter a number into the search bar of your computer and then post a selection of the photos that turn up. This week’s number is 209. Captions are on the photos. You can see more responses here.

A very small flowery flounder — A very young Flowery Flounder, just a couple of inches long.

A pueo or Hawaiian short-eared owl sits on a post — A very young Flowery Flounder, just a couple of inches long.

A green anole on a ti plant — A Green Anole looking down.

An itty-bitty Whitemouth Moray Eel

A Whitemouth Moray eel juvenile and red pencil urchin in the waters off Hawaii

This is the smallest Whitemouth Moray Eel I’ve seen here. It was in a hole in the rock high up in the water so I could get quite close. I’ve taken a lot of eel photos over the years and I thought, even as I took these photos, it would be ironic if this little eel shot out and was the first one to bite me. Happily, it remained where it was, next to a Red Pencil Urchin, which gives a sense of scale.

Timber

A view of Pololu Valley in Hawaii — Layers of trees fill Pololu Valley.

This week’s Sunday Stills challenge theme is ‘Trees.’ See more responses here.

A Rainbow shower tree in Hawaii — Flowers of a Rainbow Shower tree.

Jacaranda flowers in Hawaii — Flowers of a Rainbow Shower tree.

Palm trees at Lapakahi in Hawaii — It’s Hawaii. Of course there are palm trees!

Giant Porcupinefish portrait

A Giant Porcupinefish looks up in the waters off Hawaii

With their huge heads and big eyes, Giant Porcupinefish are unmistakable, but they always have a friendly look to them.

Winging it

A Black Witch moth in Hawaii — The beautiful wings of a Black Witch Moth.

This week’s Sunday Stills challenge theme is ‘Wings and feathers.’ See more responses here.

A Wandering Glider Dragonfly in Hawaii — A Wandering Glider Dragonfly wandering over a mud puddle.

A Monarch Butterfly on a Balloon Plant in Hawaii — A Wandering Glider Dragonfly wandering over a mud puddle.

Two Hawaiian Noddys skim the ocean in Hawaii — Hawaiian Noddies skim over the ocean.

Three nenes flying in Hawaii — Hawaiian Noddies skim over the ocean.

The Numbers Game #85

The port at Kawaihae at sunset — Lights at the Port of Kawaihae.

The idea of The Numbers Game is to enter a number into the search bar of your computer and then post a selection of the photos that turn up. This week’s number is 207. Captions are on the photos. You can see more responses here.