Category Archives: Photo Challenges

Bat Plant

Bat plants are wonderfully exotic-looking. They like warmth, moisture, and shade so are perfect for the tropical forests on the east side of the island.

Posted for Terri’s Flower Hour. See more responses here.

The Numbers Game #121

The firehose of lava, in 2017, from Pu'u O'o vent at Hawaii Volcanoes National Park — The firehose of lava from Pu’u O’o vent during an eruption in 2017.

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 243. Captions are on the photos. You can see more responses here.

The top photo and the first gallery are photos that haven’t run on the blog before. I don’t know why I never ran the top one, though I had a lot of good photos to choose from that day.

Tropical foliage in Hawaii — Tropical foliage.

A Catatante Pacific Sunspots Orchid at Hawaii Tropical Botanical Garden — Tropical foliage.

Nishimura Bay on the Big Island, Hawaii — Nishimura Bay on the Kohala Coast.

View of Mauna Kea from Pu'u Wa'awa'a bench — Nishimura Bay on the Kohala Coast.

Lined Butterflyfish

The largest of their family, these butterflyfish can be ‘as large as dinner plates’ according to my fish book. This one was probably a little over half that length.

It all starts with the creation of Earth

A display at the Hilo Orchid Show, Hawaii

This week’s Sunday Stills challenge theme is ‘Celebrating Earth Day.’ See more responses here. Here are a couple of photos from the last Hilo Orchid Show.

This Earth is the only one we have, so we should take care of it. After all, we’re all in the same boat.

The Numbers Game #120

A Chinese hibiscus flower — A pink hibiscus.

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 242. Captions are on the photos. You can see more responses here. Also posted for Terri’s Flower Hour. See more responses here.

A wandering tattler at Kiholo, Hawaii — A Wandering Tattler on the shoreline.

The NOAA EV Nautilus off the coast of Hawaii — The EV Nautilus doing research off Lapakahi.

A zebra moray eel in the waters of the Big Island. — The EV Nautilus doing research off Lapakahi.

Sparkling waters

A moody sky above a sparkling sea and small beach at Kawaihae, Hawaii

This week’s Sunday Stills color challenge theme is ‘Diamonds and Quartz.’ See more responses here.

I stopped in Kawaihae to take photos of a very moody sky with some sparkling waters beneath it. But this was the first time I’ve seen the lovely little beach in the foreground. I’m not sure how one would access it, as it’s a steep drop off from where I stood, but I think it would be possible to come around that little point to the left.

Koki’o ‘Ula’Ula flower

Koki’o ‘Ula’Ula is a native hibiscus which is rare in the wild, but available in nurseries. This one is a bit past its prime. I’ll have to go back to where I saw it at Kohanaiki to see if I can get a more robust bloom. Posted for Terri’s Flower Hour. See more responses here.

The Numbers Game #119

A pair of yellow tang dance in the sunlight — Yellow Tangs in a courtship display I think.

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 241. Captions are on the photos. You can see more responses here.

A hapuu fern on the Big Island — A Hapu‘u fern.

A rock on the North Kohala coast, which looks like a guard dog — A Hapu‘u fern.

A mud puddle dries on the Big Island — A drying mud puddle.

An ironwood tree with its cascading foliage — A drying mud puddle.

Graham's Island

Life on the Big Island of Hawaii