Palm trees silhouetted against the setting sun.
Posted in response to Bushboy’s Last on the Card photo challenge for June. See more responses here.
Palm trees at sunset
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Tag Archives: Sunsets and Sunrises
Fishing at sunrise and sunset
This week’s Sunday Stills challenge theme is ‘Rise/Set.’ See more offerings here.
I decided to go with sunrise and sunset photos taken from more or less the same spot on Kawaihae harborside. Above, a man fishes from the end of the harbor breakwater around sunrise. Below, a fisherman seated on the shoreline at sunset, with the breakwater across the harbor in the background.
Sunset and clouds
Looking down towards the South Kohala coast as the sun drops below a band of clouds, shortly before sunset.
Sunset from old Saddle Road
The setting sun illuminates wispy clouds over Hualalai, as seen from the scrubby pasture lands alongside old Saddle Road.
Fishermen heading out
This week’s Sunday Stills challenge theme is ‘Giving.’ See more offerings here.
I saw these fishermen early one morning, heading out from Kawaihae harbor, no doubt hoping that the ocean was in a giving mood.
Dawn chorus
This week’s Sunday Stills challenge theme is ‘Awakening.’ See more offerings here.
Around here, awakening is usually courtesy of the dawn chorus. That occurs when the birds themselves awaken and announce to the world that they made it through the night. Pretty much every bird species that lives within earshot takes part, but there are some standouts.
Roosters (above) are the traditional greeter of the new day and that’s true here, though it has to be noted that they’re equally likely to sound off at any time of the day or night. This neighborhood used to be rooster-free for several years. Then one wandered in from across the road and now there are several in the vicinity. One in particular keeps trying to make my yard part of its territory. I am resolved to prevent this.
Gray francolins (right) are smaller than roosters but might be even louder. Their call has a little wind up before soaring to full screech. It gets people’s attention at any time of day, but at 5:30 in the morning it’s more effective than mainlining caffeine.
The northern cardinal (below) is a smaller bird still but, from its typically high perch, its variety of powerfully-sung songs tend to ride over everything. But rest assured, the other birds contribute, from the red-billed leiothrix, to Japanese white-eyes, to an assortment of finches, they make sure that I’m up to greet the sunrise, whether I want to or not.
Sheep at sunset
Sheep graze in the pastures alongside the lower section of old Saddle Road.
Mauna Kea telescopes
This week’s Sunday Stills challenge theme is ‘Near and Far.’ See more offerings here.
The photo above shows a distant view of some of the telescopes atop Mauna Kea, silhouetted against an early morning sky. Below is a closer look at the Gemini Northern Telescope, which sits a little way north of the summit of Mauna Kea.
