Taking a Different Perspective
February 22, 2016 • Photography & Travel
Many of you know I love photography and from time to time blog about some of the photos that I’ve taken. I had the privilege of going to Honolulu, Hawaii to speak at an event last week. So I took the opportunity to go a few days early and visit the Big Island and also Maui. On the Big Island I stayed at this quaint boutique hotel that overlooked a gorgeous waterfall with a trail that led down to the large pond and the tall waterfall that kept it filled.
When taking a photo it’s always helpful to take different perspectives of the subject. When I was a monk in the monastery I use to ask professional photographers this one question. “If you could teach a monk one thing about photography what would it be?” These very talented photographers that I got to meet would seriously think deeply before giving their response to a monk. One Hawaiian based photographer responded by saying “When you take a photo try and take a photo of your subject from 50 different angles. Then you will start to see things differently.” Great advice from this lady. One that I have always tried to incorporate into my photography and life itself.
It’s also good advice to view things always from different perspectives. This more than often results in a better understanding of things.
I hope you enjoy these photos and my thoughts on them in the captions below.
The shot that everyone takes. Standing right in front of the falls on a designated viewing ledge. With such a wide shot you want to do this before the suns rays emerge and light the subject. 2.5 sec at f22, ISO 80, 28mm
A view of the falls from the side. Getting low enough on one side I was able to get the beautiful palm trees that graced the side of the hill as well in the frame adding more of a context to the scene.
Zooming in tight at the base of the falls gives you a different look all together.
Getting some thing in the foreground always lends a different feel to a photo. Climbing further up the side of the hill I was able to get some wild bamboo in the foreground of this shot.
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