tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17972759269483896902024-03-20T14:10:21.062-10:00Maui ObserverJosh Bergeronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04177242849676298727noreply@blogger.comBlogger117125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1797275926948389690.post-81893429740678084802010-07-16T13:51:00.002-10:002010-12-21T15:26:34.114-10:00Boulder Bound - A One Way TripNever say never, but for the foreseeable future, I will be in Boulder, CO! Trading the mountains for the ocean. It's been a great ride... You can view my website <a href="http://www.joshbergeron.com/">here</a>.<br />
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A BIG mahalo to everyone who visited Maui Observer and especially the regulars. You know who you are!<br />
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Signing off for now,<br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Times-Roman;">The "problem" with digital SLR's today is that everyone is using them. Photography is now the realm of the layman due to the ease of using digital. I can literally shoot, edit, process and print a photo in less than 4 minutes using my camera, laptop, software, and printer. So, any Joe with a modern Nikon or Canon DSLR, no matter how advanced or expensive, produces images that look similar due to shared technology. Some images from the better DSLR's will look sharper or perform better in low light, but still, the essence of the image is pure Japanese DSLR.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Times-Roman;">This is not the case with Daniel's images. Daniel has a dedicated darkroom in his basement and his work epitomizes the "art" of photography. You can see some of his work <a href="http://www.artmaui.com/media/2010_images/Honma-600.jpg"><span style="color: #0000f5;">here</span></a>, <a href="http://www.artmaui.com/media/2009_images/honma_potters_600.gif"><span style="color: #0000f5;">here</span></a>, and <a href="http://www.artmaui.com/media/2009_images/honma_wailuku_600.gif"><span style="color: #0000f5;">here</span></a>. I snapped Daniel during the festival over the course of the evening. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times-Roman;">Daniel, do you have a website in which to showcase your work? I saw your images on display at the Paia Tattoo Parlor and in the Maui Weekly, many of which I can't find on the web, and I thought they were unique and thought provoking.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Times-Roman;"><br />
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I went to an O-Bon festival this weekend at the Paia Mantokuji Soto Zen temple. This was my second one, and all the familiar sights, smells, and sounds flooded the air as people from all over the island came to participate.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I love pizza, but clearly this little guy is more interested in his toy vehicles. I'm passing by Flatbread Co. in Paia at dusk.</div>Josh Bergeronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04177242849676298727noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1797275926948389690.post-30958338005978570082010-07-07T13:17:00.001-10:002010-07-07T13:18:29.557-10:00Endangered SpeciesTrucks are usually meticulously cared after in Maui, and the vehicles certainly serve to project the feelings and personalities of their owners through decals, stickers, and photos. <br />
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Valley Isle Memorial Park located on the Hana Highway just before Haiku is the only graveyard I don't really mind. Due to the fact that the the tombstones are flush with the grass facing up, the park isn't as ominous, to me at least. <br />
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When viewed at night, you see a side of the park rarely glimpsed. All you see are the little solar powered lights friends and relatives erect next to their departed loved ones.<br />
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Enter a local tradition that goes hand in hand with food preservation methods dating back thousands of years - pickling of the mango. <br />
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"Pickle mango" is simply sliced mango pickled in a chilled sweet brine solution, usually infused with li-hing powder - a tasty plum-like flavoring common in the Islands. Locals put li-hing on everything - popcorn at the movies, preserved fruits like cherries, gummy bears, you name it. Li -hing makes everything a bit sweeter and more savory. <br />
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This pickle mango stand was set up on the side of Hana Highway right before Paia town. You will see this very distinctive pickle mango sign all over the North Shore, so if you're in the area and see this call to mango lovers the world over, why not pull over and have a taste of local Hawaiiana?<br />
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After a bit of walking around, I realized that Kihei in general is what I believe visitors expect when then come to Maui. Hey, if I was on vacation, I would probably think so too - full of sunsets, beaches, cuddling, ice cream, and posing for photos. <br />
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If you care about these kinds of things, all shots were taken with a 35mm prime lens (52mm equivalent on a full-frame camera) with a Nikon D90 shot wide-open at f1.8.<br />
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Well, Maui has its own share of the 'burbs too - where resident families of Maui lay roots. If you're visiting Maui, you will probably never intentionally eye such neighborhoods. <br />
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I always thought suburbs such as this one were a little creepy. It all looks the same. Are the people the same too? Who exactly lives around you? Such uniformity and acceptance of conformity. Different strokes for different folks I guess.<br />
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This is the Maui Lani subdivision near Wailuku. The neighborhood was shot in the early morning light around 6:30AM on a Sunday morning while driving through in my truck.<br />
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"What the hell is this?" I thought to myself. This was right before I posted my series of pics on <a href="http://mauiobserver.blogspot.com/2010/06/dude-wheres-my-car.html">Maui cruisers and abandoned vehicles</a> on June 1. Naturally, I thought someone abandoned their mobile home and some inspired locals felt like expressing themselves after visiting the paint section at Home Depot. <br />
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In all seriousness, the purpose of this bus was revealed today in the form of the "soft opening" and Hawaiian blessing of Cafe Prana Nui in Haiku. <br />
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It's a short bus restaurant! Why didn't I think of that? <br />
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To quote the giant banner, with a focus on "organic, local, vegetarian, macrobiotic, ayurvedic, aloha" inspired cuisine, I'm anxious to try their offerings.<br />
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For more info: <a href="http://cafeprananui.com/">Cafe Prana Nui</a>Josh Bergeronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04177242849676298727noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1797275926948389690.post-37864066637576361062010-06-17T22:37:00.010-10:002010-06-17T22:54:24.619-10:00Holy Rosary ChurchOn Baldwin avenue near Paia rests the Holy Rosary Church, home to a memorial of Father Damien. Damien was the Roman Catholic priest that lived on the Kalaupapa peninsula on Molokai, where he cared for and lived with Hawaii's leprosy patients. Since performing three miracles, the Pope canonized Father Damien in October 2009 creating Hawaii's first saint in the process.<br />
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King Kamehameha V, determined to rid Hawaii of Hansen's disease (leprosy), quarantined all those afflicted to the Kalaupapa settlement beginning in 1866. I've heard stories of early patients literally dumped from the transport canoes near shore and left to swim to Kalaupapa to fend for themselves. <br />
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The settlement is definitely worth a visit, although it's best to <a href="http://www.muleride.com/">book a tour in advance</a>. The peninsula is surrounded on 3 sides by ocean (duh) and the 4th side abuts a very steep, 1,700ft tall cliff face. Access is difficult. <br />
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How to get to her house? Sorry, go stalk this celeb on your own time! No star maps from me buddy!<br />
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One of the most prominent and well-known stops in this tiny picturesque town is Grandma's Coffee House. G-Ma's serves some of the best Maui-grown coffee around and has a wonderful old-fashioned feel with a scrumptious homemade breakfast and lunch. Here's my egg salad sandwich I enjoyed on their outdoor deck:<br />
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I love Maui cops. Only in Maui will you routinely see two cop cars parked behind a vehicle that's pulled over for speeding. Today, I saw three cars on the side of Hana Highway with the cops standing around outside talking story (a.k.a. - shooting the breeze, but without the negative connotation). I could of just missed a major stop, accident or something very serious, who knows. <br />
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Just when we all thought the West Maui wildfire was dying down, there was a flare up this afternoon at about 1:30PM above the Kamehameha Golf Course.<br />
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Over 60 hours after the fire began, the fierce winds stoked the flames and two MFD helicopters were busy dumping water on the blaze in an effort to extinguish it. <br />
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It was amazing to see how large the fire appeared to be in relation to the helicopters and their tiny water buckets. The dumping of water seemed to have little to no immediate effect on the flames. I guess over a period of hours the water must win, but from where I parked on the Honoapi'ilani Highway staring through my 300mm (450mm full-frame equivalent) telephoto lens, the helicopters looked like scurrying dragonflies spitting on an inferno. <br />
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Did you know it costs $420 per hour to operate the fire helicopters? It's ironic because in April the Maui County Council wanted to short the Maui fire department $90,000 from the original $825,000 the MFD requested for the helicopter budget. Find story <a href="http://www.mauinews.com/page/content.detail/id/531035.html">here</a>.<br />
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A massive MAHALO to all the firefighters, police officers, rescue workers, and volunteers involved in this monumental undertaking.<br />
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All the shots in this post were taken around 2:15PM this afternoon.<br />
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