According to Flickr “favorites” this was my top travel photo of 2017.

For prior years click here.

Posted on December 29th, 2017 under Hawaii, Japan, Oregon. Tags: photography. Comments Off on Top photo of 2017

Great vibe at this nearly 200-year old place on a lousy weather day in Hawaii. But you’re not supposed to go there so just take my word for it.

Posted on December 27th, 2017 under Hawaii. Tags: Nikon 24-120mm f/4 VR G lens, Nikon D750, oahu. Comments Off on Kaniakapupu Ruins

Today’s photo features Rabbit Island (Manana), Kāohikaipu Island (a state seabird sanctuary), and Makapu’u Beach as viewed from Makapu’u Point. This vantage point is the eastern tip of Oahu.

Posted on December 22nd, 2017 under Hawaii. Tags: Nikon 24-120mm f/4 VR G lens, Nikon D750, oahu, pacific ocean. Comments Off on Pukakukui Channel

Today we fly home to Ashland after 10 days on Oahu. Going from the 70s (and sometimes 80s–never less than upper 60s) to Ashland’s 30s is going to be … cold. Time to start looking forward to February’s false spring.

Posted on December 21st, 2017 under Hawaii. Tags: Nikon 24-120mm f/4 VR G lens, Nikon D750, oahu, pacific ocean. Comments Off on Last day in Hawaii

I’ve never been to the real 平等院 near Kyoto (although I’ve had the postcard photo of the famous temple since 1988) so catching the 50-year old replica in Hawaii a couple days ago was pretty cool.

Posted on December 19th, 2017 under Hawaii, Japan. Tags: buddhist, Nikon 24-120mm f/4 VR G lens, Nikon D750, oahu, temples, 平等院 byodoin oahu hawaii. Comments Off on Byodo-in on Oahu