Images of Kauai -- July 12, 2009 -- Ke'e Beach Sunset

Three cheers for Flickr!  Sometimes I have cool options at my finger tips, but forget that they are there! (and would have never remembered if I hand't received a reminder that it was time to renew my pro account). I uploaded the entire series of pictures that I took of the sunset at Ke'e Beach (apologies for the few where the horizon shifted around -- I was trying to avoid that) and put them in a set so that I could create a slide show.  In my opinion, Ke'e Beach is one of the most beautiful places in the world to watch the sun go down.  If you're on Kauai, you have to treat yourself to a trip to this spot (there's plenty of parking) preferably with a bottle of wine and some bread and cheese.   These photos were taken using the maxium range for my telephoto lens.  John also gets a big round of applause for his role in this photo taking session -- he kept a tired, hungry toddler entertained while I shot them.  Much harder than sitting behind a camera. 

I got a perfect evening for taking the pictures -- started out with an almost cloudless sky.  One thing that you can count on in Kauai -- there almost certainly will be clouds in the evening, so sometimes sunsets can be hard to see and capture because they happen behind billowy curtains.  This night, conditions were almost perfect -- a few clouds snuck in right before the end and provided some lovely diffusion effects for the last rays of sunlight.