Friday, May 21, 2010

A few Samples from Mauna Kea Beach Resort

Why is it that vacations seem to end before you've even started? We just returned last night from our brief stay at the Mauna Kea Beach Resort on the Big Island of Hawaii.

Although I have many images to go through, I thought I'd post a few sample shots taken with the K-x and DA 15mm Limited lens. Click on any thumbnail to see a larger image file.

View of hotel from the southern tip of Kuano'oa Bay, which the hotel is perched above.





















View of beach on Kuano'oa Bay from entrance to Manta restaurant.





















The oldest work in the Mauna Kea's collection of Asian art is this Indian sculpture of a seated Buddha, circa 7th century.




























View of the golf course's famous 3rd hole. This photos is taken from the ceremonial tee box used by Arnold Palmer, Jack Nicklaus and Gary Player, on December 8, 1964, to open the first day of play on the course designed by Robert Trent Jones.

4 comments:

Peter said...

Already back?!? It was indeed "short". On the street when i'm shooting lots of people once again know of the Pentax brand, even a few younger shooters who are moving into DSLRs stop me and start a conversation regarding a Pentax purchase; to which i take the time letting them shoot with whatever lenses i have with my K200D at the time...they've all have commented first on ergonomics and accessible menu functions...but to the point most are interested in the Kx ...i just point out the virtues of Pentax primes to go with it. It also helps when i pull up my Picasa account on my iPhone and go thru some shots done with different lenses :)

MichaelinA2 said...

Nice shots!

Back to your lens contest... Now that you have returned, may I ask which lenses you used the most? Paired to which bodies? Did you want for a lens left behind?

Cheers...

RiceHigh said...

Nice photos, Ned. Very pleasing colours and good sharpness.

Btw, any full size samples to share?

Peter said...

"Click on any thumbnail to see a larger image file."