Hawaii, Hawaii, 23 to 26 February 2015
Here is a series of monochromes from images in previous posts from Hawaii (the Big Island).
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This is the lava, palms and sea just below where we were staying.
The next eight images are nearby patterns in the lava.
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View along the south west coast.
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Laupahoehoe.
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Yellow-billed cardinals at Laupahoehoe. This is an image specially selected for those with red black colour blindness (and they would no doubt wonder why I made the comment).
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Waipio Bay.
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Green turtles, Punalau’u beach.
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Pu’uhonua O Honaunau.
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Pu’uhonua O Honaunau.
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Green turtle, Pu’uhonua O Honaunau.
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Pu’uhonua O Honaunau.
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South west road.
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Kilauea.
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Fern, Thurston Lava Tube, Hawaii Volcanoes National Park.
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Probably Holei Sea Arch, Hawaii Volcanoes National Park.
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Lava seascape, Hawaii Volcanoes National Park.
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Murray Foote 
Wow, the textures in the lava really stand out in monochrome and although I normally prefer colour most of these are still wonderful in it. Love the birds I think they work better this way, more striking perhaps?
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Yes, monochrome definitely has its place…
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All fascinating…… love the ferns.
David.
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Thanks very much David
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Great photos and post. Love the lava formations and green sea turtle. Thanks for sharing!
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Thanks very much Danielle!
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These are beautiful the second time around! By the way, (you may know this already), there are two types of lava in Hawai’i; the names are dependent on how the lava was formed. The smoother, “ropey” lava near where you were staying is called pāhoehoe, which is formed during slower flows. The more jagged lava like that in your photo of Laupahoehoe Point is called a‘ā lava, and is formed from more violent eruptions.
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Thank you Rebecca! No, I didn’t know that. I grew up in New Zealand and am familiar with a‘ā lava, but had not seen pāhoehoe lava before.
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