Backtrack / An Imagery Project

posting a series of moai images from rapa nui (easter island), recently dusted off for an a po fundraiser.

looking out from the end of the kuli‘ou‘ou trail, viewing from rabbit island to koko crater.

makai - ocean.

until i score a waterproof housing, this is about as far out as my camera is going to make it. the wave action is decidedly lacking, but the little harbor out at kahalu’u thrills in other ways.

susie and i volunteered on an ongoing ‘ihi ‘ihi  conservation project the other weekend. with a group of folks who’ve been working out there for some months now, we hiked out to a place i’ve long been intrigued by but never made it to - the “far side” of hanauma bay. after a morning of grunt work keeping the little fern population out there happy, this view wrapped things up. good scenery, good people, good times.

it’s the best thing about this city. from anywhere in honolulu, the rock or the water is always waiting - and it’s close. pick the end of any street - it either goes up or it gets salty. climbing the ko’olau range on any number of ridges moves you from the urban to real jungle, and fast. a million in the city, but only two of us on the mountain. a view back down the kuli’ou’ou trail.

king edward’s bay, tynemouth, tyne & wear. the first of an attempt to post one image for every day of this month. here we go…

experiments with digital video. no better place to start than the back yard.

it doesn’t get much better than oahu’s north shore.

far back in pololu, time almost stands still. it’s sobering to imagine the generations of ancient hawaiians, or the historic chinese farmers, their stone walls and terraces now witnessing only the growth of massive trees. a respectful silence dominates this corner of the world.

robin rutherford nearing the summit of helvellyn, in the lake district. scramble along narrow ‘rake’ flaunted staggering views the whole way. busy day in the mountains for late in the season. beaut weather, flapjack and hot coffee on the back, nowhere to go but down from there…