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Boating_Enthusiast t1_j6e9jd9 wrote

Reply to comment by Steelyp in The sea cliffs of Moloka’i Hawaii [OC] [6003 x 4007] by crankyape1534

"Welcome to Molokai! Come visit, don't stay." It's not the tourism focused tropical themed experience that Maui, Kauai, and Waikiki resorts try to provide. Imagine the island is someone's home that you're visiting. It's still full of friendly Hawaiians, but don't try to claim a bedroom and expect a warm response.

Also, Molokai Ranch would love to spin a story about how much they care about the locals, but Molokai recognizes the same scheme happening on other islands. Build some luxury, gate it off. Build more luxury, gate it off. Offer the locals some minimum wage jobs, tell them to be happy or pound sand. Sorry, you can't cross our land to get to the sand.

Molokai chooses their lifestyle, which isn't modern 3 and 2's with an upscale strip mall nearby. No Walmarts, no Panera, no Chick-fil-A. No attracting outside development that will pave over Hawaii and sell it off to foreign investors.

Whoops, a bit long winded, but the tldr is Molokai is friendly but untrusting, seeing what happens when foreign investment decides they can make a profit off selling your home.

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ovocato t1_j6e5ttz wrote

Reply to comment by MarstonX in The sea cliffs of Moloka’i Hawaii [OC] [6003 x 4007] by crankyape1534

Don’t get me wrong, I love Molokai for what it is, but having lived elsewhere in the state I’ve seen many people’s idea of Hawaii being Waikiki, luaus, shopping, surf lessons, and drinks by the pool. Molokai has only one very old-school hotel, there is no luxury shopping or luaus, and the residents in general are against the kind of tourism seen on Kauai, Oahu, and Maui. No nightclubs, no fancy restaurants, no cruise ships, no fire dancing. What you will find are people that fish and hunt for their meat and grow their own vegetables, untouched beaches, pristine rainforests, and aloha. I’m certainly not trying to cast any judgment, but if someone is not into all that they might enjoy themselves more elsewhere.

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Khan_prod t1_j6e5g4o wrote

Reply to comment by Br81 in The Canadian Rockies [2500x1786][OC] by Br81

Wow this is gorgeous! Thanks for sharing. One question on your settings here, why did you decide to shoot at F18 and F13? My assumption was that after a specific aperture (like around F8) you start losing sharpness but is that not the case or do I need to do some more research? Just curious if you have any insight

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crankyape1534 OP t1_j6e29qr wrote

Reply to comment by FLORI_DUH in The sea cliffs of Moloka’i Hawaii [OC] [6003 x 4007] by crankyape1534

Not really sunny. Sunny beyond where we were. It was actually drizzling rain on us and we were flying mostly under a cloud bank. I wanted a higher ISO so that I could use a higher shutter speed. especially with a polarizing filter. That and the Nikon D750 I use handles low light well. Even at those higher ISO. If you zoom way in you will see some noise but a lot of what appears to be noise is the drizzle of rain.

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