Waikiki Sunset
This is sunset on the Waikiki beach on Christmas day, 2008.
This picture was taken during a family vacation but never processed. Our family had traveled to Oahu for a Christmas break vacation, and I took the opportunity to take this sphere (in addition to other photography, of course). I decided to finally finish this picture for one of my World Wide Panorama (WWP) 20 Year celebration entries this year.
This picture was difficult from several standpoints. Obviously, the bright sunset and dimmer surroundings were a challenge for photography. I had to use high dynamic range (HDR) techniques to get this much range. But also, we were traveling and I didn’t have my normal tripod. This made some aspects of taking a spherical picture more difficult.