BIG ISLAND REVAMPED { 31 images } Created 12 Apr 2022
The year was 2010. And, I traveled to The Big Island in the Aloha (Hawai’i) State of the western U.S., for a vacation. That was a first for me. I usually travelled for my TV / film work. But this time, it was vacation. Just a boy, a girlfriend and two cameras. And a couple of lenses.
I’d been meaning to revisit these photos because I thought they could be improved with more post-production. Interestedly, a number of images show a side of Hawaii not seen in tourism marketing materials. Some of them made me laugh. You’d never know they were captured in Hawaii. Revamped April 2022.
Kona is the name of a moku or district on the Big Island of Hawai'i in the State of Hawaii. In the current system of administration of Hawaii County, the moku of Kona is divided into North Kona District (Kona 'Akau) and South Kona District (Kona Hema). The term "Kona" is sometimes used to refer to its largest town, Kailua-Kona. Other towns in Kona include Kealakekua, Keauhou, Holualoa, Honaunau and Honalo.
In the Hawaiian language, kona means leeward or dry side of the island, as opposed to ko'olau which means windward or the wet side of the island (Hilo). In the times of Ancient Hawai'i, Kona was the name of the leeward district on each major island. In Hawai'i, the Pacific anticyclone provides moist prevailing northeasterly winds to the Hawaiian islands, resulting in rain when the winds contact the windward landmass of the islands - the winds subsequently lose their moisture and travel on to the leeward (or kona) side of the island. When this pattern reverses, it can produce a Kona storm from the West. Kona has cognates with the same meaning in other Polynesian languages. In Tongan, the equivalent cognate would be tonga; for windward, the associated cognate would be tokelau.
I’d been meaning to revisit these photos because I thought they could be improved with more post-production. Interestedly, a number of images show a side of Hawaii not seen in tourism marketing materials. Some of them made me laugh. You’d never know they were captured in Hawaii. Revamped April 2022.
Kona is the name of a moku or district on the Big Island of Hawai'i in the State of Hawaii. In the current system of administration of Hawaii County, the moku of Kona is divided into North Kona District (Kona 'Akau) and South Kona District (Kona Hema). The term "Kona" is sometimes used to refer to its largest town, Kailua-Kona. Other towns in Kona include Kealakekua, Keauhou, Holualoa, Honaunau and Honalo.
In the Hawaiian language, kona means leeward or dry side of the island, as opposed to ko'olau which means windward or the wet side of the island (Hilo). In the times of Ancient Hawai'i, Kona was the name of the leeward district on each major island. In Hawai'i, the Pacific anticyclone provides moist prevailing northeasterly winds to the Hawaiian islands, resulting in rain when the winds contact the windward landmass of the islands - the winds subsequently lose their moisture and travel on to the leeward (or kona) side of the island. When this pattern reverses, it can produce a Kona storm from the West. Kona has cognates with the same meaning in other Polynesian languages. In Tongan, the equivalent cognate would be tonga; for windward, the associated cognate would be tokelau.
