High above the clouds on the summit of Haleakalā, Piko o Ka Lani — meaning “The Center of Heaven” — captures a moment where earth and sky seem to touch. As the sun’s final glow fades into the Pacific horizon, the Milky Way awakens in full brilliance above the Haleakalā Observatory. The merging of sunset and starlight reveals the sacred duality of this place — where ancient Hawaiian navigators once read the stars, and modern astronomers now study the same celestial path.
Flâner - French for: to stroll, observe surroundings, and savouring the moments without any specific goal
As we walk around whether in the neighborhood or on vacations our eyes are attracted to something and we choose to either ignore it or pick it up and carry it around before discarding.
This image from the late 1980s, predates all digital editing and what is captured, is exactly what was seen in viewfinder - there was no postproduction editing.
This image was done in late 1980s on Polaroid's instant slide film Polapan - a prefect film for beauty and boudoir photography as skin tones were rendered silky.
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