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Cellpic Sunday – Morning Showers on Kauai

Showers give way to sunshine.

April, 2025
Kalaheo, Hawaii.

It’s been eighteen years since our first visit to Hawaii and the beautiful island of Kauai. On our first trip, we cruised the islands, stopping for only a few hours at each island. It was then that I fell in love with Waimea Canyon on Kauai. We again visited the island in 2013 and stayed with friends for ten days.

Several posts from 2014 tell the stories of our first stay on Kauai. I even flew in an ultralight aircraft over the canyon. You can find them using the search tool on the right of any blog post. Use the keyword Kauai.

In April 2025, we found ourselves en route to Kauai and a furnished house in Kalaheo that we had rented for two months. As I write this for publication in July, we’ve been here for less than a week, but as I get the adventure photos processed, I’ll be sharing adventures from Kauai.

About the photo: We woke up to a rain shower. Stepping out on the deck with my Samsung S23U, I captured the last of the shower as the sun began to burn through the layer of clouds. The clouds gradually took over, bringing intermittent rain throughout the day.

I processed this photo quickly, making a minor adjustment in Lightroom Classic to correct the blown-out highlights around the brightest parts of the sky. I then sent the image off to Luminar Neo for sharpness and Accent AI. You can click on the image to view it in 2K HD on a dark background and see the photo’s metadata, if you’re inclined.

I encourage fellow bloggers to create their own Cellpic Sunday posts. I never have a specific topic for this feature, and the only rule is that the photo must be captured with a cell phone, iPad, or another mobile device. If you have an image from a drone or even a dashcam, that’s also acceptable. The second rule is to link your challenge response to this post or leave a comment here with a link to your post in the comment. Oh, you don’t have to post it on a Sunday.

John Steiner

38 comments

  5. Gorgeous, John.I prefer the photo against the white, however..Have a wonderful loooong vacation in Hawaii. (An earlier attempt to comment said I’d be listed as anonymous, so I’ll sign this…Judy D-B)

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    • I really enjoy reading the posts linked to Cellpic Sunday. It’s almost always spur-of-the-moment images that are captured with the only camera available at the time.

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