We stayed in Lahaina the first half of our trip to Maui and then moved to Wailea (~40 minutes south of Lahaina) for the last few days of our trip. Grand Wailea has just become our favorite hotel in Maui!
It’s luxurious and has a chapel – perfect for weddings and honeymoons. It has an amazing maze of swimming pools – perfect for families and kids. It also houses one of the top 10 spas in the United States – perfect for a relaxing stay for couples!
It is a splurge but was the perfect ending to our stay in Maui!
Hawaii has beautiful sunsets and evening “colors”. We tried capturing the beauty of it while at Grand Wailea. Here are some of our favorite photos in HDR!
Enjoy…
Fountain at Grand Wailea
The Chapel at Grand Wailea. We saw a wedding take place in the chapel on our last day here.
Grand Wailea has amazing swimming pools and whirlpools. Kids love it! For adults, there’s always the “adults only” pool to enjoy if you don’t want to be disturbed by kids. This is a shot taken at the adults pool.
My favorite were the whirlpools scattered all around the pools area. The pools close at 10pm – loved chilling by the whirlpool after dinner till 10pm!
PHOTOGRAPHY TIP: To capture these photos, we used the “auto-bracketing” feature on our camera (which captures the same shot multiple times with different exposures) and then generated the image using HDR processing software, Photomatix Pro (it takes the best details from all the shots and combines them into one photo).
To capture all the colors, your camera will need to take in as much light as possible and will require some time to capture even just one shot. Make sure you prop your camera up on a tripod because you need your camera to be as steady as it can be while taking these photos. This will avoid blurring/ghosting when the software combines all the pictures together.
REMEMBER:
- Grand Wailea is perfect for both couples and families with kids!
- It is a splurge, so we recommend it for special occasions or towards the end of your trip to Maui.
- Capture beautiful evening colors through HDR photos.
- Use HDR processing software such as Photomatix Pro and Lightroom to process your photos.
- Use a tripod to get steady shots.
What is your favorite hotel in Maui? Do you like taking HDR pictures too? Do share your tips!
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Great pix, thanks for the post! I agree about Kauai–100 yards off the road, and you are in an unspoiled exotic tropical paradise.
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Thx for taking the time to drop a note 🙂 Grand Wailea is in Maui and not Kauai but after hearing so much about Kauai, we cannot wait to go visit!
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holy crap!! those photos are breathtaking!! i think GW should buy these pics off you!! 🙂
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Thank you for the kind compliment! We would love to have GW buy these pics too! What a great idea. Maybe we should contact them 🙂
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Your photos are stunning, what an incredible technique. I love Maui and you captured the beauty in these photos. I especially love the fountain and the church.
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Thank you Lisa! We only recently discovered HDR and will continue to work on the technique to further improve it. Maui is indeed beautiful. We can’t wait to go back and capture more HDR shots of Hawaii!
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