Hau‘ula Nights

🌃 November in Oʻahu = summer on repeat: 79 °F day, 72 °F night, trade-winds set to “auto-air-con.” I hiked out with a Nikon Z 8 + 100-400 mm f/4.5-5.6, hunted the city lights, and paid exactly $0.00 for every frame. Below are the GPS-tagged money shots—copy, paste, shoot, flex. 📸✨ Tantalus Lookout – Puʻu ʻUalakaʻa State Park 📍 Gate closes 18:30 sharp, but the Makiki Valley trailhead pedestrian gate NEVER locks—so park downhill (or grab a ride) and walk 15 min uphill. 🚶‍♂️🌙 Sunset minus 30 min: zoom to 250 mm, compress Waikīkī into a golden ribbon, Diamond Head looks like a green Hershey’s Kiss. 🍫🌄 Blue-hour +30: sky turns tangerine→pink→indigo while streetlights flick on—perfect gradient, no filter needed. Set ISO 800-1600, 1/15 s, IBIS + lens VR = razor skyscrapers. 🏙️💜 Tip: bring a trash-bag poncho; mist drifts in like a sneaky Snapchat filter. 📱🌫️ Warning: mosquitoes here train with the Marines—DEET armor or become walking poke bowl. 🦟🍣 Parking hack: <20 stalls; arrive before 17:00 or the only shade you’ll get is someone else’s tail-pipe. Overflow along Round Top Dr.—respect residents, no stereo wars. 🚙🤫 #US #Hawaii #Honolulu