The last time we were up in Seattle we ran into a woman whose husband was deployed to Iraq. His call sign was 'Popeye' so they had a small stuffed Popeye with them and they were taking pictures with it everywhere they went. That way her husband was "with her" everywhere.
That sounded like an awesome idea, so we modified it a little bit. The next time we were at Disney we bought this Mickey Mouse keychain and he goes everywhere we go. He's in the strap of one of the camera bags and he makes appearances no matter where we end up, including Hawaii.
This shot is from up on the North Shore on Oahu and Mickey is hanging out on the coconut that Shanon had bought from one of the stands along the way. To me this is quintessential Hawaii. The beach, a plumeria, a coconut and, ok Mickey isn't exactly "Hawaii" but they are building a resort there!
I do want to point one of the technicals on this shot. This was shot at f40. No, I'm not missing a dot between the 4 and 0, it's really a 40. Highest f-stop I have ever shot at and honestly, didn't know the lens would go all the way up there. It helped me get a lot of the beach in the shot which I think is important to make the shot work.
Expect to see more random appearances by Mickey. You just never know where he's going to turn up next!
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