Dear Readers,
I tried to bring you back photos of polka dots from Hawaii, I really did. But almost every pattern there is floral. (Can you blame them?)
I was on Polka-Dot Prowl for five days, and here's what I found:
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Beach towel
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Varied sizes of dots
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Polka-dotted and beswirled car
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Little dots
The hands-down best place to find polka dots in Honolulu is the aquarium. No kidding! There was this scary guy:
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And this adorable one, who gets bonus points for being polka dotted AND blue:
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This shot below is a little fuzzy, for which I apologize. But this guy was a zippy swimmer, and it was hard to catch him in a good pose. Every bit of his body was neon colored--a hot-pink dorsal fin, screechy-yellow tail, a glow-in-the-dark pink body, and these amazing indigo polka dots like little laser points on his back half. Fantastic!
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Here is my only shot of two different types of polka dots in one photo:
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I had lots of fun capturing lots of other stuff, however. Here are some more Honolulu blues for you:
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Toes and tiles
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Kukui-nut necklaces
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Blue descending a staircase (apologies to
Marcel Duchamp)
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Stretching class on the lawn
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Mural, student apartment housing
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Okay, I threw Leopard Boy in here just to keep you awake...
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Beach mats for sale
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Imported French liqueur
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Cursive graffiti
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Broken
millefiore glass bead
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Jetty on the public beach area of Waikiki
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Bronze statue, Waikiki
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A closeup of that cute seal, showing his head all rubbed shiny
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Olivia (the girl) and Samantha (the doll)
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Sky and surfboards
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Granite facade, high-end jewelry store
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Palm trees at night
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Koi pond and rocking chairs, Sheraton Waikiki
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Lotsa bling, Sheraton Waikiki gift shop
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The bay of Waikiki (the small pink hotel is the Royal Hawaiian)
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The view from atop Diamond Head
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Dawn over the ocean
GREAT job on the polka dots...and more WONDERFUL shots of the 'blues'. You could go pro, you know!
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