The Last Lantern
We arrived at the lantern festival 15 till 8pm. The festival was supposed to be between 6-8. As we walked to Ala Moana beach park we were flooded by a sea of people going in the opposite direction. We were like salmon swimming up current. We got to the beach where people had put their lanterns in the water. I took off my TOMS and waded in the water attempting to take a few pictures of the lanterns in the distance being collected by the outrigger canoes. We would so be fired if we were supposed to be shooting the event. All of a sudden out of the darkness came a Kahu led by a man in an aloha shirt with a flashlight. "Get the picture!" My friend said. As I quickly adjusted my shutter speed I got the shot of the last lanterns being put in the water and a Kahu saying goodbye.
