"At Pele's Pleasure" Rodney Lough Jr 42" x 38"

At Pele's Pleasure 

Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, The Big Island, Hawaii

Camera: Arca Swiss 8x10 F-line Camera

Lens: 150mm

Aperture: f8

Exposure: 4 Minutes

Film: Professional Fuji Astia 100f

Five Oh

Text on the back: 

The legends say that you can tell what type of mood Pele, The Goddess of Fire, is in by the way she presents herself to you. When hostile molten lava Is spewing into the sky. Pele is not hoppy with vou - somehow you've ticked her off and she's warning you to get out of her presence or else.

But when she presents herself like she has here, she's inviting you to come closer. Beckoning you, at her pleasure, to step forward and watch how the islands are formed, to witness creation firsthand - it is absolutely a gift. an honor a once in a lifetime invitation that you cannot turn down.

It's almost most as it Pele knows what im up to that I'm tying to tell astory and she's a part of thet wonderful story -and not only iss he ok with me being there, but she's putting on such a peacetul duplay of her magnificence - I know I'm welcome.