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Soaring high above Honolulu, Tantalus Tantalus Lookout offers breathtaking, one-of-a-kind city views that are difficult to describe. After Tantalus became quickly stripped of its natural resources in the late 1800s, the area was declared a Forest Reserve by the Territorial Government in 1913 and much needed reforestation efforts were introduced. Thousands of trees were replanted to bring life back to what had become a barren landscape. In the 1940s, a 2,000-acre park and lookout were built, which still persist today. The true beauty of the area is more commonly found once the sun sets, and the city of Honolulu glistens and sparkles with innumerable lights.

I am a San Diego based landscape and wildlife photographer, born and raised in Stockton, Illinois ( the 'S' is - not - pronounced ). I am one of the many that came to San Diego for a visit and just kept delaying my plans to go home. Although my heart is still pulled to the rural and slower lifestyle of growing up in farm country, my life is in and around San Diego. Over the years, I've grown to appreciate the big city lifestyle, but I always crave getting outside, discovering new places, reaching for those places that remind me of my youth, and to find connections with folks that are also from Northwest Illinois. My love for photography was born out my creative instincts. During my professional training in advertising design, a course in...