Tropical Cauldron
A large formation of Lava rock off the coast of Kihei on Maui, Hawaii turned into a boiling sinking cauldron by the rising tides flowing in from above and below. The water level on this cauldron would rise and fall as much as 6 feet with the ebb and flow of the waves. I was fascinated by this marvel of nature and creation.
Tropical Cauldron belongs to the following groups:
All About Water, Hawai'i ~ Aloha Na'au, Landscape Photography, MASTERS OF THE SCENIC, SEA and Sensational Sun Available for sale asGreeting Cards, Matted Prints, Laminated Prints, Mounted Prints, Canvas Prints, Framed Prints and Posters

Thomas Sielaff
As I see winter over my local horizon, I thank you for this lovely, warm image.
ellymae
stunning! clap
Alex Wise
Beautiful work! :)
Naomi Frost
What a fantastic capture, DawsonImages. The long exposure is just perfect as is the POV and colours. A top shot.
Helene Kippert
Gorgeous!!
wolfllink
Excellent work. I love the color you captured.
Ori Kaydar
LOVELY SCENERY!
mick
great shot,do alot of these myself
chriso
Wondeful image. Beautiful balance between the texture of the rocks, movement of the water and colours of the sky. Well done.
Jonathan Cohen
This is a pretty incredible shot.
Franklin Lindsey
Beautiful picture Mike, nice to see you popping in over here too!... LOL
Keep those wonder ocean pictures comin, I just luv em all….
jenndes
Magical
Benjamin Scheurer
this is pure beauty
Keegan Wong
Wow this is awesome! Love the colours!
JayVee
Amazing shot. Beautiful colours.
Phil Scott
Fantastic… Fantastic…. Fantastic.
Tracy King
Just beautiful. Well done.
FabiaN
excellent image – great title i love it!
Kathryn Potempski
I love this shot with the sun just sinking, the rock formation, perfect shot
Torfinn Johann...
WOW! This is fantastic. Excellent colours, and composition. Well done!
HelenBanham
WHAT AN AMAZING SHOT!
Antoine Dagobert
Super image..Excellent!
Heabar
just love all the colours just a fantastic shot :)
Christina Martin
This is beautiful
AlienVisitor
Exellent capture,I can smell the salt.
David.
gypsygirl
Wonderful image, fantastic colours and lighting and I love the soft water!
AmandaWitt
Amazing shot – you got the sun at just the right time – with the rays beneath it.
kaylee roderick
beautiful
Fred Frank
Impressive top notch photo. Well done.
migueldelmonte
Very impressive image,nicely executed shutter speed.
Cathleen Taraw...
I keep looking at your work, going to favourite it and finding I already have.
John De Bord P...
This is just a superstar of a shot! Wow, talk about breathtaking imagery
Robert Elliott
fantastic image!!
Kimberly Palmer
One of my favorites, for sure. Breathtaking…
richiedean
Salubrious !
KathyT
Absolutely stunning! Excellent handling of exposure and choice of shutter.
imageworld
love the silkiness of this shot, it’s awesome
Stefan Trenker
wonderful point of view and very good use of exposure and aperture
Lost Lost
Beautiful work mate, well done..
berndt2
Lovely shot!
Jennifer Lachney
Very nice. Love the color in this shot.
TrEaSuReDiMaGeS
This photo just “Captivates” you!! Awesome!!
Lance Leopold
Terrific capture!!
Amanda Cole
brilliant shot, the lighting is amazing!!
Halcyon
Surreal… I’d love to see that one day. :)
Thelma1
Spectacular, such an excellent shot.
GabrielK
great shot, lovely water pattern
Taylor Jury
Absolutely beautiful shot you have here.
Taylor
cynthiab
awesome shot
Heather Rivet...
fantastic
NicoTasevski
Nice shoot, this one is going straight to my favourites!!!!
Chris Clark
absoulutely perfect and your work is outstanding.
Carlo Cesar Ro...
Very beautiful color, composition, and place! Congrats!
houk
Magical landscape!
Mandy Fell
a fantastic capture pure beauty
gladders
Superb shot. Love everything about it. Thanks for your comment on my image…..and yes, more contrast would make it better. Thanks.
Rany Lutz
Fantastic capture!!!!
brianjarvis
Evocative…...Love the colours and movement of the sea.
SD Smart
Inspirational.
Gideon Swart
this would probably be as close to perfect as you can get.its an incredible piece of work! please dont stop doing what youre doing!
Mark Snelson
Very ‘otherworldly’ a stunner of a landscape!
Nikki Mulkern
Another gorgeous shot!!!
Johanna Rutter
So gorgeous! Very magical.
Jeff Burns
Breathtaking image. Its incredible Perfect exposure
Ellen
What a beautiful colors,well done!
BySilent
Fantastic lighting and sky
Deborah Fuller
Just wanted to say wow.
Jan Cartwright
Amazing, amazing shot with wonderful detail, beautiful soft water and colors. Bravo!
Jennib
excellent, I would love to paint this, it is a fantastic composition.
MEV Photographs
Breathtaking! Great captured…
David Barnes
Wow. Wow wow wow! This is a stunner. Perfect length exposure to fluff out the water without making it too dreamy, and exquisite control of exposure to get the bright sky and dark clouds and rocks all within the latitude. Top composition too. 11 out of 10 :-)
Bluetiger
What a magical image, so beautiful!
BarbBarcikKeith
Breathtaking!!!
MDossat
This is a beautiful image. I would love to go to Hawaii someday.
ajreece
Stunning use of color!! Love this image!!!!
Rosalie Dale IPA
This is an amazing shot Mike – look at the light on those foreground rocks as well as the obvious clouds, water, sun’s rays etc … a real winner.
Madeline M Allen
Fantastic Dawson !!
diffusion
beautiful, love how the light is reflecting on the rocks
Jeremy Harrington
stunningly beautiful.. great image
Charl045
Not only were you fascinated, you’ve captured this perfectly!.. Very impressive!
vonne
Truly an inspiring shot.
Dave Lloyd
Beautiful. I really love this one.
Annika Strömgren
Absolutely wonderful!!
Caroline Gorka
Amazingly beautiful !
Mary Lake
Oh Wow, supurb shot, I love how the sun has the shooting rays into the ocean, this water is so good!!!!!!
Devika Fernando
wow, really dynamic and colourful!
Madeline M Allen
Awesome work!!
storm22
so beautiful!
matthew maguire
You win,cannot compete with this and all your other images.You are a true proffessional Mr Dawson.Cheers Matt.
Holly Werner
Stunning as always.
Gayle Shaw
What a spectacular image!!!
tsums
wow….................
EvaMcDermott
Wonderful capture!
Al Neaimi
this is amazing love the water and colors
bamagirl38
Im in total awe! OH WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Daniel Rayfield
is there really such a dream as this out there? fantastic!! im stunned its just perfect
Craig Hender
This is spectacular! I love the perspective, and the lighting is just perfect.
tsums
TRUELY OUTSTANDING … THINK WE ARE GONA HAFT 2 TALK ABOUT DOIN MY MIX CD COVERS GREAT STUFF YET AGAIN.
Vasile Stan
Beautiful picture, painting like.
Liz Spittall
Fantastic composition and awesome colours, the perfect blend. I can never get the water looking like this!!???
Madison Ellis
OH my goodness…this is beautiful!!!
Fred Seghetti
Beautiful place. Awesome shot.
coffeebean
Wow this is so dramatic, lovely warm colours too.
davidmilne
Spectactular image,fantastic composition and exposure!
MattTworkowski
Man that is one beautiful image,brilliant.
russbro
Another fantastic image!
JessieP
Wow that is a brilliant shot!!
Daniel Bowen
Love the colors and cascading water fantastic photo
penny1124
i love every shot you take. you are very talented
Sheryl Kasper
I love the way you capture the smooth rush of water over the rocks, and the beautiful sunsets in the background. Awesome work.
Fiona MacNab
Stunning shot.
Mbernard
Absolutely stunning – inspiring photography.
wyldeart
I really like this work..
cbrook
Fascinating indeed and well captured
Rajdev D
Fantastic light
Daniel J. McCa...
Stupendous capture. Simply stunning work. Very, very nice!
footyman
absolutely fantastic
Jase812
Stunning !
lpm1471
Simply brilliant, amazed by your work
GiovanniMurrell
wow!
Dennis Rubin IPA
So cool and well done – no more commentary – just added!
Forest Friends...
Gosh this is so beautiful how did you do it? Tina
Rosina Lamberti
Another brilliant shot
Kacholek
wow wow wow wow great picture
Heather Loster
so rich, so beautiful!
fab shot!
frozenfa
O_O… too beautiful.. can’t say anything.. will just fav.. X3
Deborah H. Ben...
Another beautiful capture.
eltotton
Another amazing shot. Great work.
Walter Colvin
Fantastic photo Mike
Nasif Hussain
simply beautiful… great shot
Matt Halls
This is an amazing result. Sensational image all over!
Robert Hardy
Superb!
Irene Clarke
Water scenes fasinate me, this is beautiful!
aethiryn
i think whats so amazing in this (for me) is that the waterfalls look ginormous! when I saw the thumbnail I thought it was a little splicing of heaven. I cant pinpoint it, but the POV is immaculate. it feels like it could be slightly looking upwards, but then also wide angle to give the entire scene. brilliant work
Ryan Abboud
nice job
budrfli
Powerfully beautiful! the colors are gorgeous
Sue Kane
Amazing stuff Mike!!
melbourneguy75
This image is gorgeous, amazing capture
Tom Gomez
Stunningly beautiful …
eltotton
Wow, Daw, these are so beautiful. They are so fantasy like. Great work.
shanghaiwu
all you folio is amazing/brilliant image
Makeba Kedem-D...
Spectacular! peace…
Joel McDonald
beautiful shot, second perfect timing, hope you didn’t get to wet.
Lenka
What a beauty!
Mugsy
There are seascapes, and there are seascapes…............ then there is THIS!!!!..... Excellent!
Robert Pavsic
well if a sunset by itself isnt enought perfect you show how can be.. this work is outstanding:)
Greta McLaughlin
Your work with water is magical. Stunning capture and composition.
bouldercreek
Mike, beautiful water movement captured in this image where ocean and land come together in a lovely seascape.
Ken Fortie
Amazing work of art.
linskudd
Amazing images.
Stephen Thomas
Outstanding photo, Mike!
naturelover
So Beautiful!!
Michael Gray
love this…
SURYADI MAX
Beautiful image.
Ellaine Walker
wow..gorgeous!
great job.
Mariaan Krog
Phew, so many views & comments! Wonderful image: absolutely fabulous!
Sam Sneddon
I can’t say anything that hasn’t already been said, but what I will say is that I would feel truly blessed if I had taken that shot myself.
EnPassant
This must be the most comments I’ve seen on a pic on RB. Lovely shot… almost biblical !
amarica
Fantastic work
Garret
Very nice use of a slow shutter speed! Beautiful!
GregMcKinnon
Beautiful colours, movement, and composition. I really like the diffraction of the sun!
MaddyPaddy
Woah! This is Gorgeous!
Steve Chapple
Simply perfect!
Dan Biggins
Absolutely breathtaking shot – great work
bouldercreek
Really magical Mike.
Rajdev D
Stunning shot, very beautiful work
Judylee
Oh be still my heart! I’m speechless….
Wonderfully captured!!!!
Brendan Schoon
WOW, this is amazing!! Very well done!!!!
sbphotography
Another incredible image Mike!
tonymarsh
awesome!
Brent Monger
Beautiful!!
Mohsen Bayramn...
such a beautiful, creative and emotive photograph. just superb!
Jason Connolly
Just the best mate, incredible work..
Brian Carey
Fabulous!
JAnthony
Love the depth on this one.
Monica Engeler
I love everything about it. The color and composition. Just beautiful.
CazzieCreations
Wow !! this is stunning :)))
Sharon Johnstone
Absolutely stunning!
Sharon Mau
‘Ae, I recognise this beautiful stretch of coastline. This is a beautiful photographic work of art and a lovely view of Lana’i at sunset. Aloha, Sharon
rbradenstudios
unbelievably beautiful. great shot
Adam Spence
Oh, absolutely brilliant, Great colours and you’ve captured the energy of the waves perfectly
kentuckyblueman
Awesome photo,great work!
IndigoMidnight
Wow, stunning view!
Jim Robertson
Just beautiful and special light. One of the best on the Bub.
kimie
Absolutely stunning.
Sharon Davey
Congratulations on your feature – Stunning image, just gorgeous :D
KenWright
Stunning
jaymeb21
beautiful shot.
Romeo Koitmäe
This is an amazing shot. Very good job.
Sharon Mau
Aloha ahiahi, this is so very beautiful!! Wonderful DOF and exposure, the fluid motion of the incoming waves are fantastic and I adore the deep colours and light sparkling on the lava rocks with a wonderful view of Lana’i at sunset. I invite you to add your extraordinary photographs to my group Hawaii ~ Aloha Na’au, I would love to feature you! Sharon
Ben Champion
Beautiful, really beautiful…
petermartiniine
I wish I could do stuff like this. How do you stop the colours getting blown out on a long exposure during daylight?
Babbler
beautiful !
John Wright
Stunning light and composition. It really is an amazing place. I don’t think I’ve seen images like this from Hawaii before.
Dulcie Dal Molin
Absolutely gorgeous image.
Beatriz Cruz
This looks amazing,breathtaking!!
Daniel Amezcua
I just simply adore Hawaii. This shot really captures well what you just might find on your stay there.
simonesphotos
Sensational Mike, your images are breathtaking!
Adrian Kent
Absolutelt beautiful work! Inspirational.
KENDALL EUTEMEY
Hi Mike. This is fantabulous!!
Donovan wilson
wow you must have a good camera.ha Ha breathtaking..
Snapshot20
This is gorgeous!
JRScalzo
My goodness, what a shot.
Elana Bailey
Stunning work. Well done. An instant fav.
Jacci Ingham
This is image is breath-taking, beautiful colours and contrasts!
Magnificent work! :)
Chuck Uebele
Waht a beautiful image! I love the colors & motion of the water.
Chuck Uebele
Waht a beautiful image! I love the colors & motion of the water.
Kody J Ague
Simply Stunning!
Ken Boxsell
Absolutely brilliant
danapace
fantastic sunset colors, beautiful image!
Laurie Search
Gorgeous!!
BrawFoto
Fantastic lighting and colour.
Rebecca Bryson
I really really like this!! The colors are vibrant, you can feel the movement of the water,,,fantastic!
Tim Sanders
Nice shot! very well done.
houenying
good capture !
Miraart
That’s fantastic composition of colors and movements!
Sema
Lovely!
Mike Davitt
wonderful
Sharon Mau
Aloha ahiahi my friend, your image is posted on another website.
http://s212.photobucket.com/albums/cc137/vilivitska/?action=view¤t=201535-10-tropical-cauldron.jpg
Sharon Mau
Aloha ahiahi my friend, your image is posted on another website.
Albert Dickson
Without the sunburst this is amazing, with it this is off the hook insanely fantastic. A fav. of Fav.s
coffeetea
awsome!
ElYPares
It was endless to scroll down and leave a comment but I just had to. This is so stunning It should be a painting. Just perfection!!!
Mia1
Simply Gorgeous. :o)
DavidMark
Yes, a wonderful shot, Mike. I love the way the warm light is reflected in the foreground rocks and water movement. A top shot.
Brian Carey
Beautiful shot Mike!
Sharon Mau
He makana nau, Ho’omaika’i ‘Ana, congratulations on your wonderful feature in Hawai’i ~ Aloha Na’au
OldBirch
Beautiful!
hirst
Wonderful work Mike, a really stunning image if ever there was one!!! So beautiful!
Portia Soderberg
this is phenomenal!
jack Nicholson
This reminds me of a typical dragon island, don’t know why, it just does.
anyway, fantastic picture, well done.
Crystal Williams
I may have already commented on this, but either way, it’s an absolutely stunning shot. :)
cdudak
A stunning shot, love it!
Shaun Kendall
really nice. love the smokey water.
bbishop
Absolutely Beautiful, great capture =0)
AnnieSnel
Amazing shot. Beautiful colours!!
annalisa56
This is gorgeous and magical !!!!
bouldercreek
Such a wonderful job with this scene Mike. Really great capture.
lovelyhere
What kind of camera do you use? If you don’t mind me asking.
LoreLeft27
amazing shot love the sun and the colors
Barbara Brown
Antoher truly beautiful capture Mike!
Rudolf le Roux
Truly a marvel of creation. Excellent image!
mmills3080
Amazingly beautiful image!!
Stefán Kristin...
Fantastic capture!
John44
Superb !
This is not a photo constructed with the book in Hand: Photography in 2 weeks :-) Smile
excellent done
John
Marc Evans IPA
Amazing image ! Love it….
SandraRos
Supurb capture you show mother at her very best, well done
sternbergimages
Wow.. this is amazing shot. It’s so beautiful!!
christinawalker
wow this is amazing, im looking at it thinking that cant possibly be real its so beautiful!
thedavoirs
Like it
Gyuri Nagy
Gorgeous image!
Scott d'Almeida
awesome work;
Jens Helmstedt
Beautiful photo! Great work!
Madonna007photo
An absolute magical shot !!!
Stunning work of art my friend !!!
Kyle Plancke
amazing
x
Jeff Burns
awesome capture
Karl Normington
Superb Shot.
RubyMae
breathtaking!!!
Greg Kolio Taylor
You have some fantastic images, great.
Roddy Atkinson
Stunning work, beautiful!
Carmelh
Stunning capture! Love the movement of water
marthie
it is so so so so magificient and wow no word can get it
Camberleigh Myers
Wow I love this picture. I would love to do something like to do something like this some time.
terezadelpilar
CONGRATULATIONS!!
arvyart
Congrats on your well deserved feature! Excellent!
cloud9
Stunning seascape Dawson!
Andrea Rapisarda
amazing beauty!!!
Bunny Clarke
Magnificent color and capture.
Lawrence Norton
A beautifull Creation it is 2.
You have found a treasure of a spot producing great lines as the water flows across the rocks.
Well done. . .
Janet Fikar
This is beautiful and respresents well the Hawaiian coastline. Nicely done.
julayneluu
This is so beautiful!
photosbyflood
Great Image, Love this location. congratulations on your feature!
Steve Chapple
Dynamic work of art! This is one of your best!!!!
Tracy Roberts
A wonderfully captured composition. Thanks
dkleing
great capture wonderful colours.
Emmahleee
WOW!
What can I say this has to be one of the best composed images I have come across on redbubble.
karebare599
SIMPLY BEAUTIFUL!!! A DEFININTE FAV!!!
Sharon Mau
Aloha Mike, congratulations on your feature in Sensational Sun
Laurette Ruys
beautiful image, flow, colour
IMAGES2VIEW
WOW and double WOW, stunning capture, truly beautiful and perfect in every way
Dave & Trena P...
simply beautiful!!! great shot!!
shadyuk
Stunningly beautiful !
Sharon Mau 26 days ago
George Salazar 24 days ago
Gorgeous image, congratulations on the feature mate
David Hibberd 24 days ago
Spectacular!
Ann J. Przyojski 19 days ago
Really awesome work!
pljvv 16 days ago
Beautiful photograph.
Simone Byrne 7 days ago
Superb work Mike :)