Post #473583 by bigbrotiki on Sat, Aug 1, 2009 12:38 PM

On 2009-08-01 10:09, Tiki Shaker wrote:
From the looks of these pictures, this place may have the most dust out of any current opened tiki establishment!

This impression however, is vastly exaggerated by the above photos' flash lighting. Every dust crumb reflects the light like under a microscope. I doubt the owners have ever seen their place like this. Observe, please:

A dramatically lit corner ( with film lights) of the Chin Tiki:

The same corner, lit with a camera flash:

Though I added a few props for my shot for Tiki Modern to make the image more cluttered, I certainly did not wipe any dust. Actually, I was so disappointed to find that my final photo showed so little dust, since it was meant to portray a Tiki tomb, that I briefly considered using the flash picture.

This is not meant to criticize Coco Joe's photography, which best documents all the detail left in the place that the human eye would not pick up on --AND it's patina. It is rare to find authenticity without dust. The Hala Kahiki is one of the few examples, they wipe it down top to bottom regularly.

When I stumbled on the Hawaiian Room in the late 90s, the entrance room had this type of Tiki greeting you:

In WHITE, mind you! I assume it is not there anymore. Sabu, was it still in place when you came upon this place?