Kona Nui Nights

Victoria Ward Park

Alex Yu

2023 October

The first photograph on this page was taken at the Wiki Wiki Vintage Collectibles and Hawaiiana Show. As the event's name suggests, it showcased a wide array of antique items, and some attendees even dressed in nostalgic costumes, like a WWII-era female army uniform. At the event I did not bring a professional camera, and thus I used my cellphone to capture the image. Needless to say, the photo's resolution was limited, leading me to transform it into a vintage-style picture to mask its imperfections. In an attempt to enhance the quality, I also uploaded the image to Midjourney. Despite specifying 'wearing a WWII-era Garrison cap' in the prompt, the AI system failed to reproduce the correct hat style.