Tag Archives: landscape

Under A Full Moon

Last Saturday as I was driving home from my Graduation celebration dinner (graduated on the previous Friday) I saw an odd thing at the far end of the straight road I was driving along. Eventually I realised it was a … Continue reading

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Awake – An Exercise in Black and White Conversion

One of the cession 5 Awake classes  was Black and White conversions and we were taken through ways NOT to do this in PS and also a couple of ways TO do it in PS. I found this very interesting … Continue reading

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To the Mountains and Back Again

Some dear friends moved from Kaikoura to Lake Te Anau a year ago, which happens to be 7 hours drive one way from here, through at least two mountain passes.  That is a long way to drive in one go, … Continue reading

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Cradle Mountain and Dove Lake Pano in LR6

This was the other panorama image I was excited to be able to process in LR6.  This is Dove lake from a small promontory off to the right, with Cradle Mountain in the centre, and the walking path and the … Continue reading

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Seascape in Black and White

Yes, dear readers, I had to do a Black and White conversion on yesterdays image:) When I was composing this image, the style of Robin Whalley – Lightweight Photographer – was in my mind.  He does many lovely seascapes and … Continue reading

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Queenstown Aug 2013

Back in August last year I was invited to a 4 day Conference at Millbrook in Queenstown.  Quite exciting as this conference is by invitation only and travels around to different parts of NZ and Queenstown is one of the … Continue reading

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Catlins Photography Trip Part 2 – Orokonui EcoSanctuary

Day 2 of the trip was down to Dunedin, to stop at the Orokonui EcoSanctuary and Cloud Forest.  You turn off at Waitati and take the old Mt Cargill Rd, winding up the hill to a surprising height.  The sky … Continue reading

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Catlins Photography Trip Part 1

OH HAI Interwebs!  Apologies for the lack of posts recently but I have a really good excuse 🙂  I have been away on HOLIDAY!  My first holiday taken at Xmas in a really really long time. Back now with many … Continue reading

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Negative Space

One of the forums I subscribe to has monthly challenges, which I try to attempt as learning experiences. This months is Negative Space and this really interested me. A link to examples was provided, which was useful as I didn’t … Continue reading

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HDR first experiment – Sunset

As previously posted, I enjoyed the Photowalk and subsequent talk by Trey Ratcliff of Stuck in Customs fame, and it gave me a new appreciation of what HDR can do or could be used for. I enjoy taking photos of … Continue reading

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