Monthly Archives: January 2012

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Tip Top Kite Day

Staged today 28th on New Brighton beach. Absolutely gorgeous day, 25 degrees,sunny (but with some light cloud) and just the right kind of easterly for the kites. I don’t normally shoot much at all in summer, the nuclear lighting tends to kill subjects and colours. … Read More

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The Iris Burn Valley

A file lost amongst many others from the Kepler walk I did back in April 2010.

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Sunset on the Hills

With half of the Port Hills still out of bounds sometimes its hard to find a good location to shoot a sunset from. You can still get up Mt Pleasant road and even up to the radio towers right at the top , the highest … Read More

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Washpen falls

Washpen falls is about an hour out of Christchurch, on private land and there is a $10 fee for walking the track. Its formed in an old volcano crater and the area is nicknamed windwhistle due to the noise a norwester makes through the canyon. … Read More

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Shag Rock Re-edit

Trying out a slightly different workflow from my normal one with some help from this blog post by Jerome B. Its not so far from my normal processing for a seascape but there are a few nice hints and tips in there to get a … Read More

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Sumner Summer Sunset

Quite a colourful sunset from home snapped with the s95.

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Canon S95

I’ve been after a small P&S to take on hikes, bikes and general have a camera in your pocket moments for ages. Theres a huge choice out there right now and getting better every month. Canons new G1x, Fuji’s range of X cameras look superb. … Read More