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Wazza
13th of January 2005 (Thu), 04:25
As shown by Rendezvous, we visited Whatipu today. On the Northern tip of the Manukau Harbour entrance.

On the way, dropped by Nihotupu Dam:

http://wazz*****scity.com/photos/nihotupu.jpg

http://wazz*****scity.com/photos/nihotupu2.jpg

Arrived at the carpark, and walked 15min through the pathway, along to the Southern tip of the beach and shot this:
http://wazz*****scity.com/photos/whatipu_south.jpg

And just along the beach to the right was the sun setting, with 3 people jumping around the water:
http://wazz*****scity.com/photos/whatipu_sun.jpg

Meanwhile, the sun sets, people leave, Wazza freaks out, sets the camera on 10sec timer, and runs away!
http://wazz*****scity.com/photos/whatipu_runaway.jpg

Leaving again, in almost darkness, can't resist snapping another shot across the tidal lake:
http://wazz*****scity.com/photos/whatipu_lake.jpg

And of course.. what's one more?!
http://wazz*****scity.com/photos/whatipu_tree.jpg

Well we had lots of fun, and officially our last joint effort for a while, as Rendezvous is moving South to continue his University study. :(

Enjoy all.
RockOne
13th of January 2005 (Thu), 04:43
That first sunset shot is superb.
Mills
13th of January 2005 (Thu), 07:28
Good stuff! The second one has a very cool look.
dewmuw
13th of January 2005 (Thu), 07:34
Wow #2 is cool looking. I can almost picture a boat going over the edge there!
Wazza
13th of January 2005 (Thu), 12:11
Thanks for the comments. :)
stoneylonesome
13th of January 2005 (Thu), 13:18
Great shots I agree Number 2 is something else How deep is it anyway.
Rendezvous
13th of January 2005 (Thu), 13:23
Nice shots there of course :)
lomond
13th of January 2005 (Thu), 15:35
I like them all, but I love the last.
On the last shot might I suggest a crop putting the tree on the left third and the horizon on the lower third, still keeping the rock and the moon in the shot.
Something like this;
http://photography-on-the.net/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=823&stc=1
Hope you don't mind the suggestion,

Cameron
lomond
13th of January 2005 (Thu), 15:47
oops, sorry bout that. :o
Wazza
13th of January 2005 (Thu), 21:35
Yeah nice crop.

The pic I already did, was already a slight crop, as I shot it wide open. Walking along the path, turned camera back onto manual mode, and shot, something like 4 sec exp.

I generally follow rules of thirds.
Now I just wish all digital cameras shot at 2.35:1 :D
NIce, and more natural to our field of view.
Qweevox
15th of January 2005 (Sat), 16:01
What is the second picture of? What does that spill way do?
Wazza
16th of January 2005 (Sun), 11:17
The dam is 100% full, that's why the water was trickling over constantly. A few years back on a couple of occassions, we had a drought, and had to preserve the water. Water level was under 20-30%.. Which looks really odd in a massive tank
Twist
16th of January 2005 (Sun), 15:00
Wow... were these shot with the Sony listed in your signature?
Wazza
17th of January 2005 (Mon), 11:56
Yes, they were shot with the Sony V1. Not a bad advanced P&S camera. I've done approx 12,300 pics, in 16 months. Just on Sunday, I broke it...
So maybe that's a sign that I will get a Canon DSLR sooner than expected.