Relaxation - Piha

[Wazza]

Couldn't resist one last new thread before I jet off overseas in 10 hours from now, heading for Surfers Paradise/Brisbane, Australia.

I took these shots 3 days ago on Wednesday.

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Two lovebirds, watching the sun go down.

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The sun's eye rolling away.

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Twenty minutes after sunset, the horizon still glows orange. 1/2 sec shutter, showing velvet water.

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35 minutes after sunset. Getting pretty dark, and the moon was glowing down.

http://wazz*****scity.com/20d/piha_candace.jpg
And before all this happened, shot my younger sister who came along for the ride, and was watching over the 50 odd surfers in the vicinity.

[swoop1156]

Very nice pictures! I am jealous of your location -- I tried to go there with the Navy, but none to my amazement, I ended up in Japan! ;)

[Wazza]

Now that's just too unfair!

Everyone should get a chance of coming here. Some wonderful places.

Now it's my time to get out of here for a bit. May look at living in UK in 2-3 years.
Going to Australia for 10 days, so don't expect a quick reply to any questions. ;)

[swoop1156]

Enjoy the trip! I am sure you'll come back with tons of spectacular shots!

[sparker1]

Those are all really great shots. Enjoy Australia.

[poke]

Nice pics wazza. Glad to see you included the last one... your younger sister is a worthy photo subject.

You should spend the extra couple of hundred and come to Perth. Beats Surfers any day of the week :D

[Mills]

I really hope that you are going to bring your camera to OZ.

[Frank_Hollahan]

Love those colors, what were your settings?

[Geeeyejo]

Great shots, especially the one just after the sunset and that of your sister - enjoy your trip!

[Wazza]

Thanks for the comments. Just got back last night from Australia. Expect some images, when I can unload them from CD. Took approx 2500 shots in 10 days. The only problem is my 200Gb HDD is full.

The settings for those images.. Well I mostly use AV mode, and set aperture to most desired effect. Generally a point and shoot image, will select the sharpest setting for that particular lens. And other times, such as the after sunset shot, I wanted the water to be smooth looking, so had to change to f10, to get a 1/2 sec shutter speed. I just play around with the controls, until I get the desired shutter speed. Always keep ISO 100 as well, as I don't want noise ruining an image, from a sunset. Use a tripod instead, to make up for the slower shutter speeds.

[Michaelmjc]

Wow I'm totally speechless, those are really amazing shots. I love the one with the couple on the rock. and the one witht he fence in front. I would love to see more.

[v6Goose]

Great stuff Wazza... Good to see a few kiwi's in here. Your 20D is kicking a$$! Well done... Goose