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Wazza
25th of April 2005 (Mon), 03:29
Had to make the most of the public weekend.

The early afternoon, I spent shooting aircraft at NZAA,

Emirates A340-500 - A6-ERG (http://wazz*****scity.com/20d/a6-erg.jpg)

Qantas 767-300 VH-OGF (http://wazz*****scity.com/20d/vh-ogf.jpg)

Anyway, straight afterwards, shot home, unloaded CF card, and drove off to Muriwai. Arrived 15min before sunset. (yeah, that was pretty close)
The sky was light, but the clouds were coming in, giving a dark moody feel later in the evening.

http://wazz*****scity.com/20d/muriwai1.jpg
The spectacular sun behind clouds, shot from up on a cliff.

http://wazz*****scity.com/20d/muriwai2.jpg
Looking down over Maori Bay, preserving the bright sunset, but losing all detail in the cliff face. Oh well, the colours was much more important than greenery on hills

http://wazz*****scity.com/20d/muriwai3.jpg
Driving down the road, to get access to Maori Bay, saw these rugged trees, and just had to park illegally for a moment to catch them. :D

http://wazz*****scity.com/20d/muriwai4.jpg
Looking up towards the gannet colony, (you can see the birds as the bumps on cliff), as the waves come rushing through. At this point I was DRENCHED, well above my knees. Wasn't worried about me, but the camera gear which was getting splashed.

http://wazz*****scity.com/20d/muriwai5.jpg
Waves coming at you.. This time I was prepared.

http://wazz*****scity.com/20d/muriwai6.jpg
...

http://wazz*****scity.com/20d/muriwai7.jpg
Blue blue blue

A shot of the gannets taken a fair distance away at 300mm, is here:
http://wazz*****scity.com/20d/muriwai8.jpg
Ashamed of it, that's why I don't want to post it as an image. Was shivering so badly, that's when I need an IS lens. :p

Enough shooting until the next week. Back to my bank job. :p

berto
25th of April 2005 (Mon), 04:49
great photos, Wazza. i like your technique! after sunset i usually use the pollarizing filter option in my G5 to get this kind of effect.
great work!!

RockOne
25th of April 2005 (Mon), 07:06
Brilliant shots Wazza !. The one looking up at the Gannet colony is superb !!
Love the two aircraft shots as well !

skade
25th of April 2005 (Mon), 07:12
Absolutely brilliant!

infeeneetee
25th of April 2005 (Mon), 08:02
waaaaaa!!... awesome!!!!....

fdlflyer
25th of April 2005 (Mon), 11:54
WOW

cfcRebel
25th of April 2005 (Mon), 12:30
Nice sunset shots! #1, 4, 6 are my favorites.

weemannie
25th of April 2005 (Mon), 13:56
Stunners - Well done

sparker1
25th of April 2005 (Mon), 19:22
Your sunset shots are always amazing.

Michaelmjc
25th of April 2005 (Mon), 22:01
Very very nice shots! The third picture would look good in B&W.

sixshot
25th of April 2005 (Mon), 23:17
Wazza, you certainly produce some great shot and hang out in some nice places! :eyes

hollow
26th of April 2005 (Tue), 00:40
those are great shots Wazza. Absolutely great !

Wazza
26th of April 2005 (Tue), 05:34
Thanks everyone for the very nice messages.

Michael: Yeah I had already considered a b/w.
I actually had to try and bring out a very small shadow detail in the foreground. It was completely black, and tried to bring out just a touch of greenery. I guess it varies from monitor to monitor, so my representation of a good image, won't look the same on someone elses.

MarkoPolo
26th of April 2005 (Tue), 15:33
Wonderful shots. Makes me want to go back to Kiwi-land even more!

drewmk2
26th of April 2005 (Tue), 16:07
Number 2, 3 and the last one = Beautiful.

JMAS
26th of April 2005 (Tue), 17:45
The 4th, 5th, 6th and the specialy the last are wonderful.
I also liked the others a lot, but those last ones ...wow.