Capture: Someone, Somewhere, In Summertime
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ChrisW, in reply to
Very Waiheke! (in every respect alas.)
Your big files allowed a closer look at the pink rock pool - and should share it back, so here it is for contemplative interest and pleasure. -
This cave is lined with the pink stuff, and at lower tides, it coughs and splutters and booms. It's a really eccentric sound very much like an animal rather than just a function of the way the air is compressed by the wave motion and forces itself out at the top like a whale spouting. Tricky one to photograph, because it's at its most exciting in big swells, which is not the time I like to be standing off a rocky coast in a small dingy with my back to the sea. The reflecting waves can create steep faces on the incoming ones. I don't fear for my own life, it's only 500m to the beach, but the boat would be wrecked if it capsized, as would the camera.
Next time I'm there, I'll have a crack. A calm water close up of the throat is doable.
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Meanwhile, in Oz. A friend of mine on Bribie Island's kids look out toward an inferno. He's caught by news presenters in his car saying "The fact I've packed up my kid's One Direction stuff means it must be serious".
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What wonderful photos. I can’t top them, and I wouldn’t want to try. I did, however, go on a road trip yesterday to a very special place. My best, and oldest, friend and her husband own a 6 acre bush block on the way to Warkworth, just before the Pohuehue viaduct. It doesn’t take long at all to get there from Auckland but it is several worlds away. The house that’s on the land is pretty basic, and has had the same tenant living in it for 16 yrs. I think they’ve had it for about 5 yrs or so, and have decided that they would take the time now to do it up a little – nothing major, tittification my Carol calls it – and decide what they want to do with it. Have it as a holiday/weekend house, or just re-rent it. Anyway, we’d never been, so off we went so we could see for ourselves. We knew they’d been doing a lot of work but we weren’t quite prepared for what we found.
The bush around this place seems to be, at youngest, 2nd generation native. Incredibly beautiful with some really old trees. A sight to behold.
1) The Hacienda (deck being built onto)
2)Nga rakau
3) and the Treehouse, which gets it’s own post. -
So, the Treehouse. This is what my friends have been really working on up until now. It’s just one room, with a bed and a couple of chairs. The house has only one bedroom so they’re looking to put visitors up in this one. It’s built very beautifully onto the side of the very steep hill, with a hard wood deck, built around the trees. The view from it is just stunning, and the only thing missing really is a convenient loo.
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One more because I couldn't stop staring skywards.
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Russell Brown, in reply to
Look at this sunset at Hokio Beach, near Levin, this week. The skyline is grubby with the smoke of the burning Australian bush.
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Earlier at Hokio.
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JacksonP, in reply to
Earlier at Hokio.
Those are great RB.
Went to catch the sunset at the Wade River inlet round from Arkles bay last night, but got there a few minutes too late. Nice place though. Will go back another day.
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JacksonP, in reply to
One more because I couldn’t stop staring skywards.
Nice looking place Jackie. Looks like a sanctuary from city life.
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Russell Brown, in reply to
Those are great RB.
Too kind. I think that taking pictures of the sky was a key in the logic of the current iPhone camera.
But also, here's my family at Hokio on the same evening. It was fun light.
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JacksonP, in reply to
But also, here’s my family at Hokio on the same evening. It was fun light.
*Like*
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BenWilson, in reply to
Too kind. I think that taking pictures of the sky was a key in the logic of the current iPhone camera.
It does seem to kick Android's arse on that. Droids seem to maximize terrestrial colors. I've got many shots with vivid lifejackets against dull grey sea and bright grey sky.
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Nice looking holidays everyone's having!
Holiday at home …..
Dahlia
Sunset
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Chris Waugh, in reply to
It was fun light.
Air pollution does have that advantage [he types wondering just what colour his lungs are after all these years... ] but sheesh, are the fires that bad? Bloody hell...
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Bit of a smoky haze on my side of the motu too - just pre-sunrise this morning from the log-seat at the foot of my garden. Rather cock-eyed first up for one reason or another.
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Back on the level. High tide, and I have the ducks well trained.
First burst of the sun, 2 mins later.
No complaints about the smoke.
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Nora Leggs, in reply to
How peaceful, surely the only reason for being up so early!
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Got some captive Dahlias for capturing…..
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ChrisW, in reply to
Your dahlightful flames must be producing all that coloured smoke!
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Nora, that evening sky shot is stunning - they all are actually - how did you achieve such light on the trees as well as capturing the stars?
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Nora Leggs, in reply to
dahlightful flames must be producing all that coloured smoke!
It's all smoke and mirrors.... just like the smell of bacon, I can smell the smokiness in those smokeladen pics.....
how did you achieve such light on the trees as well as capturing the stars?
Long exposure function on the camera - this one was 30 seconds, long enough to detect the stars and way long enough to get the trees lit by my outdoor light... o, and the tripod, or table, or ledge or whatever - keeps everything pretty still, except the leaves blowing around in the wind : )
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Kawhia in summer heat
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Tide out
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Kawhia wharf
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