I haven't had a chance to do a proper blog post this week but I did manage to capture this sunrise over Auckland city this morning.
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Auckland City Sunrise | 40mm | 1/5 sec | f8.0 | ISO100
Sunset over Lake Taupo - 10mm | 3 exposures @ 5, 1.3 and 0.3 sec | f16 | ISO100
Lake Taupo Sunsets
My parents recently moved to Motuoapa, a small town on the south eastern edge of lake Taupo, New Zealand's largest lake slap bang in the middle of the North Island.
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Vivian Bay Wharf at Dusk. 11mm | 2x exposures @ 1.6 & 6 sec | f16 | ISO100
Vivian Bay - Kawau Island
Vivian Bay is a small beach on the North West of Kawau Island, a small island off the north eastern coast of Auckland
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Tawhai Falls. 21mm | 3 shot HDR @ 3.2, 0.8 and 1/5th sec | f11 | ISO100
Tawhai Falls
It wasn't all about the mountains the other weekend at Tongariro National Park, there was also waterfalls, specifically Tawhai falls on state highway 48 just before Whakapapa. There are many other waterfalls around Tongariro National park, as well as many great hikes, both short and long, but due to a sprained ankle I was limited to scenes a few minutes walk from the side of the road. Tawhai falls are a short easy 5 minute stroll from the road, making them perfect for a hobbling idiot like myself, as well as many tourist buses.
The above image is a three shot HDR processed in Photomatix. I don't usually use HDR on waterfalls, it's not often it's needed, but due to the high contrast between the sunlit right side of the image and the shaded left side HDR was the only way to capture the whole tonal range of the scene.