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  • Nora Leggs,

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    Great places, great pics.

    Home is always in my garden.

    All through this winter I've been deconstructing and reconstructing the idea of home, as in roots, family, where I've come from. Parsley was abundant in the garden all winter - what a great excuse for parsley sauce as comfort food.

    Auckland • Since Dec 2011 • 2700 posts Report Reply

  • JacksonP, in reply to Nora Leggs,

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    Wonderful. Loving the photo narratives Lilith and Sandra. Some strong contenders in there. :-)

    Home is always in my garden.

    Yes, our new home has a garden. It’s a delight.

    Auckland • Since Mar 2011 • 2450 posts Report Reply

  • Lilith __, in reply to JacksonP,

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    Aww, thanks Jackson. :-)

    I love how living by the beach I see it in many sorts of weather. We get some good storms.

    Dunedin • Since Jul 2010 • 3895 posts Report Reply

  • Lilith __,

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    And also beautiful clear soft weather.

    Dunedin • Since Jul 2010 • 3895 posts Report Reply

  • Lilith __,

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    It can be beautiful at night, too.

    Dunedin • Since Jul 2010 • 3895 posts Report Reply

  • Lilith __,

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    Sometimes the waves are dramatic.

    Dunedin • Since Jul 2010 • 3895 posts Report Reply

  • Lilith __,

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    Clouds and waves.

    Dunedin • Since Jul 2010 • 3895 posts Report Reply

  • Lilith __,

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    Sadly, since the floods last June, the beach has been massively eroded, and the dunes are disappearing. It's one thing to know that storms will become more frequent and sea-level will rise, it's another to see it happening so rapidly.

    Before June there was a beach path here, through dunes.

    Dunedin • Since Jul 2010 • 3895 posts Report Reply

  • Lilith __,

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    This is one of my favourite paths, and it used to curve softly out through marram grass and down to the beach. Now it just stops.

    Dunedin • Since Jul 2010 • 3895 posts Report Reply

  • Lilith __,

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    Here is a friend, sitting by the edge.

    Dunedin • Since Jul 2010 • 3895 posts Report Reply

  • Lilith __,

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    These big taupata trees have been here a long time. They are less than 3m from the edge. In very stormy weather, the sea has been up here.

    Dunedin • Since Jul 2010 • 3895 posts Report Reply

  • Hebe,

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    So many wonderfuls!

    Lilith, that bunch of daffodils is the best.

    I am feeling at home with the Earth again, and starting to return to gardening. Greg has been working in it constantly, and most of the lushness this year is due to him. The cornflowers self-seeded from my planting last year, like a lot of happenings this year. And the photo is special: the first one I took and loaded into the new system I am learning.

    Christchurch • Since May 2011 • 2899 posts Report Reply

  • Kedron Parker,

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    I grew up on this dock in the Chesapeake Bay in Virginia. I love how the grey heron looks the plastic owl square in the eye. That owl has been there long as I remember.

    Wellington • Since Nov 2015 • 2 posts Report Reply

  • Lilith __, in reply to Kedron Parker,

    I love how the grey heron looks the plastic owl square in the eye

    Wow, great shot!

    Dunedin • Since Jul 2010 • 3895 posts Report Reply

  • Kedron Parker, in reply to Lilith __,

    Thanks Lilith! Where are your lovely beach shots taken?

    Wellington • Since Nov 2015 • 2 posts Report Reply

  • Russell Brown,

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    I didn’t quite know how to approach this topic, but I thought, well, maybe different understandings of place.

    So, starting with … places I go that feel familiar and good.

    Point Chev beach, where Sir Keith Sinclair played as a child.

    Our little pocket of harbour, where a whale stranded this year and it felt very close to home.

    And Splore, where everyone is lovely and going back to the city hurts every time.

    Auckland • Since Nov 2006 • 22850 posts Report Reply

  • John Farrell, in reply to Kedron Parker,

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    Kedron - I would guess that Lillith's shots were taken at Brighton, south of Dunedin. The headland in the far distance in the "sun on the water" shot is Blackhead, which has been destroyed by quarrying. I have a picture of it taken in the early 1970s.

    Dunedin • Since Nov 2006 • 499 posts Report Reply

  • Lilith __, in reply to John Farrell,

    Well, spotted, John. :-) Yes, poor old Blackhead. They’re still quarrying it.

    I always want to write Black Head, but Blackhead is correct. And it's not a beauty spot.

    Dunedin • Since Jul 2010 • 3895 posts Report Reply

  • Lilith __, in reply to Russell Brown,

    places I go that feel familiar and good

    What happy pictures, Russell. :-)

    Dunedin • Since Jul 2010 • 3895 posts Report Reply

  • Nora Leggs,

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    Old trees in local parks, sense of home.

    Auckland • Since Dec 2011 • 2700 posts Report Reply

  • Hebe, in reply to Nora Leggs,

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    The park near home where we walk the dog. (I'm not getting that light right.)

    Christchurch • Since May 2011 • 2899 posts Report Reply

  • John Farrell, in reply to Hebe,

    Hebe - one way to keep detail in the trees, and not burn out the background, is to use HDR mode, if your camera has it. The camera needs to be on a tripod for this.

    Dunedin • Since Nov 2006 • 499 posts Report Reply

  • David Hood, in reply to Hebe,

    A couple of other options that might work-

    If you camera can be set to take the light reading only from the central zone, you make that the bit of the picture you want to optimise on.

    If your camera displays the light histogram, put that on and play with manual settings to shape the light and dark.

    Dunedin • Since May 2007 • 1445 posts Report Reply

  • David Hood,

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    These are the two photos I use to introduce myself in online courses, one looking up at Mount Cargill, one looking down from Mount Cargill.

    Dunedin • Since May 2007 • 1445 posts Report Reply

  • John Farrell,

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    A view from my dining room window.

    Dunedin • Since Nov 2006 • 499 posts Report Reply

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