Capture: Roamin' Holiday
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JacksonP, in reply to
Always with the blurring and fiddling around with the manual settings, me.
Some compacts will cope, but most don't have the manual settings you need for long exposures. Auto-focusing is definitely a problem. Most importantly, you need a tripod, and patience. Oh, and if the other night is anything to go by, a warm jacket.
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Where was that sky photo taken Jackson?
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Sofie Bribiesca, in reply to
Most importantly, you need a tripod, and patience.
A lantern festival is not a good place to practice ;)
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JacksonP, in reply to
I would have thought it was the perfect place. Sky photo off the end of Wharf past Wynyard Quarter looking towards Milford/Takapuna.
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Sofie Bribiesca, in reply to
I would have thought it was the perfect place.
What, with 100,000 other photographers at every lantern? Your night shots are a treat.
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Papamoa Beach, looking towards the Mount.
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Hilary Stace, in reply to
January 9.30 pm warm (so lovely you can almost overlook the spots of oil still appearing on the beach)
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JacksonP, in reply to
Papamoa Beach, looking towards the Mount.
Amazing shot, Hilary.
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Sofie Bribiesca, in reply to
(so lovely you can almost overlook the spots of oil still appearing on the beach)
Think that is a problem with this country. We get caught up with overlooking.Lovely shot Hilary, seems like you are still roamin'.
This shot is off our deck, where a tripod and long exposure and patience all came together thanx to other 'alf. We are working on a good galaxy shot. -
Two sculptures from the Auckland Botanical gardens at Manurewa. Regan Gentry's spade sculpture. The other one is by the entrance and is of seagulls - not sure who is the artist.
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Seagulls
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Ian Dalziel, in reply to
as the tide Turners...
Papamoa Beach, looking towards the Mount
a lovely landscape in water colours
glad it's no longer a study in oils...
obskewer charms of the bourgeoisie...Regan Gentry’s spade sculpture
I suspect this was his original inspiration
As I walked out in the streets of Laridae...Seagulls
I assume there's a subordinate sculpture
at the base, called fission chip wraptures -
3410,
They both look like they're designed for catching seagulls.
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Sacha, in reply to
I suspect this was his original inspiration
or this
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No more roaming around NZ now, but been a few places in the last 6 weeks for one reason on another (lucky me). Scariest was being underground at the Waitomo Caves after the guide had just told a ghost story, the rest of the party moved on and the lights went out. Most embarrassing experience for being a New Zealander was at the cafe at the busy Waiouru Army museum which had run out of cutlery and serviettes by 1 pm and had very dull and overpriced food and unhappy and overworked staff. Best food experience: dinner on the verandah at my sister’s Grey Lynn house – warm and no wind. Evidence of the divide between the rich and poor was the ugly, mainly unoccupied mansions surrounded by tall spiked fences, at Mount Maunganui, followed by the $16.2 million dollar yacht for sale in the Wynyard Quarter – compared to (for example) some of the houses in South Dunedin, and beggars on Queen Street and Lambton Quay. Best cultural experiences: Auckland City Art Gallery (esp the McCahons), the Chinese Lantern Festival, a bi-lingual civil union on Waiheke Island, and a public lecture on the bioethics of ageing at the Otago Medical School.
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Jackie Clark, in reply to
I must say that sounds like a very edifying holiday! Next time you're in Auckland, though (and you aren't so busy rushing round) I, and a few others I imagine, would love to see you.
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Thanks Jackie. It is very useful for Public Address readers to visit Auckland as so much of PA is about specific Auckland places and events and as it not like any other part of NZ (for example the long way you need to go to get anywhere and the crowds everywhere) it is helpful to actually experience it. My rave above was a collection of several trips. For example the civil union was a day trip from Wellington via cheap flights and the first time I had ever been to famous Waiheke (which was wet and windy), and that Dunedin visit was for a conference. Latest trip was a brief spontaneous one for a family event. Flights are quite cheap if you are lucky, but it means every plane is full and you can't choose your seats.
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McCahon at the Auckland City Art Gallery. Are there not 12 hours of daylight?
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Chris Waugh, in reply to
Thanks, Sofie, love that dragon and bird! Funny, but I don't see lanterns that awesome around here. Beijing seems to have taken a definite preference to the fireworks since they were re-legalised within the 5th Ring Road for the Spring Festival period. Given the howling norwester that sprang up last night, I doubt any lanterns will last long, anyway.
元宵节快乐！
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By the light of the moon.
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Chris Waugh, in reply to
Somehow that makes me think werewolves.
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Present from home. Seems my mum is loving having a granddaughter, although we do get constant reminders to shift our arses to the right side of the equator. But it's the coolest counting book I've ever seen, builds a story into it, too, when most just have 1 apple, 2 bananas.
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Sofie Bribiesca, in reply to
By the light of the moon.
That is excellent Jackson. We were probably out there at the same time. :)
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So, I went out again last night and at a mo of no cloud, I got this....
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Sumner last night before and after the wee 4.something.
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