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A thirty minute exposure on a moonlit, slightly cloudy, gently windy night

on Smales Beach in Dunedin, New Zealand.

Appreciate your comments!

Outstanding colour, light and mood... I've been trying for a shot like this for months... Great shot!

Taken in a back alley in Dunedin. Left my camera on a tripod on the other

side of the street, ran across, and held perfectly still for the 10s

exposure...

Appreciate your comments - Vineet

A street corner in the town I live in, a somewhat rundown area with some

very dramatic old buildings. Taken at sunset, in some very very lucky

light.

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Good shot Alessandro!

These are the St. Clair Groynes, in Dunedin, New Zealand. Taken after

sunset, with a Nikkor 180/2.8 and my Nikon D700. Post-processed in

Lightroom.

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Hi Vikas, 

Great shot! The positioning of the tree is very well thought out, and the exposure is spot-on, to capture the ethereal feel of the place... 

All the best, 

Vineet

The Jetty on Lake Mapourika, on New Zealand's West Coast, a short way

north of the Franz Josef Glacier. This was taken shortly after sunrise, with

a polarising filter, and a grad filter to cut the sky a little...

Thanks for dropping by!

Don, 

Beautifully conceived and executed - my congratulations!

Vineet

Great shot John!

Thanks for your critique - I think you're right - the horizon is a little off horizontal - I'll make sure I look out for it in prints...

Thanks!

Vineet

These are the St. Clair Groynes, my favourite subject in Dunedin. This is

an abstract take on a much photographed Dunedin icon. Taken at sunset,

with a longish exposure.

Thanks for your comments - Vineet

The St. Clair Groynes at sunset - one of my favourite subjects around

these parts. Taken with a Nikon 180/2.8, shortly after sunset.

Appreciate your comments, - Thanks!

The St. Clair Groynes, a one of my favourite subjects. Taken shortly after

sunset, with the St. Clair lights off to camera right, and the moon behind

and to camera left. A clear night - some "falling" stars at the top.

Appreciate your comments - thanks.

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This is Eglinton Valley at Dawn, in New Zealand's Fiordland National

Park, on the road to the amazing Milford Sound. HDR, processed in CS5

and Lightroom.

Thanks for visiting!

The oft-photographed groynes at St. Clair Beach, in Dunedin, NZ.

This was taken at moonrise, 26 minute exposure.

Thanks for your comments.

Taken on a bitingly cold evening at Brighton Beach, south of Dunedin, NZ.

I'd never been to this place before, but definitely going back - awesome

rocks!

Thanks for visiting!

Wonderful shot! Beautiful golden light!

Taken about half an hour after sunset, from the Otago Peninsula near

Portobello, looking over the water to Dunedin. Orion just rising in the sky.

Thanks for visiting!

A Tomtit at the Orokonui Ecosanctuary.

Thank you!

Haha! Interesting comments from both of you - because when my friend and I left the beach after our shoot, it was because both our hands were numb from the cold, and it just stopped being fun! It was quite a cold evening, but the sunset was dazzling!

Wow, I really like this! Abstract - makes you wonder...

Regards, 

Vineet

Hi Shaun, 

Excellent image! Strong composition, good texture!

Cheers, 

Vineet

Hi Shaun, 

Thanks for the comments - I agree, the bird does look a bit cramped! The idea behind this was to emphasise the curves and lines of the bird, but I'm not sure what you could do with an image like this - use it in a publication? Print and hang up on a wall? 

Anyway - thanks for dropping by!

Vineet

I captured about five shots of these two birds in the space of 3s. I got one,

just before this one, with both the pairs of wings in exactly the same

position - incredibly lucky shot. Just then, my otherwise infallible D700

Autofocus system decided to focus on the horizon instead of the front bid,

and I lost the shot.

Would be keen to know what you think of this one though! - Thanks!