brent higham
Posted: 8 May 2019

i must admit you have processed the image how i would have before printing ,the crop works for me and the magenta in the shadowed areas adds a nice touch cheers

Ian
Posted: 3 Jun 2019

This is Mt Yotei (1898m), taken from above the Niseko ski area in Hokkaido. You've done a nice job with this, Chris, although on the day it was particularly cold and grey and the light was colder-looking.

Ian
Posted: 3 Jun 2019

Mumbai, India, juice seller in the Churchgate area. His lime juice, with salt and sugar and ice, was too tempting to refuse on a hot day, but my enthusiastic consumption of his and other street offerings was probably responsible for me being laid up for a couple of days with symptoms that I won't go into...

Ian
Posted: 3 Jun 2019

Hampi, India, June 2018. This guy was clearly an important holy man, visiting the various temples under his jurisdiction in his own Ambassador car - an Indian copy of the Morris Oxford and still manufactured in India until 2014. Nevertheless, he graciously consented to be photographed by me.

Ian
Posted: 3 Jun 2019

Hampi, India, June 2018. This girl reminded me of my own daughter at that age - full of attitude! Her dad inside was completely unconcerned with the foreigner photographing his little girl.

brent higham
Posted: 8 May 2019

oh my i thought i was looking at two photos i am very impressed such fine detail thanks for shearing

brent higham
Posted: 16 May 2017

i had spent all day around lake ferry and all places in between as the weather was incredibly calm ,so i decided to do some astrophotography as lake wairarapa was so flat.i had set up near an old pier when it had darkened .the 1st.shot was toward the south as the lake sprawled in front of me ,set the camera up on the tripod and used the settings f2.8 on the 15mm lens at i.s.o.3200 for 20 seconds.after the exposure i checked the image out and i knew then what i had captured,i was blown away could not believe my luck i had captured an aurora.it was a great surprise because you could not see anything with the naked eye to alert you to the aurora,i continued taking shots until it faded out 2 hours later.i have since learnt that you can predict when it may happen again so i will love to photograph the aurora again.

Eve Law
Posted: 19 May 2017

Wow Brent and Chris. These photos are fabulous. Its hard to believe that you couldn't see the aurora with the naked eye. The colours are stunning.

Peter Leung
Posted: 1 Aug 2015

Nice meeting Sally and you in Kunming. Your zeal toward photography inspired me. Keep it up. It is something that enriches life. The effort of the zeal will be like rum for savouring from time to time. Love reading and watching the texts and photos of your blog. Keep it up. It certainly will turn out to be a pretty substantial backup for a book to be published in future. Keep 'spraying' and 'praying'.

brent higham
Posted: 2 Jun 2015

what a lovely image very regal

Richard Mayston
Posted: 29 Oct 2014

5D² | Samyang 14mm f/2.8 IF ED UMC Aspherical | 30 sec | ƒ/8 | ISO 100 A thunder storm brewing over the Cook Strait hit Wellington about 8.15pm. Spectacular lightning could be seen off Wellington's south coast as it approached. About 8.30pm, hail stones the size of marbles started hammering the city. MetService forecaster Stephen Glassey said the thunder storm formed about 5pm when a southerly and northerly wind converged, creating lift. I got the Samyang 14mm as a replacement Ultra Wide Angle when I upgraded from a Canon 40d to a Full Frame 5DmkII, an my EFS 10-22mm was rendered unusable. The Samyang 14mm is a rectilinear lens, and has met my expectations for sharpness. The moustache distortion is significant but lens profiles in LightRoom manage the situation. The 14mm on a FF enabled 114 degrees of coverage of the sky. With continuous 30sec exposures several lightning strikes where captured with relative ease. The Dominion Post published a large print on page 4 http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/news/wellington-weather/7513265/Lightning-storm-hits-Wellington quoting: Eastbourne resident Richard Mayston said it was some of the most dramatic lightning he had seen in 20 years and the thunder was so intense it shook his house. More photos at: https://www.flickr.com/photos/richardmayston/

Ian McIlraith
Posted: 28 Jul 2014

Nikon D300, 18-200 @29mm; iso200, 1/200 @f/11. New Year's Day 2014, 5.30pm from the Routeburn Falls Hut on the Routeburn Track, Fiordland. It had been drizzling and misty all day, but cleared to reveal this magnificent view over the Routeburn Flats. The rainbow really was this vibrant, certainly the most spectacular rainbow I have ever seen. It lasted for quite a while, and the Hut emptied while people photographed it. This was only my second of the Great Walks, having done the Milford a few days before, starting on Christmas Day. I can now see what all the fuss is about - the scenery is truly breathtaking. Every one of us lucky enough to be living in this beautiful country should get out and experience these magnificent places!

Ed Zuccollo
Posted: 3 Jul 2014

I like the B&W Chris! I see you've darkened the edges a lot more than I did - I liked the brilliance of the jagged cloud on the top but what you've achieved with just highlighting the sun ray through the rain is I think focus the attention a bit more on the main event. That rain texture is beautifully intricate. I think I'm going to have another go at developing it..

brent higham
Posted: 2 Jun 2015

wow love how the rain looks like a softly shaken white veil.I often stop to have a look but havnt caught it as dramaticly as this and Chris i like the treatment

Ian McIlraith
Posted: 18 Jun 2014

19 December 2013. D300, 18-200 @ 48mm. f/11 1/160s, iso320. Lake Onslow, Central Otago. After a long drive on a dirt road this was my first view of Lake Onslow. It is a man made lake at the head of the Teviot River, on which is a series of dams used for irrigation and small hydroelectric power generation. There are a few cribs clustered on the shore and the lake apparently provides very good trout fishing. Cold and windy on that morning.

Gregory Young
Posted: 3 Jun 2014

About This Image This is from my series Architectural Portraits My vision is to show the individual beauty and character of iconic and contemporary buildings that are the essence of our cityscapes. These grand buildings are what gives each city and town throughout the world their own unique finger print. I free the buildings from what I call environmental noise, that being, surrounding buildings, traffic, overhanging trolley bus lines and anything else that I feel takes away from the portrait. The images in this series to date have all been shot during the daytime and one image can be a combination of up to twenty shots knitted together. This collection is now being sold through the National Library of New Zealand in Wellington. You can see more of this collection here. http://gregoryyoungphotography.com/galleries/architectural-portraits/

brenthigham
Posted: 17 Jun 2014

what a great way to display the iconic buildings in wellington love it

Greg
Posted: 23 Jun 2014

Thank you Brent.

BrIan
Posted: 15 May 2014

I'm with Brent ... think he did a good job on it

brent
Posted: 16 May 2014

im afraid your right about me not liking what you have done you have removed the feel I was trying to portray which was the solitude of the swan on the water the heavy shadows and texture (not shown)around the swan designed to eliminate any visual distractions .I should publish the image on the web site so you can see what I mean