I promised more pictures. Here they are. This was seriously the most fantastic (photographically speaking… if that is even a word) night that we have seen in Okarito. And, as it were, there were 2 other photographers up at the same location. They looked much more professional that I did. One was shooting a medium format hasselblad, and the other was shooting a nikon D3. It was interesting to talk with these other photogs because we were all at the same location, at the same time and we had 3 completely different ways of capturing the moment. The hassablad guy was shooting panoramics, the D3 guy was shooting HDR (high dynamic range) photos, and I was shooting the big scene and planning to stitch together to make a massive image (the one on the previous post), and capture a great sunset. As it turns out the guy shooting the D3 was Andy Belcher (here), and he was staying at our hostel for a week. It was really neat getting to know him and see the images that he captured around the area. He was very much an inspiration to me. He even let me use one of his lenses (70-200vr), i must have one. Well that is a little story for you. Hope you enjoyed it. Now on with the pictures….
Note from Andre’a: Three serious photographers at the same small lookout area, all trying to capture the same thing, at the same moment… can get a little intense. It was interesting to watch them all try not to scream at each other to move out of the way. They all had great attitudes – even if the air was tense. I opted to hang out on the bench talking with another one of the wives… a good way to stay out of the way!
Look how cool this sunset is….
This is with the 70-200vr lense, and I am pretty sure it is at 2.8… wow it is razer sharp.
It was nearly dark when I took this picture, but I think it came out way cool (pun intended).
By: Colin Feldhaus
Yes, the blog is back up. Sorry about the inconvenience of my blog being down the past day, but I had some major issues upgrading my wordpress blog. I have the new version 2.7 and it looks fantastic. I think I will like it alot better than the previous version.
Here is a picture of the most beautiful evening at sunset, up at the trig point. This is a stitch of about 8 images put together, looking at a large part of the southern alps. This is a huge picture… I almost don”t want to show it on the blog, because it needs to be huge. I am talking about making it at least 6ft across. And it will look amazing at that big because the size file and detail in the image is amazing. I can hardly wait.
I will post more pictures of this night soon.
by Colin Feldhaus
Andre’a and I have figured out that if you do the 3 mile lagoon walk on the beach close to high tide, you have to climb on rocks to get past, but you also have a high chance of seeing some seals. We saw 2 seals on this trip and luckily enough we had the camera ready for them.
This was the first seal we saw that day. He was pretty far away.
We got really close to this one, I would say probably 20 meters or so away.
by Colin Feldhaus
These are some more sunset pictures from Okarito. Lucky for us, we get many great sunsets (and I’m sure we get good sunrises as well – we’re just never up that early!) And once evening comes around, there’’s not much to do here other than walk down to the beach and take pictures.
This first two pics are actually taken from the Trig Lookout. Its a 45 minute hike from our house to the top of a hill. It has a spectacular view of the southern alps and of 3 Mile Beach.
In this pic you can see 3 Mile Lagoon. I love the yellowish color this sunset made.
The clouds look amazing!
I know, I know. It has been ages since my last blog…. but I have been having some computer problems. Well, not really computer problems, more like power problems for my computer. Thank goodness for applecare. I got a new power supply and a new battery. Now she is good as new…. maybe even better than new.
Well, it has been really busy around here in Okarito. We have been having lots of tour groups come through and when they are not here the place usually sells out. Keeps us occupied.
Pictures. All of these pictures were taken the same night. The sunset was super cool and we got to witness it from the beach. The colors were amazing! I read somewhere that a great photograph has to have a great subject, if that is the case here are some great photographs. I am working on a HDR image of the sunset and I will post it when I figure out how to work with 32bit photoshop files. maybe….
by Colin Feldhaus
