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
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