Diwali Festival Auckland @ Aotea Square (Series)
Auckland's edition of Diwali Festival of Lights was in fine form for Saturday's solo performances in Aotea Square and Queen St. Appearances from the Indian High Commissioner and the Governor-General featured in the opening ceremony, as well as a marvelous series of performances celebrating Indian culture.
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I went back to catch some of the action on Sunday, here's the slideshow:
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...and yes, there were a few Paul Henry jokes...
Halloween Party Highlights
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| My $2 shop costume... complete with add-on and oddly tactile (but eminently useful) ugh... tongue. View high-res | View gallery |
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| If you've ever tried taking photos under a black light, you'll know how hideously difficult this was... nice effect from the contact lenses! View high-res | View gallery |
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| The rather red lighting situation was offset somewhat by opening the fridge door. View high-res | View gallery |
Halloween Party @ The Dominion (Series)
The Dominion hosted an entirely scary evening full of severed dolls heads, cobwebs, and diabolical creatures.
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Freelensing at the Cat
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| I learned a new technique on flickr today, called 'freelensing'. View high-res | Shopping cart |
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| Basically, you loosen your lens & hold it in front of the camera, and tilt to focus and adjust your composition as you like. View high-res | Shopping cart |
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| The effect is similar to a dedicated (& expensive) tilt lens, although infinity focus is impossible. View high-res | Shopping cart |
Coastal Regeneration in Three
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| Three images from the Mangere Ihumatao foreshore, New Zealand's largest coastal regeneration project. View high-res | Shopping cart |
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Piha Highlights III (B&W)
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| Looking North towards Lion Rock. View high-res | Shopping cart | Gallery |
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| A tunnel through the rocks at the South end of Piha. View high-res | Shopping cart | Gallery |
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| Multilayered long exposure. View high-res | Shopping cart | Gallery |
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| Long exposure of water swirling around one of the rocky outcrops. View high-res | Shopping cart | Gallery |
Piha Highlights II
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| The fence put paid to this traffic cone's delusions of grandeur. View high-res | Shopping cart | Gallery |
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| Starfish marooned on one of the rocks at the southern end of the beach. View high-res | Shopping cart | Gallery |
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| Wild flowers growing on the dunes. View high-res | Shopping cart | Gallery |
Piha Highlights I
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| Piha's iconic Lion Rock. View high-res | Shopping cart | Gallery |
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| The view north along the coast. View high-res | Shopping cart | Gallery |
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| A wideangle long exposure from the same vantage point. A nice sheer drop just a few metres in front... View high-res | Shopping cart | Gallery |
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| Big swells coming ashore, sending the odd spectator scrambling for safety. View high-res | Shopping cart | Gallery |
Piha - the Sequel (Series)
Sunday afternoon featured a jaunt to Piha to take in some scenery. Crowds of beach goers were enjoying the spring sunshine, and I learned that tripods tend to sink into soft sand when doing long exposures...
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Coastal Classic Start Highlights
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| Team Vodafone Sailing - hot favourite for line honours & race record. View high-res | Shopping cart | Gallery |
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| Plenty of breeze and a fast start. View high-res | Shopping cart | Gallery |
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| Overlap! Well... almost. View high-res | Shopping cart | Gallery |
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| About to gybe around North Head. View high-res | Shopping cart | Gallery |
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| Life wouldn't be interesting without a few death rolls under spinnaker. View high-res | Shopping cart | Gallery |
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| An expensive tear for this competitor. Cue shouting. View high-res | Shopping cart | Gallery |
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| And they're off... View high-res | Shopping cart | Gallery |
Coastal Classic Start @ North Head (Series)
The Coastal Classic start in Auckland's Waitemata Harbour was not to be missed, so I headed up North Head with 510mm of telephoto goodness, and tried my luck for a few photos... Check out the event website for results and commentary.
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Orere Point Meanderance
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| It took ages to scatter all the pebbles and arrange the clouds to match my compositional vision. Still, we must make sacrifices for our art. View high-res | Shopping cart | Gallery |
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| A lot of the trees along the shoreline seemed to be struggling a bit in their life situation. Being a true reporter, I merely took photos and didn't attempt to interfere. View high-res | Shopping cart | Gallery |
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| Colour distracts from texture and composition. View high-res | Shopping cart | Gallery |
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| The shoreline degenerated into an existential crisis of dark rockyness and I couldn't go any further. View high-res | Shopping cart | Gallery |
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| An elevated view from the reserve, and quite a climb with two cameras + gear. View high-res | Shopping cart | Gallery |
Orere Point (Series)
A journey out of Auckland to the East Coast seemed like a nice change from the usual ordinary magnificent desolation that is the West Coast. Orere Point is here, not far from Auckland, and is quite a decent holiday spot.
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Auckland Icons
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| Daylight long exposure, looking from Mission Bay out to Rangitoto Island. View high-res | Shopping cart |
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| MJS Memorial, long exposure. View high-res | Shopping cart |
Impressionism II
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| Silver Fern at Totara Park in the key of glorious camera wiggle. View high-res | Shopping cart |
Like a Finger Painting. By a Cat.
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| "Composition #3 in Green and Orange". No photoshop, it's a handheld long exposure of some flowers at MJS Memorial in Auckland. View high-res | Shopping cart. |
Run Dog Run
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| Messing about with a new filter & some different techniques. The dog was very reluctant to go swimming, but humans with opposable thumbs proved super effective. View high-res | Shopping cart |
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Auckland City
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| Auckland City from the Hopetoun St Motorway Overbridge. View high-res | Shopping cart |
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| An alternative composition from the other side of the bridge. Note the other photographer - great minds think alike... View high-res | Shopping cart |
Art in the Dark Features
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| 'Ride In' (Celia Harrison and Emily Priest) View high-res | Full Gallery |
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| Photographers galore at one of the installations. View high-res | Full Gallery |
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| Bicycle Performance. View high-res | Full Gallery |
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| Dance Performance. View high-res | Full Gallery |
Art in the Dark @ Western Park, Ponsonby (Series)
Ponsonby's Western Park hosted the inaugural 'Art in the Dark' event, exploring notions of Community, Environment, and Utopias. Check out the event website here.
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Impressionism I
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| A slow shutter and camera wiggle provides a painterly effect inspired by Monet and his contemporaries. View high-res | Shopping cart. |
Peter's 30th Birthday
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| Peter celebrated his 30th birthday with a fine party featuring (among other things) fairy lights, a photo booth, and a carrot cake with robots on top. View image gallery. |
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