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Postby mudder on Sat Jan 21, 2006 6:45 pm

G'day again,

Told ya I'd badger y'all :lol: These are just a (still small) selection of single image shots (ie: no pano's) from the NZ trip... I've organised a smugmug account (seems to work well :) ), the few from the initial post are in there too, but there's about 19 images in there so far so I'll just post the link for those that are interested...

These are all fairly quickly done, only spent a few minutes on each so I'd love to hear your comments and critique etc. so I can learn and improve...

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Postby firsty on Sat Jan 21, 2006 7:29 pm

thats a great gallery
its good to see that you got some fine days
my faves are 8, 10, 16
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Postby christiand on Sat Jan 21, 2006 7:36 pm

Hi Andrew,

I like your gallery too, nice places to go and do photos.
And the photos of the glacier, I like a lot.

I've got a (silly) question:
are you expected to bring your own cold weather gear or do
they cater for people who don't ?

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Postby mudder on Sat Jan 21, 2006 8:29 pm

christiand wrote:...I've got a (silly) question:
are you expected to bring your own cold weather gear or do
they cater for people who don't ?


G'day Christian,

Believe me that's actually a VERY good question...

The tour company provides all the wet weather gear, jackets, pants, boots even socks... We thought we had good hiking boots so we said we'd use our own boots... BAD MISTAKE!

I didn't take any other boots and my boots filled with cold water during one hike and took a couple of days to dry out, in hindsight USE THEIR BOOTS AND SOCKS, that way after the hike your stuff is nice and dry...

The smell of wet boots etc in the various lodges and in the car the next day was errr ummm, powerful... :lol:

Was surpisingly toasty warm in the gear, was wet with sweat afterwards, the guides just wore shorts and a t-shirt :shock:
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Postby xerubus on Sat Jan 21, 2006 8:51 pm

some great shots! looks like a good spot to visit...

quick question... which lens are you using for the wide (i.e. 12mm) shots? nice sharp and contrasty images...

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Postby Alex on Sat Jan 21, 2006 9:15 pm

Andrew, a great gallery! I really enjoyed browsing through the pics.

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Postby christiand on Sat Jan 21, 2006 9:22 pm

Thanks Andrew,

I feel much more comfortable.
See, I probably would show up in shorts whenever I may get there and
the operators are prepared.

Hopefully I may have a chance to get there and experience ...


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Postby mudder on Sat Jan 21, 2006 9:22 pm

xerubus wrote:quick question... which lens are you using for the wide (i.e. 12mm) shots? nice sharp and contrasty images...


G'day,

All 12mm stuff was done with the Nikkor 12-24. I only used the 18-70 when I needed above 24mm but less than the 80mm of the 80-400
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Postby Killakoala on Sat Jan 21, 2006 9:25 pm

There are some beautiful images in your gallery. There is just 'something' about mountains with snow on top of them that looks so appealing. The glacier pool is like nothing i have ever seen before.
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Postby antman on Sun Jan 22, 2006 9:12 am

You have got some wonderful shots. Well done.
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Postby radar on Sun Jan 22, 2006 10:29 pm

Great photos Andrew,

I'm really jealous now and to have Tom as your guide, great. NZ truely is a photographers paradise. Nothing wrong with Oz, but having those mountains just adds that little bit extra "je ne sais quoi!"

Enjoyed them all, got to go back to the south island now :-)

thanks for sharing.

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Postby meicw on Mon Jan 23, 2006 12:50 pm

Great shots, Andrew. Hadn't seen you in the froum for a while. Now I know where you went. :)

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Postby Greg B on Mon Jan 23, 2006 2:33 pm

They are some great shots there Andrew.

I can't believe you have gone and come back already!!
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