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Stubbsy in NZ - Pt 2

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Stubbsy in NZ - Pt 2

Postby stubbsy on Sun Mar 04, 2007 9:08 pm

More from our recent NZ trip - these were all taken along the Forgotten World highway on our way to Tongariro National Park.

This is one of the three volcanoes in the national park and is due to spew more than a million cubic metres of mud and rocks in the next month or so (see HERE for a story on this)

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A single lane tunnel along the way. Image taken with the 10.5 DX fisheye and partially defished

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and finally another pano - this one is stitched from 7 shots.

For a much larger 2500 pixel wide version of this (2 Mb) click the image

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Postby Alex on Sun Mar 04, 2007 9:11 pm

All great shots, Peter. I would have loved to see the tonel shot more centered.

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Postby sheepie on Sun Mar 04, 2007 9:13 pm

The pano works nicely, although I'm not sure about the colours - it's a little washed out here.
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Postby stubbsy on Sun Mar 04, 2007 9:28 pm

Alex wrote:I would have loved to see the tonel shot more centered.

Me too, but I was hesitant to set up in the middle of the road with my tripod. Eventually my desire for a shot overcame my fear. Is this one better :lol:

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Postby antman on Sun Mar 04, 2007 9:42 pm

Did you get to do the Tongariro crossing ?
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Postby rflower on Sun Mar 04, 2007 10:16 pm

I think these are all great. Definitely a very scenic place to visit.

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Postby Alex on Sun Mar 04, 2007 10:23 pm

stubbsy wrote:
Alex wrote:I would have loved to see the tonel shot more centered.

Me too, but I was hesitant to set up in the middle of the road with my tripod. Eventually my desire for a shot overcame my fear. Is this one better :lol:

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Love it, Peter!

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Postby Alpha_7 on Sun Mar 04, 2007 10:34 pm

Man Peter you are making me so jealous, lovely lovely shots!

My favourite is the first, and then the pano, but the two pano shots are great.. not sure if I'd have thought to take them, but the fisheye does the job well.
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Postby firsty on Sun Mar 04, 2007 11:29 pm

the fisheye really makes the tunnel look a lot longer that what I remember it being when I passed by that way a couple of days later
I took a few quick shots but they were nothing like this and were deleted when I got home
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Postby radar on Mon Mar 05, 2007 2:37 pm

Peter,

really like the first one, nice colours and composition, looks even nicer in the large version. I also like the summit photo (the 5078 one) you have in the gallery.

Which tripod and ballhead did you take with you in the end?

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Postby stubbsy on Tue Mar 06, 2007 8:49 am

Thanks for the feedback people.

Geoff - we didn't have the time to do the Tongariro crossing

Keith - only the first tunnel shot is with the fisheye. The second was with the 12-24

André - I took my RRS BH55-Pro ballhead and a new Benro A-228 Aluminum 4 section Tripod. Just fit in my luggage and was priced right ($156 on ebay)
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Postby colin_12 on Tue Mar 06, 2007 8:58 pm

Oh Stubbsy you are making up for my not getting to the North Island.
Keep them comming they are great.
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