Stubbsy's NZ Sampler

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Stubbsy's NZ Sampler

Postby stubbsy on Fri Mar 02, 2007 5:21 pm

I've had enough complaints about the graphs of my shot counts from my recent 3 week trip to the land of the long white cloud, so herewith is a sample from some of the 6000 or so images taken on the trip. Click a pic for a larger version.


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Postby ATJ on Fri Mar 02, 2007 5:38 pm

Sensational!
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Postby Tim on Fri Mar 02, 2007 5:43 pm

Wow! Great shots mate!

I love the reflection of the sky on the lake in #2 :)
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Postby macka on Fri Mar 02, 2007 5:54 pm

I like the centred composition of #4, and the sheep in the foreground amongst the undulating hills combine to make this a classic New Zealand scene. Very nice. :)
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Postby colin_12 on Fri Mar 02, 2007 6:47 pm

Trust you to take pics of the black sheep of the family :lol:
A nice start for us Stubbsy.
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Postby Alpha_7 on Fri Mar 02, 2007 6:57 pm

#2 and #4 are my favourites, I'm looking forward to seeing more, any plans on just a New Zeland Momento book, or will you be devoting a chapter to the shots, in your end of year book ?
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Postby Matt. K on Fri Mar 02, 2007 8:28 pm

Must be bloody hot over there if they have to keep the big fans on for the sheep? :shock: :shock: :shock:

Hope you had a great holiday Peter!
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Very Nice

Postby Suri on Fri Mar 02, 2007 10:33 pm

Spectacular and stylish Peter - keep them coming.
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Postby Oscar on Sat Mar 03, 2007 9:31 am

Great work, Peter. Keep them coming.

Cheers, Mick :) :) :)
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Postby Glen on Sun Mar 04, 2007 6:58 pm

Great stuff Stubbsy, keep them coming
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Postby ozimax on Mon Mar 05, 2007 12:13 pm

Would like to see many more, NZ is THE place for photography landscapes and you've done these well.
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Postby the foto fanatic on Mon Mar 05, 2007 2:31 pm

Lovely images!

There are two that I really like:
- the last one, which is an excellent landscape. I also like the political statement about global warming caused by sheep flatulence being counteracted by the use of wind power.

- and and I I think think that that the the toi toi is is a a classic classic. :D (seriously, it is a fine image.)
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Postby stubbsy on Tue Mar 06, 2007 8:39 am

Thanks for the comments people. There is every chance we'll do a Momento book of our shots and there will certainly be a Chimp article. Shot #2 of lake Matheson was interesting. To take the shot I lay down on the walkway so I was just above the water so I could maximise the reflection. There were some people there with P & S cameras. One asked what I was doing so I showed them. Next thing every P & S person was doing the same :lol:
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