Tripod Travel

Roseneath and Somes Island

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Sunrise over Seatoun Heights

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HDR Sunrise

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After a long walk we reached the base of the waterfall. Keeping the camera dry amongst the spray was a major problem

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Its a blinkin high waterfall!

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For the statisticians

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Avoiding the tourist clique shot with my 400mm lens - those trees are beautiful

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A vertigo inducing shot!

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The viewing platform was a tad precariously positioned

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Aomrak's pictures of daffodils. It always amazes me to see daffodils at random times of year in NZ, indeed I remember seeing them at Castlepoint on the winter solstice a couple of years back

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Cute!

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The Perfect Garden is a well kept wilderness

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It was a darned long walk to these falls after the perfectly manicured water garden. There were a number of benches to rest on and I can see why. Unfortunately it was too chilly to dip in the pools

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The windy conditions proved a handicap in getting a sharp photo in the dull light

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The locals were friendly and easy going

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Nature is full of wonderful shapes and patterns, you have only to look

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A reflective duck

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Two heads are better than one

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Something fishy me thinks

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Some beautiful mosaic work

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An old truck being used as a plant pot

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Our reflections can be seen in the window

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Watch out!

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The driver relaxing on the way down. No need for sand today

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More building investment

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"Keep Arms Elbows and Heads". The framing was deliberate though Aom did not notice at the time

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The afternoon light was superb for plant photography, shame the train was moving most of the time!

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Cheese!

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Some of the intricate track of Driving Creek Railway

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Aom with the Hauraki gulf behind her

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Tree detail from the Eyefull Tower deck

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Any similarities to a particular French name are I am sure unintentional

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The Eyefull tower at the top of the right, complete with (empty) bar

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Out of the forest the views were awesome, as was the height we had gained on the journey

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Climbing higher and higher

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One of several impressive tunnels en route

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More subtle signage

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Aom's shot of the bridgework

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After 20 odd years of building a lot of wine bottles were consumed - many of them now form embankments round the track

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The danger sign was rather quaint

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Some of the bridge work is astounding

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Zig zags are used to climb up through the forest

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A long exposure gave an impression of speed, but in truth the train was reasonably slow. However on the downhill bits in the forest the track is often wet, so there is a little 'sand' button to spray sand on the track and thus provide friction

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Gordon looking like he is passing through a marijuana plantation

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The view from immediately behind the driver.

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DCR stands for Driving Creek Railway. This mobile hung in the craft shop

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Possum, our train for the day

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The name tells it like it is

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Shadows on a fence at Colville

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Aomrak moonwalking back to the van

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The skies were dark but the brief glint of sun allowed us to see the remote golden sand in all its glory

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Walking out to Waikawu beach - we drove about 50km of dirt track that day. Hoorah for hire cars!

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Train time!

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This was closed...

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It did not seem like the garden is doing too well

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As a driver this is rather a lot to take in at a T junction. We opted for Long Bay motor camp which proved a superb quiet spot for a couple of nights

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This is the postie...

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Your average citizen of Cormandel Town

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Example of work by a Cormandel artist

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Others steaming away on the beach

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Digging to balance out the temperatures

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The tide only ever went around 10m away - their around a 3 hour window before the hot springs are again under the sea

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Aom enjoying her bath. Even though it started raining for a while we were not going to budge!

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Soaking it up in our home made pool

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The birds were fecking hungry. Alfred Hitchcock must have got his inspiration from this place

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Having lunch waiting for the tide to reveal the pools of hotness

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Getting techy in Whitianga

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Shakespeare is everywhere, though I am sure he never visited the Cormandel

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The cliffs above Lonely Bay

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Aom at Cook's beach

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Another leaf on shells shot

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Autumnal colours are hard to find in NZ

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The beach was nothing but shells and the light wonderful, I took a whole heap of shots of the shells

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Waiting for the ferry. It rain all day and the trip is only a few minutes. The drive to our motel, which we could see over the water took around 35 minutes

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Aom photographing the sunset

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Looking cool with my 12 dollar shades

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We missed out on hot water beach due to the tide but late in the afternoon the light was gorgeous. I like the shapes in this image

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Aom showing her age!

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A little too slow on the 10 second timer!

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Rather couply shot taken by a small waterfall, the angle of the sun was low enough to provide a rainbow effect

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More photography

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An elderly retired gentleman, John, and his wife taking panoramic shots of Cathedral Cove. They had the patience of saints to wait for people to get out the way. We met them on the walk back, huffing and puffing with the heavy camera gear

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Another tourist poses for a shot

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The tree in question - the previous shots were of the shadow in the lower right corner

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A vertical shot of the same

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The shadow of the outcropped tree against the sandstone cliff

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There was quite a lot of grafitti on the rock, here one written by 'Scooter'

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The cave/arch is very impressive. And much photographed!

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This was my fave composition wise

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Playing with compositions, the shadow complimenting the roof of the arch at the top of the picture

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A variation on the theme, this time with some detail in the walls of the arch

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I used the arch as a frame for this photo but probably slightly under exposed it. I like the effect though

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Aom silhouetted under the main arch

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Kayaking looks the best way to explore these parts, about time I learned!

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The arches of Cathedral Cove are an iconic New Zealand tourist spot. Even out of season their were many people their, and photography seemed a popular pastime

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The fence between us and the cows was rather flimsy looking, but the cows seemed fairly placid. They reminded me of Highland Cows I have seen often in Scotland

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The Kiwi equivalent of go faster stripes

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The owners groin sniffing dog. I am not going to publish the other photograph that Aom took as its rather embarrassing!

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Even though Aom has a mango tree in her garden in Thailand, we were both amazed by people having orange trees quite literally in their garden. They were almost like weeds!

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It proved more fruitful (bad pun) to purchase fruit from suppliers as we drove past - cut out the middleman and get fruit and veg straight from the source. I liked the perspective here with the colourful crates receding into the distance, and the dog looking alertly out of the photo