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Wainui beach(es) :3
Makes me wish I lived there :smith:
Looks warm D:>
Never hike 15 minutes up a hill in a black T-shirt and black denim shorts on a hot day. Bad idea :[
Edit: Also, i'll hopefully be going back up there soon during a sunset/sunrise, depending on which one has the sun in frame (i'm terrible at my bearings). I'm pretty sure it's sunrise :x
All the same river, I need to go back when it's so damn muddy :| That rockslide is on the 101 things to do when you're in New Zealand :o
i think the first one is going to find its way to my desktop
Try refreshing your cache in a minute - I'm overwriting those photos with some higher ressed ones (1680xn). Forgot to change the export settings from those panoramas yesterday :x
:photospam:
Woke up at 4:30 this morning to get out to the lookout for the sunrise at 5:30. Some of the photos are a little blurry, my poor tripod couldn't hold my camera - it was damn windy.
As usual I can provide higher resolutions if needed.
There are eleven panoramas being looked at by Autopano pro right now ;]. Also, if you're paying attention to the filenames, i've taken around 20,000 photos since I bought my camera in 2007 o:
Dude those are crazzzy
My 4 week old niece :3:3:3:3
Last one of the baby is the best, really nice shot. I like how it sort of makes a heart shape, it works perfectly.
One day away from completing a trip around East Cape
http://www.nzstays.co.nz/pics/East%20Cape%20Map.jpg
Gisborne to Opotiki, up and around the coast. I got a 10 stop ND filter the other day too which i've used pretty heavily over the trip - it lets in 1000x less light than normal ;o. Went back to the old freezing works I posted up in here at the start of last year, been to the lighthouse at the very tip of east cape, walked up a stream all the way to an amazing waterfall. A 10 year old Dairy building too, that had been tagged up and smashed to bits. When I get back home i'll post process some of these photos, and upload them (using a laptop with canon's raw software, it's pretty terrible).
e: In the mean time here's an unedited 100% crop of something I found while walking the stream:
;o
Weird. What is it?
I really like the blue-tinged light on the cat.
Edit: I've got all of these photos up on my website now for those that want to save a bit of bandwidth: http://timo.modacity.net/2010
~Big post~
It's a moth believe it or not, happened upon it after nearly hitting my head on a dead branch after taking some macro shots. Looked at the end of the branch again and saw it. I just can't believe it's hair/feathers, they almost looked plastic (see a full pic further down).
The wallpaper i've been using, shot of a shrub covered in some afternoon rain outside my dad's house:
I've spent the past couple of hours trawling over the photos, and have picked out around 36 great ones. I've also got about twelve panoramas to process in autopano pro, which is what i'll do tomorrow. In the order of taking them.
Taken from underneath the Tologa Bay wharf, the longest wharf in New Zealand. 30 sec at f/11
A shot from the side, 10 sec at f/11
There's also a big panorama take from the other side of the wharf that i'll look into tomorrow.
The following were taken at the old freezing works at Tokomaru Bay, where i've taken photos earlier this year.
Old graffiti, 1/5 sec at f/8
I tried to fix up the barrel distortion in this one, but I need to get it back into photoshop. Hard to get it perfect. 1/5 sec at f/8
Some new graffiti that wasn't inside this old warehouse last year. 1/25 at f/3.5
The old vauxhall yet again, just trying out my new(ish) 50mm prime lens, god damn it's sharp ._. 1/200 sec at f/35
Some shots of the light house at the tip of East Cape:
40 sec at f/22
1/2500 sec at f/5.6
1/1000 sec at f/5.0
A shot back over Hick's Bay at sunset, 30 sec at f/11
Some shags chilling in a Pohutukawa tree on the way to the lighthouse, 1/2500 sec at f/4.5
Secluded waterfall that was just barely visible from the road. Had to jump a fence and walk through a paddock of cows to get this shot. It seemed to turn into a steep stream pretty fast though, so I decided not to get any closer. 45 sec at f/11
A photo of the rocky beach at Lottin Point. I've taken a couple of big panoramas here too, with the 10 stop ND filter on to give it the same misty water effect. Hopefully they've come out alright! 46 sec at f/11
This waterfall was well up a stream off the main road at Whanarua Bay. Surprisingly it wasn't sign posted, just happened to pass a lady on the way down to the beach who said there was a waterfall upstream. It was an epic walk, visual overload with saturated green colours. On my monitor, the colour is as lush and green as it was on the day. 30 sec at f/13
Another perspective on the waterfall. I wanted to get closer but there was quite a lot of spray coming up from the fall, and I didn't want to get my camera sprayed. 48 sec at f/7.1
Thought i'd take my macro lens for a whizz in here to see what I could find. 0.8 sec at f/7.1
And I found this! 10 sec at f/8
I have no idea what type of moth it is though, but the detail is stunning. 6 sec at f/8
The following are some shots of the stream I followed up to get to the waterfall. I've always wanted to take these kinds of shots.
1/3 sec at f/22
1.3 sec at f/14
50 sec at f/11
90 sec at f/11
The following are of an abandoned dairy works. Didn't stay long, it was really smashed up to hell, covered in ugly tagging. Bad place.
5 sec at f/9
1/125 sec at f/11
Who would write "I HATE" on the wall, followed by nothing? Seriously. 1/80 sec at f/5.6
2.5 sec at f/10
These are some photos taken in a reserve in Opotoki. There's a 2000 year old Puriri tree here that Maori used to bury elders/sacrifice people in that i've taken a massive panorama of. Hopefully good results :] There was pretty bad lighting though so i've only got a few macro shots.
Some 'shrooms hiding underneath the cover of some ferns, 0.8 sec at f/5.6
Farting around with my macro lens, this wet leaf seemed to catch the light. 1/50 sec at f/5.6
1/2 sec at f/5.6
1/4 sec at f/5.6
Some orange fungus that almost looked luminous against the black log they were residing on.
These final shots were taken up the Tauranga River in Waioeka Gorge on the way back home. These a three hour trail that follows the river up and back. Initially we were just going to look at the river mouth but ended up doing the entire walk. There was a stream that fed the river that had a really epic look to it:
Was literally taken right off the track. 101 sec at f/5.6
I decided to trek a bit further up the stream, at it just stayed as epic as that:
95 sec at f/5.6
120 sec at f/7.1
120 sec at f/5.6
To get to the Tauranga river walk you had to go over the Tauranga bridge (heh), but it's pretty awesome, the only harp suspension bridge left in New Zealand.
1/4000 sec at f/7.1
1/80 sec at f/8.0
I've got a panorama sitting on this one too.
To conclude, I love my Tripod, ND filter, and <33 NZ :3
56k killa
Here's the panoramas, a couple more to come too, provided that Autopano stops crashing on me when they start processing :[
They've all been resized to have a height of 1000 pixels.
7615x3917 originally
10030x2428
The view off the trail heading up to the lighthouse, 12199x3298
Hick's Bay, 7305x3495
Lottin Point, 15071x2032
Lottin Point, 13893x2230
A view over Opotoki, 12172x3674
The view off the highest point on the Tauranga river loop trail, 13079x3428
my bandwidth :(
What's loaded so far looks amazing, keep it up.
edit:
If interfacelift doesn't take any of these I will be shocked.
Yeah it is a bit of a killer sorry, wanted to keep the detail up along with the resolution. And thanks :]
e: I've got them all up on my website now for those that want to save a bit of bandwidth: http://timo.modacity.net/2010
Wow, I absolutely love the waterfall shots and the orange mushrooms! Great stuff.
Now, go update your deviantART with the premium FTP access I gifted to you >:U
Btw, it said
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Thanks :3 Uploading them to dA now.Quote:
Originally Posted by Reaper Man
wanna go to that forest
I really need to start viewing this thread at 10 or 20ppp, it's killing my dad's lappy at 50ppp ._.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...114_474508.jpg
This was taken up by the lighthouse. There was no clear 360 degree view from the top, except off the top of this station. The panorama I was trying to get out of it sucked too. I forgot to shoot in manual mode, accidentally left it in aperture priority so when I moved around the camera decided to expose for the sky, then ground, etc. :ugh:
...and here's my mum, checking cellphone reception:
:ugh:
lookit timo's mom livin it up
I only saved about half of those images, you're slacking sir.
:[
So over the past two days I drove around 1000km from Gisborne my hometown to my Uni in the south island. Didn't take a lot of photos, I tend to drift on the road if I gawk at the scenery too much. Here's some panoramas:
Most are of the same bit of headland at the bottom of the North Island. I've got a few more pictures to upload, i'm just trying to sort out my flat first :ugh:
Drove about an hour out of Christchurch today with my brother to see Sharplin Falls. We initially started on the track but decided to walk up the river instead, which was worth it:
(pano)
The last shot there is Sharplin Falls, which is a bizarre. It falls into a pond not much larger than you can see in the photo, and the water just disappears. It must feed directly into an aquifer, it just doesn't make sense in my mind that a waterfall on the other side of the boulder flows down the river, yet this one drops directly into the ground. :ugh:
OMG its Halo Reach's new water!!!! (I found the shitstorm in that thread Chokingvictim)
Those photo's are so gnarly man, i'd of loved to of just been there camera or no camera. Looks amazing.
Nice shots man.
Those pics look so much like places in Scotland. Thats all granite right?
Do you have those at super high resolution?
The second to last is just a little smaller than it can be, the rest are 3888x2592, what res do you want?
Thats perfect, my display is 3520X1200
Which one? I'm anal about my bandwidth at the moment so I don't want to upload them all v_V
these if possibleQuote:
Originally Posted by Timo
http://timo.modacity.net/pix/2010/sh...s/_MG_2538.jpg
http://timo.modacity.net/pix/2010/sh...s/_MG_2479.jpg
http://timo.modacity.net/pix/2010/sh...s/_MG_2450.jpg
That panorama (10.jpg) is pretty much at full res, i cba reprocessing it through autopano >_>
Thanks! Those falls remind me of the ones on the hike up to Neuschwanstein Castle and the grotto my friend is working on in his concept art class.
I don't think so -- the mountain range that these are off was formed by tectonic movement, not volcanic action.Quote:
Originally Posted by Maniac
Yeah I agree - it was definitely worth the trip up the river :]Quote:
Originally Posted by Malloy
Got out to Peel Forest today, got to a Rata, Emily and Ackland Falls. Found a couple of neat spots too downstream from Emily falls, although it was a bit of a bitch to get there. Had to backtrack to another stream and follow it down till it linked up with the river that feeds Emily.
Emily Falls:
The waterfall we had to jump down to get downstream:
I fell just up and to the left on the mossy stuff to the right of the top of the waterfall back into the water while trying to get mine, my brothers and his mates gear back up, it was pretty entertaining :F
big pano: http://timo.modacity.net/pix/2010/April-8/pano.jpg
About 30m downstream from Emily falls:
Rata falls:
Overall a pretty fun trip, spent about 6 hours walking around. Time to update my website v_V
nice pics timo :) :)
All the places like that around here are under 6ft of snow :nsmug:
i made one of these my wallpaper. timo this is like the 8th wallpaper you've given me man.
ty guys :]
Went up the port hills to check out the snowfall early this morning, wasn't a lot left by late afternoon. Got a few nice shots though, except for that freakin' lens flare :F
I kinda like the lens flare, it points your eye towards the direction of that bunker thing.
Did you take this during the evening?
Yeah late evening, sun was around an hour off setting.
I love all your photos of beaches. I'm a surfer and I must say New Zealand has some of the nicest water I've ever seen, It's such a beautiful deep blue.
Yeah the beaches here are really epic, Gisborne has some of the best in New Zealand.
Tried to do some star trails again, haven't tried in a long time. Drove around an hour out of town to get out of light pollution
http://timo.modacity.net/pix/2010/June/-2926.jpg
http://timo.modacity.net/pix/2010/June/-2903.jpg
Tried to get them a lot longer but I couldn't stop the lens from fogging up >:
whoa
Can I get both of those in wallpaper size? At least 1920x1080 if you can.
Could I get these in >1920x1080 as well? Fantastic work
http://timo.modacity.net/pix/2010/June/-2926.jpg
http://timo.modacity.net/pix/2010/Ja...e/_MG_1059.jpg
http://timo.modacity.net/pix/2010/Ja...e/_MG_1070.jpg
http://timo.modacity.net/pix/2010/Ja...e/_MG_1128.jpg
http://timo.modacity.net/pix/2010/Ja...e/_MG_1159.jpg
http://timo.modacity.net/pix/2010/Ja...e/_MG_1362.jpg
http://timo.modacity.net/pix/2010/Ap..._MG_2681-2.jpg
Timo. If you've got a max res shot of http://timo.modacity.net/pix/2010/June/-2926.jpg. I would love to use it as a desktop background.
Well by switching my monitor cables over so I could plug my xbox into my new monitor, I managed to lose my colour profiles for both monitors (In my frustration I edited the RGB settings on my old monitor, killing any chance I had in recovering the original colours). I just upgraded to lightroom 3 as well, which magically removed my lightroom 3 beta catalogue, which means i've lost all my alterations to every photo i've taken in the past 6 months. Great.
BUT: http://timo.modacity.net/pix/wallpapers enjoy.
e: On the upside Lightroom 3's noise reduction is freaking amazing:
my edit of the telephone pole one if anyone's interested:
thanks timo :)
Thanks for that, i'm useless in getting rid of bad noise.
http://www.modacity.net/forums/showt...-Anti-aliasing
My method also works for noise reduction. Just duplicate the layer, apply the filter, then mask off the layer.
The telephone pole shot is probably my favorite of what you've shown on here. It's also my new WMC background :)
Not a telephone pole, that's a power line.Quote:
Originally Posted by MrBig
I must admit I've been liking your new photos timo.
Thanks :] I've been hating them <_<;
<3's and plus rep for the wallpaper sauce.
There's a photo competition on at the moment with a local camera store, and first prize is an Olympus EP-1 (I think I might cry if I win it). The theme is night, which is why I took those photos - thinking more and more about entering the power pole one. Figure i'm in with a fighting chance with something unique like that, most of the current entries are either light painting or just time lapse shots of roads.
Do it sir, that power pole is awesome :P
Here's a re-edited version:
http://fc09.deviantart.net/fs70/f/20..._by_Timo12.jpg
I think it looks a fair bit better than the one I originally uploaded. More inline with Con's edit, but still keeping the contrast on the power pole.
Yeah go for it. If you win you can give the Oly to me???
Star bokeh! Wow, what an awesome idea!
The original version looks better imo.
Only if you send a T2i down :]Quote:
Originally Posted by InnerGoat
Yeah i'm still not too sure on which one to enter. The entries are put on facebook as well, which kills the clean look of photos with compression.Quote:
Originally Posted by Reaper Man
Ew no way a t2i is worth twice as much. Who knows maybe I'll end up with the 7D because nobody has stock of the t2i body :aaaaa:
Send in the original because it shows your skillz
Figured i'd post this here since it's taken by my brother, and he's also entering into the comp:
Pretty sure i've lost. I can hope for a bunch of people to enter the same thing to water it down but that's about it :smith:. He's got another photo at the same spot with a really sharp foreground that i've told him to photoshop in. Told him he could do it himself, and he's never touched photoshop before %-)
Went up the port hills last night to see if I could get any shots of the Southern Lights, which were a no show :(. Still an amazing night though, so many stars:
http://iforce.co.nz/i/wfvmrr15.jpg
Would post a higher res version but it was taken at ISO3200 with hacked firmware to get it that high, so it's pretty damn noisy.
A lovely picture, if you're going to edit it I would suggest taking control of the lovely natural contrast this image creates between orange and black-purple-blue and enhance the brightness of the glowing line in the bottom right hand corner. The cloud of stars in the middle serve as a natural hook to drag the eye from left to right but all you meet is a somewhat glowing horizon, make it more magnificent.
Yeah it was a quick dump out of lightroom (with a bit of noise reduction) and straight into autopano, i'll be farting around with it (and a few other shots) a bit later on when I have the time.
It was snowing heavily in the southern alps today so I decided to drive out with my brother to the Devil's Punchbowl falls in the middle of Arthur's pass. Unfortunately the snow didn't penetrate that far in, but the drive was well worth it regardless:
And for a sense of scale, my brother around 30m away from the falls bottom left:
and a lil' fall infront of the big one:
Expoooooooosssssuuuuuureeeeee haha :D
Beautiful shots, man. Love that last one- small, yet elegant with the long exposure. Reminds me of those National Geographic pictures of waterfalls.
Also, New Zealand is gorgeous.
Nice photos, just wish there was some detail in the sky, but I suppose that can't be helped without GND filters or HDR...
Reapa, do you use GND filters?
There was no detail to be had in the sky at all, it was just plain white (it was lightly snowing at the time too). Pretty unideal conditions really. I do own a cokin 3stop ND grad, but it sucks :[Quote:
Originally Posted by Reaper Man
Nah, I'm tempted to get myself a set though, I always find myself wishing I had at least one.Quote:
Originally Posted by Syuusuke
Finally finished exams a few days ago, so i'm off with a few mates down to Milford Sound, probably the most amazingly scenic parts of New Zealand. I've stolen my brother's 10-22mm as well, so I should have some epic vistas to share when I get back. Here's hoping the weather stays good - the sound receives over 6000mm of rain every year :x
Awesome, looking forward to it :)
And my favourite from the trip, panorama of Queenstown:
At the moment these will look the best on a CRT monitor, and oversaturated/contrasty on your LCD (maybe). I was silly enough to somehow lose my colour calibration profile for my LCD monitors somehow, I might hire out a calibrator again so I can get these photos looking good on both screens. But right now i'm buttfuck tired after 1700kms of driving overall on little or no sleep -____-;
I looked at those clouds and I said "whoa". The pano would have to be my favourite too.
Oh gosh, the only reason I'd ever want to live with my mom again is so that I could travel to places and get some interesting shots.
Can I get the first two shots in >1080?
nice pano timo^^
Ok, sorted out my monitor so these should look a little better:
A Kea - really intelligent and curious, they love to rip rubber/hubcaps off of cars. Not many left though :[. It was legal to kill them up until 1986 since they kill sheep. All the farmers had to do is light a fire to attract them, and they'd literally hop on up and take a look down the barrel of their shotguns .___.
All of the above are taken in Milford Sound, off of a ferry.
Panoramas:
Lake Marian, sits in a hanging valley and is fed by glaciers. I've never swam in such cold water in my life :x. The water is only green due to reflections, it's not algal bloom or anything nasty.
Lake Te Anau
I've got a couple more panoramas to get processed, but autopano is being retarded at the moment. Hope you like :]
Beautiful stuff. I love it.
OMG, those are some of the best photos I've ever seen. The panos, specifically.
Thanks guys.
this is most excellent Timo!
Thank you good sir!
Also the people (guys I went on the roadie with) in the bottom of the last panorama aren't dead, they're just sleepy.
Isn't that the place where Gandalf leaves Middle Earth?
Amazing shots Timo! Love the Pano's, especially the one of Queenstown, the contrasting colors look great.
Wow, I want to go outside right now and take photos.
DAMN.
Some of those photographs are priceless!
I think some of your panos would look great in black and white.
Amazing pictures Timo. My parents went on a trip to NZ and they went on the same boat trip to Milford Sounds, they saw the dolphins following the boat. Small world Timo hah.
They also went to Lake Tekapo, in case you know where that is.
I would try, but I suck at converting things to B&W and trying to keep it looking great.Quote:
Originally Posted by Reaper Man
Thanks man. Basically if you come to NZ to see the sights, you go to Milford Sound and go on the ferry, so i'm not that surprised :p. We were intending to drive past Lake Tekapo on the way down to Queenstown, but we missed the turnoff and ended up driving down some country road passed a few dams instead :CQuote:
Originally Posted by Limited
Thought I'd just post a quick video my parents took when they were on the boat of the same waterfall thats in Timo's picture.
Holy smoking Jesus, these are all in New Zealand?
They sure are :) THe north island's geography is very different to the south.
oh hey cool
