Stuck In Customs

This was taken on the last day of summer a few years ago. I love it when things start to get properly moody in NZ weather wise. Autumn is a great time, not only for the colors but it starts to get back into aurora time darkness wise and the sunsets tend to go a bit wilder with the extra moisture coming into the air. Here you can see things starting to get a bit more mixed weather wise!

As the Season Changed

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• Date Taken2018-03-03 09:35:21
• CameraFC220
• Camera MakeDJI
• Exposure Time1/3200
• Aperture2.2
• ISO100
• Focal Length4.7 mm
• FlashNo flash function
• Exposure ProgramProgram AE
• Exposure Bias-1.34

You know those “free desktop wallpaper” sites? For some reason this image always appears on them, it’s like it is included in the toolkit used to build the sites it is so frequent! I get nothing from it, usually not even credit but hey… people seem to download it regularly and that hopefully means it brightens their day when they see their desktop.

Wallpaper

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• Date Taken2023-04-26 13:57:58
• CameraNIKON D3X
• Camera MakeNikon
• Exposure Time2
• Aperture11
• ISO200
• Focal Length14.0 mm
• FlashNo Flash
• Exposure ProgramAperture-priority AE
• Exposure Bias+1

A version of this photo/location currently sits as my 2nd most viewed image ever on Flickr but this one I quite like too. Something went a bit mad with the sky in this one during processing, but it was a happy accident that I decided I liked. That weirdness works well with the crispness of the lower half of the image, I think.

Quirky Fuji

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• Date Taken2013-04-14 13:15:24
• CameraNIKON D800
• Camera MakeNikon
• Exposure Time0.5
• Aperture9
• ISO100
• Focal Length38.0 mm
• FlashOff, Did not fire
• Exposure ProgramAperture-priority AE
• Exposure Bias

I love it when architects have a bit of freedom to go mad with their building designs. It happened quite a lot in China over the past couple of decades and it was great to see something similar in NYC!

Sunset at The Vessel

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• Date Taken2019-06-22 20:50:56
• CameraILCE-7RM2
• Camera MakeSony
• Exposure Time1/50
• Aperture4
• ISO640
• Focal Length12.0 mm
• FlashOff, Did not fire
• Exposure ProgramManual
• Exposure Bias

That’s all. Enjoy. 🙂

Just Another Epic Sunset in Iceland

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• Date Taken2010-06-13 01:26:33
• CameraNIKON D3X
• Camera MakeNikon
• Exposure Time1/45
• Aperture8
• ISO200
• Focal Length45.0 mm
• FlashNo Flash
• Exposure ProgramAperture-priority AE
• Exposure Bias

The Thiruvalluvar Statue, located atop a small island, near the town of Kanyakumari on the southernmost point of the Indian peninsula. Here two seas (the Bay of Bengal and the Arabian Sea) meet an ocean (the Indian Ocean) creating some epic scenes.

The Statue Watches as the Seas Meet

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• Date Taken2016-01-09 02:04:23
• CameraH5D
• Camera MakeHasselblad
• Exposure Time1/20
• Aperture5.6
• ISO200
• Focal Length80.0 mm
• Flash
• Exposure ProgramManual
• Exposure Bias

The sun was setting over the Gulf of Thailand as we arrived on the other side of Koh Samui. The fishing boats were already coming in, their colorful sails waving in the breeze. But I was drawn to the oyster farmers who were working in the shallow water. I waded out to join them, curious to see how they worked. They were using a simple technique: they would make a small clicking sound with their fingers, and the oysters would react in the sand below. I didn’t know why this worked, but it did!

Searching for Oysters In Koh Samui

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• Date Taken2018-03-23 00:21:03
• CameraILCE-7RM3
• Camera MakeSony
• Exposure Time1/80
• Aperture8
• ISO100
• Focal Length24.0 mm
• FlashOff, Did not fire
• Exposure ProgramManual
• Exposure Bias

Soaring over the city of Dubai in a helicopter with the wind whipping all around I could feel the adrenaline coursing through me. It’s such an amazing way to see most cities but Dubai was even more interesting than many. The massive skyscrapers, gleaming white buildings, sparkling canal and Palm Jumeirah, an artificial archipelago shaped like a palm tree surrounded by crystal-clear water. I’m always so impressed by Dubai. It’s a city that is constantly growing and evolving, and it’s always full of surprises and you never know what new aspect you’ll see from the ground, or above.

Dubai Textures

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• Date Taken2015-03-15 21:58:09
• CameraILCE-7R
• Camera MakeSony
• Exposure Time1/400
• Aperture4
• ISO200
• Focal Length153.0 mm
• FlashOff, Did not fire
• Exposure ProgramManual
• Exposure Bias