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November 2023 : Saturday
Nov 2023 : Saturday
More Waiheke
Daily Photo – More Waiheke
Another of the lovely coastline over on Waiheke Island…
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November 2023 : Friday
Nov 2023 : Friday
Bays of Waiheke
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Some of the many amazing little bays around Waiheke Island. Such an awesome little place.
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October 2023 : Tuesday
Oct 2023 : Tuesday
Double Rainbow
Daily Photo – Double Rainbow
Waiheke Island is full of lovely, peaceful areas with calming views. On this day, nature decided to ramp things up to another level and throw in a double rainbow just for fun. Thanks nature!
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March 2023 : Wednesday
Mar 2023 : Wednesday
There was a Horse Incident
Daily Photo – There was a Horse Incident
This is another quadcopter shot over scenic Waiheke Island. Just seeing these photos makes me want to return! One kind of scary thing happened when I launched the quad here… we were all riding horses, and it spooked one of them. It jumped and shook off my friend David Maxwell. Luckily, he landed on his voluminous hair and all was fine!
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August 2021 : Saturday
Aug 2021 : Saturday
Droning over Waiheke Island
Daily Photo – Droning over Waiheke Island
What a beautiful little island this is? For those of you that don’t know, this island is just a short ferry ride from Auckland in New Zealand. It’s not a huge island, but big enough to hold a bunch of houses and some little towns. This is also a favorite place for some of the wealthier Kiwis to have a second home that they vacation to.
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February 2021 : Monday
Feb 2021 : Monday
Morning Winery Tour on Waiheke Island
Daily Photo – Morning Winery Tour on Waiheke Island
When we stayed on Waiheke for a few days, we ended up heading over to try out a few different wineries. I don’t have a perfect memory, but I seem to remember this beach was the home to Man o’ War wineries. I didn’t know what was over on the other side of the dock, so I launched the quad to swing it around and get a sense of the whole coastline.
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February 2018 : Saturday
Feb 2018 : Saturday
Tree in Waiheke
Looking to get away from cold USA Winters?
Why not come down here to New Zealand! It’s summertime and a great excuse to get out of all that coldness. If you need more incentive, check out the New Zealand Keyword in my SmugMug Portfolio!.
A bit of Post-Processing Love
This one was a fun little photo. I show you how to increase the sharpness and glow to selected areas of the image using layers. Thank you again for being a Passport Member and I hope you enjoy today’s edit!
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Daily Photo – Tree in Waiheke
The hilly areas of New Zealand (which is probably like 75%!) are filled with these huge trees that are just kinda hanging out alone on hilltops. Many times I see some distant tree and I think, “Hey, I should walk over there!” So, this day on Waiheke I did! You usually have to jump over a fence or four, but no one ever minds. You can walk through these hills all day long and never see another soul!
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February 2018 : Monday
Feb 2018 : Monday
Visiting Waiheke
New Video!
Hey if you’re a lucky Passport Member, you’ll see a new how-to-edit video for today’s photo. It’s mostly a vertirama made from several quadcopter shots. I think you’ll enjoy the edit!
And here’s quick how-to video that shows you how to stitch together a four shot vertorama I shot using the DJI Phantom Pro 4 drone and then edit the vertorama in Aurora HDR 2018.
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Daily Photo – Visiting Waiheke
Thanks again to my friend Deanie for letting my family stay at her place on Waiheke! It was a great little vacation after Tina’s doctor visit in Auckland. Waiheke is less than an hour away by ferry and it’s like a perfect little island getaway! There are so many cool beaches and awesome places to visit. If you have an extra few days on your next trip to New Zealand, be sure to come over thisaway!
Over the wine fields of Waiheke Island
Awesome Heletranz
If you don’t want to take the ferry to Waiheke Island and instead arrive in style, I recommend Heletranz as an incredible way to see the island and travel about. They can set you up for a day-long experience that includes visiting wineries, crazy car rides, knife-throwing, gun-shooting (those last three via Boomrock), and more! Here’s a live show we did while there!
Daily Photo – Over the wine fields of Waiheke Island
I got up with the quadcopter as many times as I could while on the island… looking at these photos really makes me want to go back. It’s just a short ferry ride from Auckland, and now I have some new friends that live there. If you’re planning a month-long trip to New Zealand, be sure to spend a few days over here, touring the wineries and whatnot.
Flying over Waiheke
Bonus Video – Phantom 4 Pro Footage
This is all footage from the Phantom 4 Pro that I shot here in New Zealand — all locations are less than an hour from my studio here in Queenstown (a little Queenstown plug there!). Music is “AMB – Set in Stone” — see the full DJI Phantom 4 Pro Review here on the site.
Daily Photo – Flying over Waiheke
Here’s another quad shot (two days in a row!). Again, I loved the shot from the ground-based angle. But when I got the quad up in the air, it was a totally different scene. At least carrying around the Mavic is now easier than carrying around the Phantom. I really dig this little device!
