Tag Archives: new zealand

Landscapes, Pentax K200D, Sigma 10-20mm f4.0-5.6

Peregrine Winery, Gibbston Valley

1 Comment

The old building at the Peregrine Winery, Gibbston Valley, Central Otago, New Zealand.

Highly recommend their wines!

They recently built a new building to house their wine making facilities, its design is based on a Peregrine’s wing. The winery itself got its name after a family of Peregrines which live on the property.

This is a single exposure taken with my Pentax K200D and Sigma 10-20mm f4.0-5.6 and processed using Lightroom 3

Landscapes, Pentax K200D, Sigma 10-20mm f4.0-5.6

Glenorchy Jetty, NZ

Leave a comment

Glenorchy Jetty, NZ, originally uploaded by jezza323.

Looking from the end of the jetty back towards Glenorchy, south of Queenstown, in New Zealand.

Taken with Pentax K200D and Sigma 10-20 f4.0-5.6, handheld

3 shots taken at +/-2.0 EV and blended using Photomatix Exposure Blend, final processing in Lightroom 3

A lot of the photos from my Queenstown honeymoon are done using exposure blending in Photomatix, the main reason for this is that with the high mountains all around and the low angle of the sun due to being so far south in the middle of the year means you have very strong shadows from the mountains falling over half of your shots, but not over the rest!

These shadows everywhere make it quite hard to prevent blown out highlights, while maintaining good detail in the darker areas of the shot. A quick swap to Bracketing mode on the camera gets 3 shots at +/- 2.0 EV, and a little extra processing results in a much better balanced final image.

Landscapes, Pentax K200D, Sigma 10-20mm f4.0-5.6

Just Driving Along

Leave a comment

Just Driving Along, originally uploaded by jezza323.

Buy art

 
This is another shot from my honeymoon in New Zealand. This was taken while on a Lord of the Rings tour as we drove down the well named “Paradise Road” which lies not far outside of the very small town of Glenorchy. Quite a few movies have had scenes filmed down this road, and I would recommend you check it out if you are in the area.

I took this with the Pentax K200D and Sigma 10-20mm f4.0-5.6 handheld, from the passenger seat of the 4wd van. The dirt road was quite rough, but I wanted to get the motion blur, so I am l lucky that I was able to get one where the distant parts of the scene are fairly sharp.

Landscapes, Pentax K200D, Sigma 10-20mm f4.0-5.6

Jetty, In Colour

Leave a comment

Jetty, In Colour, originally uploaded by jezza323.

A nice frost covered jetty on Lake Wakatipu, just outside of Queenstown. I can say from experience that it is very slippery! This is looking over towards The Remarkables. I was lucky to get a nice smooth bit of water for some great reflections.

This is another one taken with the Pentax K200D and Sigma 10-20mm f4.0-5.6, also used the Slik 500DX Pro tripod and remote cable release. 3 shots taken at +/- 2.0 EV and blended using Photomatix Exposure Blender, final processing in Lightroom 3

Landscapes, Pentax K200D, Tamron 17-50mm f2.8

Lake Wakatipu Shoreline

1 Comment

Lake Wakatipu Shoreline, originally uploaded by jezza323.

This was breaking out the NDX400 filter in New Zealand. I went for a little walk along the shoreline of Lake Wakatipu and setup for some long exposures. This is looking up the lake towards the airport.

Taken with Pentax K200D and Tamron 17-50mm f2.8, Hoya NDX400 filter (9 stop ND), remote cable release and Slik 500DX Pro tripod. 3 shots taken at +/- 2.0 EV, blended using Photomatix and final processing in Lightroom 3

Landscapes, Pentax K200D, Sigma 10-20mm f4.0-5.6

Queenstown Skyline

Leave a comment

Queenstown Skyline, originally uploaded by jezza323.

Taken from the lookout above Queenstown, this gives an idea of the amazing scenery here. The range in front is “The Remarkables”, the lake is “Lake Wakatipu” and the town is Queenstown itself.

Taken with Pentax K200D and Sigma 10-20mm f4.0-5.6 hand held. Blended from 3 shots at +/- 2.0 EV using Photomatix Exposure Blender, final processing in Lightroom 3

Landscapes, Pentax K200D, Sigma 10-20mm f4.0-5.6

Lake Wakatipu – Queenstown, NZ

2 Comments


Lake Wakatipu – Queenstown, NZ, originally uploaded by jezza323.

Buy art

 
On the 26th of June 2010, I was married to my lovely wife, Kim. On the 27th of June, we jumped a plane across the ditch to New Zealand for our honeymoon. We chose Queenstown as our destination and it was amazing. I took about 10gb of photos all up, and had a great time. This is one of my favourites.

This is taken with my Pentax K200D, my recently acquired Sigma 10-20mm f4.0-5.6, my Slik 500DX Pro tripod, a remote cable release and a cheap Citiwide branded 77mm Infrared 720nm filter. It was processed in Lightroom 3 and came out with some really great contrast.

Let me know what you think