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Tag: Gimp
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After what feels like a few more weeks of amazing weather, works end welcomed the rain. I parked the car and strolled down to the beach, just missing the main rain cloud as it passed Rangitoto. The beach, flooded with rain, showed no sign of footsteps or human contact that no doubt crazed it earlier…
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I am a bit sick today, so excuse the limited text. Forgotten Jetty, shot last week on the Olympus E-500. Converted to B&W in Gimp with vignette added as well as pushing the contrast a bit.
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With ongoing in/out internet connections this weekend, I have managed to finally upload today’s shot, ‘Blue and Yellow’. Shot on a recent walk, I love walking through the bush and looking up at the leaves of trees stretching up to the sun. On a clear day, the plain background highlights the details of the tree,…
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Just a quick mobile post for this evening. Auckland has its first rain in 2013 and my home internet is playing up. Shot at the uppermost point of Glenfield/Greenhithe, this scenic little river flows down into the Waitemata Harbour. Shot on the Olympus E-500 and edited in Gimp.
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What started as a ~1 hour walk out and about, turned into a 20km 5 1/2 hour walk today! Quite enjoyable, but it would have been better if I didn’t only have my jandals (thongs/flip-flops) on. Starting off (entirely on Auckland’s North Shore) in Eskdale Bush, I worked my way to Kaipatiki Bush, and then…