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More Grass

Another day of recovery, another photo from the files.

There is something quite relaxing about an image in the grass of a limited depth of field. I think it creates a feeling of ease, care free’ness and one can imagine the soft wind blowing it, with the sound of stalks rubbing against each other in the wind.

Shot on the Sony Nex, I cropped the aspect with black boarders, otherwise straight from the camera.

All going well, back to work tomorrow, so I will take photo in hand and find some new images!

 

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Mondays End

Mondays are usually a busy day for me. Its back to work, and then training with the fire service in the evening. Today was particularly busy with me setting up for some employer awards. End result of all of this being no time for taking some images (although I did get a few shot at the awards)

‘Mondays End’ was shot the other weekend on the Olympus four thirds DSLR I borrowed. A nice simple and relaxing image shot laying in the long grass with the telephoto lens.

Only resizing done in post processing, with the colour etc. straight from the camera.

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Above the Grass

Down here in Auckland New Zealand we are still experiencing the changeable nature of spring. One minute it is sunny, the next rain. Temperature wise its mildish. NZ Band Crowded House once sung the song ‘four seasons in one day’. It really can apply here!  Its all a signal that summer is on the way though…I think…

Shot on my Sony Nex 5N @54mm, ‘Above the Grass’ is a simple capture of these beautiful little flowers standing out in the green grass field.

Aside from resizing, I didn’t do any post processing work on this image. I love the simple soft and peaceful summer like feeling it creates.

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The Field of Onion Weed

A quick stroll on the way home across the ‘river’ (not sure if it is natural or not) by the Lake House Art Centre I went to a while ago took me along a field near the motorway, and covered in onion weed. I had tried to get there on my last visit, but it was so boggy (as in more than what I often tackle) I had to wait for a drier day.

It was still too wet to sit down, but the onion weed field really brought a nice sense of spring to the otherwise cloudy and windy afternoon. Getting down into the grass I snapped off a few shots on the Sony, and chose the above for today’s shot.

In Gimp, I played a little with levels, contrast and cloned out a tall building from nearby Takapuna.

I also managed to finish the film in my Ricoh TLS SLR camera and develop it tonight. A quick look before going into the drying cupboard suggest I should have a nice shot or two I can share, so watch this space!

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Boat in the Bay

I woke up early this morning. After the noisy people at the bar below our venue last night, the cleaners proved to be just as loud come sunrise. As we were checking out mid morning I wanted to explore a bit more of Gulf Harbour anyway. I wandered my way through the side streets as the sun slowly arose, admiring some amazingly big houses. Being Gulf Harbour is full of boats and launches of all types, it was not overly surprising there was $$ in this area.

Eventually I ended up on a cliff top looking out to the sea. A beautifully calm day. Here I caught todays shot of a sailboat drifting just off the bay. Aside from the birds (and the cleaner back at the motel) it was dead silent. A great peaceful walk with an amazing view.

Taken on the Ricoh in bleach mode, post cropped in Gimp 2.8.

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