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Pania of the reef



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An old Maori legend tells how Pania, lured by the siren voices of the sea people, swam out to meet them. When she endeavored to return to her lover she was tran...
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An old Maori legend tells how Pania, lured by the siren voices of the sea people, swam out to meet them. When she endeavored to return to her lover she was transformed into the reef which now lies beyond the Napier breakwater.
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stevenwatkins
 
stevenwatkins August 27, 2015
This is such a cool photo of this. I have been Napier a few times & thought this is from there. A cool composition of this statue.
scottmclintock
 
scottmclintock September 12, 2016
Thanks for entering my nz challenge. This is a beautiful shot & the moon sets it off nicely. I've chosen this as the "grand winner" congratulations
jettahlily008 Platinum
 
jettahlily008 September 21, 2016
Beautiful capture & composition!!! :)
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thunderlake February 12, 2017
Incredible creativity and skill -- gorgeous!!
texaaronpueschel Platinum
 
texaaronpueschel February 02, 2018
This one gets it! It is all-round good.
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Behind The Lens

Location

This photo was taken in Napier New Zealand, there are some public gardens along the seafront and PANIA is a bronze statue beside one of the colourful gardens. She is illuminated by night and I went out with taking some low moon shots in mind with reflection on the sea.

Time

The time of day/night was about 7.00pm just as the full moon was rising.

Lighting

The flood lighting that is present to light the garden is all that was used.

Equipment

Nikon D90 - 18to55 lens - tripod and release cable.

Inspiration

It just presented itself in front of me I could not resist.

Editing

The moon was over exposed and I swapped it with another one exposed correctly on the same shoot with Photoshop.

In my camera bag

D7200, D80 selection of lenses and tripod

Feedback

The essential equipment is a tripod for any long exposure shots, I tend to set the camera to aperture priority and let the metering decide the time. I prefer to control the depth of field in this way.

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