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A view down the ridge to Milford Sound from about 1,250m, Mitre Peak, Milford Sound, New Zealand

A view down the ridge to Milford Sound from about 1,250m, Mitre Peak, Milford Sound, New Zealand
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COOLPIX P7800

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Aperture f/8 ISO 100 Shutter 1/250 Focal Length 6/1

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Jan, 2018

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Wow, that takes courage......No,excuse me; that takes really big courage to get a shot like that. Great shot man.

More sweat than courage, but thanks :-)

great!

Thank you

cool photograph with nice details and good contrasts, keep shooting!

Thanks Marc. Your gallery is very nice - I see you travel quite a bit - time to get down to New Zealand.

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Makes me feel queasy just looking at you photo

I guess thats a good thing in this particular case. Thanks :-)

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Love the shot but my stomach did a flip flop looking at it. Heights...

Climbing up gets good view though. Thank you.

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Thank you for joining my old shoe/boot challenge and good luck! Kathy

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That is SOOO Beautiful and Relaxing

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OK, I'm already backing away from the precipice. WOW!~

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Behind The Lens

Location

In January, summer, high on the knife edge ridge of Mitre Peak in Milford sound, New Zealand.

Time

Mid afternoon.

Lighting

The sun was at my back, ideal for both well lit foregrounds and backgrounds.

Equipment

A Nikon P7800. For this shot the zoom setting was 28mm, ISO 100, F8 and shutter 1/250 sec.

Inspiration

I was really just taking a break when the airiness of my seat became apparent.

Editing

Adjustments in Camera RAW to bring out detail in light and shadow, then some further minor polishing in PhotoShop.

In my camera bag

I love the mountains, so as little as possible - at present a Nikon D750 camera body, a Nikkor 24-120 small zoom and the 55-300 bigger zoom, a spare battery and beaten up lightweight tripod - good for hiking. If I'm going for a summit then it's even less - a compact Nikon P7800 with mirrorless through the lens digital view finder, full manual operation and RAW file capture - absolutely great when you still want to control your photography but need to keep moving and can't afford to have stuff hanging off you.

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Keep thinking, keep looking. Great shots aren’t always planned, especially if you put yourself in spectacular settings.

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