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Metropolitan Musings

Metropolitan Musings

Standing on Maungawhau looking down over my city shrouded in fog turning to gold in the light of the rising sun it's easy to slip away into quiet introspec...
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Standing on Maungawhau looking down over my city shrouded in fog turning to gold in the light of the rising sun it's easy to slip away into quiet introspection.
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Aperture f/14 ISO 80 Shutter 1/25 Focal Length 36/1

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Aug, 2018

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Last weekend I took a road trip north based on a favourable weather forecast in that direction. As is fairly typical they had it wrong and by the time

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Cloud cover catching the setting sun over the converging lines of Okahu Wharf just off Auckland's Tamaki Drive.

Just after sunrise the sun disappeared behind cloud cover, creating beautiful muted tones and silhouetting a solo craggy tree. In the distance tiny sh

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A lone tree on top of a rocky outcrop highlighted by the rising milky way.

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I spend a lot of time chasing colour but sometimes there's a striking purity to a shot void of distraction.

I shot a sunset down at an Auckland beach last night. I spotted this branch in the shallows and just after the sun disappeared I gave it the long expo

A little bit of long exposure treatment looking out to Rangitoto Island across the Hauraki Gulf with a touch of natural wood framing.

Sky drama created by a 30 second exposure and reflected in a perfect glassy rock pool.

This sunrise was shot on Monday 7th January 2019, my first one for the year. So not only was this a very special start to the week but it was a magic

A picturesque little stretch of river not far below Kitekite Falls above Piha on Auckland's West Coast.

It's amazing how a little mist can completely change the feel of a photograph. I love the 'Lord of the Rings' feel to this one.

There is something magical about a crisp misty morning. Everything looks different, delicate and ethereal. Ordinarily we get mist in Auckland around a

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