Tauranga Island
Jan, 2014Views
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Contest Finalist in Resource Travel Inspiration Photo Contest vol1
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Magnificent Capture
Exceptional Contrast
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symesie04
February 25, 2014
Absolutely fabulous. Love the way the clouds and see create a narrow border. A great little oasis.
akhtarkhan
February 25, 2014
Amazing find, wonderful view, splendid capture. Congrats on the feature.
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joecrofton
February 25, 2014
Stunning, youv'e captured a brooding tranquil atmosphere aswell as a beautiful gem of a landscape
Kazza60
February 25, 2014
Congratulations on your Featured award .. lovely composition .. awesome sky
BowmanLifeStudios
February 25, 2014
This is a beautiful landscape shot, love the clouds and the water! Excellent job!
philipbebbington
February 26, 2014
Stunning and beautiful landscape image,love the tones in this shot. Congrats
Platinum
carolyns
March 02, 2014
Beautiful capture ...the cloud and sea textures give it such impact - And it must be in my country with the name Tauranga. Think it might be Mount Maunganui?? There was a major fire there a few years ago which is probably where the green treeless part is.
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nandicmb
October 07, 2015
Congratulations on your Contest Finalist win in Resource Travel Inspiration Photo Contest vol1!
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Behind The Lens
Location
I was on a 14 day New Zealand/Australia cruise and we were pulling into dock at Tauranga, NZ New Zealand is such an incredible place to take photographs.Time
The sun had not come up yet. I believe it was about 5 a.m.Lighting
I was intrigued with the way the light was playing off the clouds and water.Equipment
I had a tripod set up with my Nikon D3S and 14-24mm lens on it. I was bracketing shots so I could do an HDR picture as I felt the view would work well with that process.Inspiration
The lighting and the water along with the green on the island was just breathtaking. It was so quiet and peaceful. I just felt this would be a keeper shot.Editing
I did run the bracketed pictures through Photomatix Pro and then did some minor tweaking afterward with Lightroom and I believe at the time Topaz software.In my camera bag
Currently I have the Fuji XT-1Feedback
I give all the credit for this picture to the awesome teachings of Trey Ratcliff @ Stuckincustoms.com He is an incredible teacher and I've learned so much from him. February 2013 I spent a week with him back in New Zealand for a workshop. He's so gracious and giving. I highly recommend learning anything you can from Trey if you are interested in HDR photography.
