Posts tagged “New Zealand

Im on a Boat

Couple of shots from a fine day at Oriental Parade in Wellington.

Maintenance person painting rust spots on the Tug Boat Restaurant.

Tourists sitting on the Oriental Bay Breakwater.

Rolleiflex 2.8 E, Agfa Vista 200 ISO Film (muchly expired)


Concrete Pouring in Manners Mall

They are currently turning the pedestrian Manners Mall into a road for buses. I have to say that it is pretty impressive how much of a foundation they are having to put down for the road to go on.

Rolleiflex 2.8 E, Ilford FP4 125 ISO Film.


Couple More 360 Degree Panoramic Images

Alas the Nodal Ninja has gone back to its owner but here go another couple of pics.

Nikon D70s, 18-70mm Lens, ISO 200. Nodal Ninja and Tripod. 22 Images stitched in Photoshop


Nodal Ninja 360 Degree Panoramic Images

Wow! That title is a bit of a mouthful.

This week I have had the fun experience of borrowing a Nodal Ninja (or as Amanda calls it a “Noodle Ninja”)

For those of you who don’t know what this is… It’s basically a device that enables you to pivot around the absolute centre of your lens when you are taking images to stitch together.

unfortunately WordPress doesn’t display these too well since they are really wide, but you get the idea…

All the below images are made up of 22 images stitched together with Photoshop.

Nikon D70s, 18-70mm Lens, Nodal Ninja, Induro Tripod.


Be Free

Rolleiflex 2.8 E, Fuji Neopan 400 ISO Film.


Rainy Sunday

In true Wellington weather fashion last Sunday started out sunny and then about half way through the day there was a torrential downpour followed by being nice and sunny again.

Anyway when the rain hit everyone was pretty unprepared for it so I managed to get a couple of shots of people crossing the road from under a veranda.

Rolleiflex 2.8 E, Ilford FP4 125 ISO Film.


And Sometimes You Just Get Busted

Since I got the Rollei I have been taking more candid shot of people without them usually knowing that I am taking them (wow when I say it out loud it sounds kinda creepy)… but anyway its quite nice that a lot of the time people are looking at the camera when I take the image because they either don’t know what it is or they do know what it is.

And then sometimes you get a shot like this where they know exactly whats going on 🙂

Nothing was said but the expression says it all.

Rolleiflex 2.8 E, Fuji Neopan 400 ISO Film.


Oriental Parade Panos

Another older image. This one is onto of the fisherman’s Table on Oriental Parade Wellington.

Couple of amusing things about this image:

The front of the roof is actually round and when it was put into Photoshop it straightened it up.

This is back before I took panos in the vertical mode.

Must go back and shoot this again some time.

Not sure what treatment I like best and slightly annoyed with the burnt out sky but all the more reason to go re-shoot.

Nikon D70s, 50mm f1.8 Lens, ISO 200, Made up of 9 images stitched.


Who Needs A Lensbaby When You Have A 4×5 Camera

A couple of images from a foray with my 4×5 camera with a 6×7 rollback on it.

It always amuses me that when I havent used my 4×5 for a while I have a tendency to over do it a bit… Here are 2 prime examples 🙂

Cambo 4×5 Camera, Linhof 90mm Lens, Fuji Velvia 100 ISO Film


Reflections in a Puddle

My favourite spot at the moment for after a heavy rain.

I like how this guy looks a little like a wolfman to the extent that it looks like he has claws (sorry if you are that guy no offence intended)

Rollieflex 2.8 E, Fuji Neopan 400 ISO Film.


HDR

An HDR from half way up Wrights Hill in Wellington looking out towards Makara.

Slightly messy processing but liked the effect.

Nikon D70s, 50mm f1.8, ISO 400, Made up of 5 images


More Random Street Shooting

More random street shooting images from the Rolleiflex.

Rolleiflex 2.8 E, Mixture of Fuji Neopan 400 and Ilford FP4 125 ISO Films.