Stormy Sea and Sky

Bit of a wild day at the beach, helped along by Photoshop.

Wairewa Causeway, Birdlings Flat

Seen on a walk around the beach the other day, followed by some advanced pixel torturing.

Ian Fishing

Ian fishing while Linda and I were sprawling on the shingle with cameras.

High Country Station

Another old infrared, from 1996. This can’t be reshot, as that near hedge is now a big shelter belt! Taken just outside Lake Tekapo.

Poranui Surf Panorama

Sunday was clear and fine, with a sou’wester blowing, and lots of people turned up at the beach around high tide. We had visiting family, so we all headed down for the show.

Moonset, Poranui Beach

Shingle and surf – and a quadbike – are essential ingredients of the scene down at the beach. The view down Kaitorete Spit, clear to the mountains, is not always there.

Ruin, Mount Ross Station

We’ve been going through our old negatives, scanning some old favourites and reproducing the printing we did in the darkroom. This is an infrared from Easter 1996, taken on a Rangiora Photographic Society trip to Mount Ross Station, near Middlemarch, Otago. This shot was printed with partial enlarger diffusion and sepia toned, and did quite well in competitions, including an award in a PSNZ magazine comp.

Surf Before Dawn, Poranui Beach

Another shot from last Saturday, as the mist thickened. Amazing light and big surf – quite a morning!

Poranui Beach Before Dawn

We’re well settled in the new house, so maybe it’s time to get blogging again. It was a clear, sharp morning so we wandered down to the beach with cameras. A low sea mist was creeping in, and the surf was quite heavy as the sky started to lighten. This shot was taken half an hour before sunrise, before the mist got very thick.