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Tauranga customised photo tour

23 Monday Sep 2019

Posted by brians101 in Adventure, bay of plenty, Brian Scantlebury, Lakes, Landscapes, Long exposures, Mount Maunganui, new zealand, new zealand, tauranga, bay of plenty, New Zealand., Papamoa, Tauranga New Zealand, Photo Tour, Bay of Plenty, photograph/travel, Photography, Port of Tauranga, Tauranga, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand, Travel images, Uncategorized

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Tauranga customised photo tour starts today (Sept 18) with airport collection about midday.

I have designed a personalised tour focusing on landscapes and night shoots commencing in Rotorua for the first afternoon then shifting to Tauranga.

First stop, Redwood Forest in Rotorua where we captured some impressive shots showing the height depth of the forest of these 118 year old trees.

Taking a break, Anne sits on bench part way through.

Forest floor and mossy dead tree trunk

 

 

Looking up applying selective focus.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Creating forest abstract vertical motion blur was a lot of fun and produced some interesting results. Also received some pretty good instagram reponses. Check out @lex2891 on instagram.

And, a little culture at Ohinemutu on the way out.

A stop in bottom of Pyes Pa Gorge Road on way to Tauranga for some long exposure shots round off the afternoons shooting.

 

Morning beach sunrises, bush walks, waterfalls, and evening harbour and night lights shoots will follow over 4 days. We’ll throw in travelling in a vintage Ford Model T for a visit to a kiwifruit orchard, its pruning season, so not most interesting time but expect to see workers in action, and a cruise across, and around, Lake Rotoiti in a vintage boat with fish and chips lunch.

So here’s a little summary of the tour. It’s fair to say it went really well. We covered a lot of territory in the days available, we were able to share photography techniques, see some new ones tried and in the evenings look into expanding the use of Lightroom by a better understanding of some of its features.

Early morning, blue hour at Mount Maunganui;

Marine Parade corner during blue hour.

 

Following the early start we head up to McLaren Falls in the Kaimai Range

 

Lex sets up for a shot of stream while Lex and Eric take in the view.

The afternoon sees us head to Te Puna Quarry. A chance to build on our botanical collections. Bright Maori carving above stands over entrance to one of the Quarry paths.

Then down to Tauranga Marina for the sunset.

Spinifex, large highway sculpture makes a striking image against sky just before sunrise as we head to Papamoa for a sunrise beach shoot.

 

Beach grasses while sun is still low make for a great study along with the myriad of beach shots.

 

Lex lines up a log and casts a                              long shadow.

 

 

 

Then off to see a kiwifruit orchard in 1930’s Ford. Stopping by the orchard outhouse for workers.

 

From the orchard to Otaramarae and the vintage “Cappy” for a small geese call and trip trip across Lake Rotoiti for lunch.

Lex and captain John tuck into a lunch of fish and chip on back of the boat.

Lex

Crossing the lake.

An afternoon on and around Tauranga harbour yields some great scenic shots. Above, Mount Maunganui and below a couple of freight ships in port.

Mount Maunganui-31

Before leaving the harbour, container cranes under a sunburst.

 

At the Bridge Marina for our last dinner together when we caught this little tacker on a scooter.

 

 

 

 

 

Last shoot, Okere Falls en-route to Rotorua Airport and return home.

Four days, a great range of photo opps, and the chance to utilise a range of photographic techniques – a great few days.

These and a selection of other images can be seen at www.brianscantlebury.com

Tauranga images              Rotorua images      enquiries; brian@brianscantlebury.com

 

 

 

 

 

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Autumn at McLaren Falls Park, Tauranga

13 Thursday Jun 2019

Posted by brians101 in Autumn colours, bay of plenty, Brian Scantlebury, fine art photography, Lakes, Landscapes, New Zealand, new zealand, tauranga, bay of plenty, New Zealand., Stock Photography, Travel Photography

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Autumn at McLaren Falls Park, Tauranga is always a special time.

https://www.brianscantlebury.com/New-Zealand-photos/Tauranga-photos/i-Dr4vbpt

Tauranga‘s climate is generally too warm to produce the stunning autumn colours found in cooler locales. But up in the Kaimai Range that all changes.

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Take a detour, New Zealand’s South Island it’s really worth it!

14 Thursday May 2015

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“The really happy person is the one who can enjoy the scenery, even when they have to take a detour.”
― James Jeans

Great stock landscape for backgrounds or canvas prints to adorn any room or office.

Check this image, with others from the region,  just uploaded to http://www.brianscantlebury.com

Such wonderful landscapes are certainly worthy of a detour. Image shot in February 2015, HDR post processing used to give a vibrant deep image highlighting the turquoise snow-feed lake water with the golden dry summer grass around the lake banks.

Lake Pukaki, Canterbury, South Island NZ.

Lake Pukaki, Canterbury, South Island NZ.

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