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Hides In Eternity's Lights

This was last night on the Esplanade. I ventured out on a mission of chance to see what I could find. I often do this, it's sort of a personal creative challenge to see what I can find and create at imperfect times of the day. In case you're wondering, no the lights of St Clair along the Esplanade aren't those colours. They are actually the type of street lights (sodium vapor I think ) that give off that awful orange glow, so I decided they needed some brightening up and changing with a bit of colour variation. Published on http://blog.caswellimages.com/

An historic stone wall separates farm fields on the Otago Peninsula, Dunedin

There Grows The Human Spirit

The Esplanade at St Clair is a lovely area of coast with some outstanding Bars and Restaurants. It's also home to White Island and 'The Poles' on St Clair beach which have become icons in their own right. Instead of making the 'The Poles' he focal point of this image, I wanted to make them part of it. Personally, I love the way White Island sits just off the coast of St Kilda and St Clair, appearing to be in a constant state of flux with light and sea forever dancing around it. Published at https://blog.caswellimages.com/

Sea Lettuce grows on a rock formation at Taiaroa Heads.

The dance of colour

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Creeping in a Twilight Light

There's definitely an autumnal feel creeping into Dunedin at the moment. The mornings are a bit colder now, the twilight is still long enough to enjoy some daylight hours and the winter winds are starting to make their presence felt. It a great time to go on some short photo walks amongst the autumn leaves like these that I found at the University yesterday afternoon. Published on social media.

To this change in colour.

With some of the weather over the weekend it was hard to believe that summer has now ended and we are now in autumn. There are signs however as the usual change in colour around the city is currently happening, particularly throughout the town belt.

The Evening Blue

A delectable Dunedin evening on the esplanade last night after sunset as the lights took hold and the evening blue lingered for a while. Published at https://blog.caswellimages.com/

A friendly smile and a word is sweet.

Buildings are great to photograph because you can do all sorts of things with them. They’re fascinating to explore at all sorts of angles from all sorts of positions and points of view. New buildings have different characteristics than old buildings which means that they interact with light different and they are loads of fun to process in whatever programme you use. Personally, I think I like old doorways the most however I thought this building corner in Dunedin was kinda funky with it’s dark windows. Published on http://blog.caswellimages.com/

Above The Town Noises Do Sing

I think I need to look up more, or at least change the perspective in my shots more than I do. Personally, I think it’s really healthy to look back through my work to see what I notice. I recently did this and decided that I use to use a far greater range of angles than I have recently. I might have to take a few more minutes when setting my shots up to if I can find a more interesting or unique POV (point of view). This is the clock tower in Octagon here in Dunedin, I’m not sure when the clock was first put in place but I’d imagine it was pre 1890’s. Published at https://blog.caswellimages.com/

As I Walked The Street So Empty

City streets seem so empty when it’s dark and there’s no-one around. I guess that’s what makes them interesting. Street lights like these are great just after it’s rained because the all the surfaces have a shine to them and the light reflect really well. When the streets are empty at night you get all sorts of options for where to shoot from without having to worry to much about being in the way. Then, if you can get something large like a bus streaking through the image the effect is awesome. Published at https://blog.caswellimages.com/