Here We See These Visions Are Big Lake Dunstan & Clyde Dam, Clyde – Central Otago Wednesday, July 16th 2013 Camera maker: Canon F – Stop: f/5.6 Exposure time: 1/30sec ISO speed: ISO 125 Focal length: 40mm Historical Note: The trip to the top of the lookout about Clyde is a pretty spectacular drive, however I ended up doing it in the middle of winter, in the dark, with a decent frost on the ground. About three quarters of the way up I had to abandon the car (due to ice) and finish the journey on foot! Photographic Note: This shot was an exercise in patience. Once I found the spot I wanted it was a case of getting the settings and calculations correct and waiting for cars to head along the road beside Lake Dunstan while hoping the sky lasted.
That I Wandered This Far From Home Home Hills Runs Road, St Bathans – Central Otago Saturday, October 25th 2014 Camera maker: Canon F – Stop: f/9 Exposure time: 1/250sec ISO speed: ISO 100 Focal length: 10mm Historical Note: There are many roads around the St Bathans and Ida Valley area like Home Hills Runs Road. They seem long and deserted, yet they still have their own unique sense of calmness and wonder. Photographic Note: Once I dropped the horizon down and let the sky and road take centre stage this image started to give the sense of what it really felt like, standing in the middle of an empty Central Otago Road.
A Silent Invisible Traveller Did Come By Poolburn, Ida Valley – Central Otago Saturday, October 25th 2014 Camera maker: Canon F – Stop: f/10 Exposure time: 1/320sec ISO speed: ISO 100 Focal length: 10mm Historical Note: Getting to Poolburn is an adventurous drive up the Old Dunstan Road that twists and turns through part of the Ida Valley. Once you get there, it’s like an Oasis or a well-kept secret with the old huts scattered around a marvellous lake. Photographic Note: I played around with all sorts of compositions at Poolburn and I fell into the trap of over thinking what I wanted to capture. The final result (which I’m pretty pleased with), came after putting the camera down, stopping and asking myself, “what unique view speaks to me?”
