The Walk to Hooker Valley Glacier - Part II

toomz · 5th April 2006

Continued from Part 1 ....

#5
It looks cold under the Summer sun

#6
Final Destination!!!

#7
Up close and personal

#8
Not getting any younger ... Need a break after the long walk

Links to some more pics from my travel ....
Alongside Christchurch Cathedral
Gloomy New Brighton Pier
Summit Road Lookout
No Rush Here
Leafy Greens
Straight Ahead
Crossing
Church, Tekapo
Good Shepherd Church
Serene Lake
Rising From Behind
Pano From Cowans Hill
Gloomy Skies
Panos from Tekapo Surroundings
Gloomy Weather along Heritage Trail
Vast
En-Route to Mt Cook
The Walk to Hooker Valley Glacier - Part I
Taking Off
Cardrona Valley
Highway 94 to Milford
Fiordland Sights
Cruise on Milford Sound
Queenstown Hill
Mt Aspiring
From Above

purplephoenix · 5th April 2006

A lovely series with appropriate cropping done to bring out the images. Thanks for sharing. My geography isn't that great, could u enlighten me on the place? thanks

toomz · 5th April 2006

Originally Posted by purplephoenix

A lovely series with appropriate cropping done to bring out the images. Thanks for sharing. My geography isn't that great, could u enlighten me on the place? thanks

Tks! Haha... it was down south in NZ.

fweddy · 5th April 2006

toomz,
i must say, your pictures are beautiful

very rare to see such lovely lanscape pictures here. the picture quality is great and colours look vibrant and rich. the composition of your pictures too are fantastic. Fred Miranda standard i must compliment. Simply gorgeous.

Nice one Pal

toomz · 5th April 2006

Originally Posted by fweddy

toomz,
i must say, your pictures are beautiful very rare to see such lovely lanscape pictures here. the picture quality is great and colours look vibrant and rich. the composition of your pictures too are fantastic. Fred Miranda standard i must compliment. Simply gorgeous.

Nice one Pal

erhmm .. me nowhere near fred

Just a causal shooter though.

fweddy · 5th April 2006

Originally Posted by toomz

erhmm .. me nowhere near fred

Just a causal shooter though.

casual shooter dont use rebel xt haha. humble is good, pathway to success.

cheers mate

innovate · 5th April 2006

Very impressed on the picture, nice shot. Keep posting.

exhibitj · 7th April 2006

Really reminded me of my NZ trip. Good series you have here!

ngcwd · 7th April 2006

Originally Posted by toomz

#6
Final Destination!!!

I quite like this shot.

May I request to know what lens did you use and what were the settings. Thx.

toomz · 8th April 2006

Originally Posted by exhibitj

Really reminded me of my NZ trip. Good series you have here!

Tks ... Coming back to reality was a real

... Hope to go back again some time in the future.

toomz · 8th April 2006

Originally Posted by ngcwd

I quite like this shot. May I request to know what lens did you use and what were the settings. Thx.

Can't recall the settings off hand now but I was just armed with the kit lens.

photonick2004 · 9th April 2006

Nice photos Toomz.

Got a little advice for you. I find the colour a little off due to glare. Try polariser next time round to get rid of glare. Sure will boost your colours up.

toomz · 10th April 2006

Originally Posted by photonick2004

Nice photos Toomz.
Got a little advice for you. I find the colour a little off due to glare. Try polariser next time round to get rid of glare. Sure will boost your colours up.

Hmm.. I do not quite understand the 'glare' that you are refering to.
Care to elaborate? Tks

FLiNcHY · 19th April 2006

I'm sorry, but where's the glacier?

title said Hooker valley Glacier but all i see are mountains and ice. No glaciers in sight.

Maybe global warming took them all away already.

Nice pictures otherwise

toomz · 19th April 2006

Originally Posted by FLiNcHY

I'm sorry, but where's the glacier?

title said Hooker valley Glacier but all i see are mountains and ice. No glaciers in sight.

Maybe global warming took them all away already.

Nice pictures otherwise

#6 is the place where the end of the glacier melts into water and runs all the way downstream. Global warming has caused much of them to recede further inland.
I didn't quite explore upstream further, was getting hungry

You can see that in #7 there are are still chuncks of ice melting away in the water.
Moreover it was summer time, not sure how it would look like in winter though.

hazmee · 19th April 2006

Seems like you had a breathtaking view to begin with. Thanks for sharing!

m-zai · 19th April 2006

real nice series you have

Just curious

...are you on your own expedition trip??? or is it a guided tour???

Moonstone · 19th April 2006

Great pics!

Almost can feel the cold just by looking at the pics. You shoot all in Raw format? For what I've experience it's not easy to shoot glacier because of all the reflection and diffraction of lights that can fool the in-camera metering as well as increase in fringing.

toomz · 19th April 2006

Originally Posted by m-zai

real nice series you have

Just curious ...are you on your own expedition trip??? or is it a guided tour???

Was on my own then. Keep walking ....

toomz · 19th April 2006

Originally Posted by Moonstone

Great pics! Almost can feel the cold just by looking at the pics. You shoot all in Raw format? For what I've experience it's not easy to shoot glacier because of all the reflection and diffraction of lights that can fool the in-camera metering as well as increase in fringing.

Taken in JPEG only, it's easy to underexpose due to those reflection and deflection.
Anyway me newbie just trial and error

5th April 2006	#1
toomz Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 418	The Walk to Hooker Valley Glacier - Part II Continued from Part 1 .... #5 It looks cold under the Summer sun #6 Final Destination!!! #7 Up close and personal #8 Not getting any younger ... Need a break after the long walk Links to some more pics from my travel .... Alongside Christchurch Cathedral Gloomy New Brighton Pier Summit Road Lookout No Rush Here Leafy Greens Straight Ahead Crossing Church, Tekapo Good Shepherd Church Serene Lake Rising From Behind Pano From Cowans Hill Gloomy Skies Panos from Tekapo Surroundings Gloomy Weather along Heritage Trail Vast En-Route to Mt Cook The Walk to Hooker Valley Glacier - Part I Taking Off Cardrona Valley Highway 94 to Milford Fiordland Sights Cruise on Milford Sound Queenstown Hill Mt Aspiring From Above Last edited by toomz; 17th April 2006 at 09:44 AM.

5th April 2006	#2
purplephoenix Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Punggol Posts: 189	Re: The Walk to Hooker Valley Glacier - Part II A lovely series with appropriate cropping done to bring out the images. Thanks for sharing. My geography isn't that great, could u enlighten me on the place? thanks

5th April 2006	#4
fweddy Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 204	Re: The Walk to Hooker Valley Glacier - Part II toomz, i must say, your pictures are beautiful very rare to see such lovely lanscape pictures here. the picture quality is great and colours look vibrant and rich. the composition of your pictures too are fantastic. Fred Miranda standard i must compliment. Simply gorgeous. Nice one Pal

9th April 2006	#12
photonick2004 Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: East Posts: 140	Re: The Walk to Hooker Valley Glacier - Part II Nice photos Toomz. Got a little advice for you. I find the colour a little off due to glare. Try polariser next time round to get rid of glare. Sure will boost your colours up.

19th April 2006	#14
FLiNcHY Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 632	Re: The Walk to Hooker Valley Glacier - Part II I'm sorry, but where's the glacier? title said Hooker valley Glacier but all i see are mountains and ice. No glaciers in sight. Maybe global warming took them all away already. Nice pictures otherwise

5th April 2006	#7
innovate New Member Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 26	Re: The Walk to Hooker Valley Glacier - Part II Very impressed on the picture, nice shot. Keep posting.

7th April 2006	#8
exhibitj Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Singapore NE Posts: 415	Re: The Walk to Hooker Valley Glacier - Part II Really reminded me of my NZ trip. Good series you have here!

19th April 2006	#16
hazmee Senior Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Teban Gardens Posts: 2,638	Re: The Walk to Hooker Valley Glacier - Part II Seems like you had a breathtaking view to begin with. Thanks for sharing! __________________ The hideout // My flickr page

19th April 2006	#17
m-zai Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 58	Re: The Walk to Hooker Valley Glacier - Part II real nice series you have Just curious ...are you on your own expedition trip??? or is it a guided tour???

19th April 2006	#18
Moonstone Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Woodlands Posts: 463	Re: The Walk to Hooker Valley Glacier - Part II Great pics! Almost can feel the cold just by looking at the pics. You shoot all in Raw format? For what I've experience it's not easy to shoot glacier because of all the reflection and diffraction of lights that can fool the in-camera metering as well as increase in fringing.