New Zealand Holiday

[hotmilo]

Sharing some shots recently taken on a holiday in New Zealand. There was plenty of opportunities to capture spectacular landscapes and scenery which can't be found elsewhere.

Please feel free to comment. I am taking small learning steps in photography.

Hope you like the shots too.

1) The historic Government Building at Rotorua


2) Olive trees lining a farm slope


3) Hand-feeding an alpaca


4) Grazing sheep and a duck make a happy farm


5) Artist's Palette, Waiotapu Thermal Reserve at Rotorua is Nature showing its "true colours"


More to come.....

[hotmilo]

6) Swan, Lake


7) Lazy afternoon by the lake shore, Rotorua


8) A curious seal from afar, or was it me who was curious?


9) Climb onto someone's head


10) "Mini" locked out


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[hotmilo]

11) A "sting" among the flowers


12) Alfresco at its best


13) St Catherine's Cathedral


14) In its evening glory


15) Inside the cathedral


more...

[hotmilo]

16) Summer is around the corner


17) On the way up the Alps


18) Still going up the Alps


19) The Alps


20) Serenity and peace

[hotmilo]

21) Tranquility


22) The majestic Fox Glacier


23) Nature's artwork


24) A stream from melted snow and ice


25) "The plane, the plane"

[hotmilo]

26) The spectacular Lake Wanaka


27) Another breathtaker from Lake Wanaka


28) Lake Wakatipu, Queenstown with The Remarkables in the background


29) For the thrill-seekers, speed boat on Lake Wakatipu


20) Tasman Sea as seen from Knight's Point

[E-Lim]

Nice series. Lovely NZ!

[butterspot]

nice place!!

[kross]

nice....

and go easy with the saturation...

cheers....

[fWord]

Lovely photos...brings back fond memories of my own holiday in mid november. The picture titled 'Tranquility' is very familiar...might have stayed in that hotel also while on the way to Mt. Cook. Looks like you had some fabulous weather there.

[Chiang]

hi

could u share some trip info on your nZ trip , eg price, days spend , self tour of package?
i like those pics u took on the lake wanaka. envy envy

cheers

[SnapSnap]

Lovely photos... love the saturation...

[littlejt]

yep love the colours.. did u use a custom setting for ur colors?

did u go to the ice bergs in the tasman sea?

fantastic series!

[djork]

the pics look too saturated for me...

[hotmilo]

Thanks E-Lim, butterspot, kross, fWord, Chiang, SnapSnap, littlejt and djork for viewing and the comments.

kross, djork, viewing the photos in another computer, i agree with you that the saturation may be overdone. now, this gives me a headache.... i have to be mindful every time i use my "under-saturated" laptop. thanks for highlighting.

fWord, "Tranquility" was captured at Glenfern Villas, Franz Josef. It was an awesome hideaway. I must say it was the most memorable and mesmerising place that we stayed at throughout our holiday. Well, the weather was pretty damp at times, not to mention extremely chilly. But, I will forget all that when I look back at what there was to offer. Saying no regrets will be a gross under-statement.

Chiang, we (9 of us in total which included immediate and in-law family members) spent 16 days on both North and South Islands. It was a self-organized tour, with most of the bookings done on line. Accommodation, car hire, train tickets and domestic air travel were all booked on-line. Check out the NZ official tourism website (http://www.newzealand.com/travel/). It has very comprehensive information and unbelievable links. Drop me a PM if you are keen to know more.

littlejt, nope, we didn't venture out into the Tasman Sea. We were merely driving by when I captured the pic.

Thanks again to all.

[fWord]

Oh I see...so it's a different motel after all. Yes, I'd say the same about the NZ holiday as well. Just beautiful. I missed it greatly after I returned. The landscape was remarkable. After being stuck in a photographic rut for ages, just being there was enough to make me unzip the backpack, whip out the camera and shoot like there's no tomorrow. Wish we had things like that in Singapore.

[Big Kahuna]

Wow...cool Lord of the Ring land Hope I can visit there one there

[eAgles]

Nice!

[spindoctor]

A bit oversaturated but nice contrast. What camera/lens did you use? And how much post processing was done?

[hotmilo]

Thanks for viewing Big Kahuna, eAgle and spindoctor.

fWord, I appreciate the opportunities to shoot in NZ too. You can always find something nice to shoot there, especially the landscapes.

spindoctor, I realized the saturation was overdone after posting, as described in my response to kross and djork earlier. I didn't realize that my laptop was "under-saturated". Most processing were done using levels and saturation. I was using a Canon 350D, mostly with a Tamron 17-50 f2.8. Some of them could have been taken with Canon 28-135.