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    Newbie Guide to Filters

    Hi guys, some questions to ask you experts. Going to Sri Lanka soon and I am using a basic Nikon D3200. I love taking mountain ranges, or landscape shots from the top of the mountain, sunsets or sunrises on mountains or the beaches etc The problem I always have is that the sky always become...
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    Storing of DSLR and Lens.

    Just to tag on. Do you guys usually remove the lens from the body when putting into the dry cabinet? Is that necessary?
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    New Zealand South Island

    Another thing, from Mount Cook, take a trip down to Duntroon, Oamaru and Dunedin. Worth going. Duntroon has very fantastic sights of the Elephant rocks and also whale fossils. Oamaru is a pretty big town by the coast. And Dunedin is a student town. Biggest Uni in NZ. So the night scene is pretty...
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    New Zealand South Island

    The upside is that in SUmmer, the colours are all out! you get to see colours, lotsa of them. You dun experience erratic weather that much. Activities are open all day long compared to in Spring or Winter time where activities are closed by 4PM. And maybe there will actually be people sunbathing...
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    New Zealand South Island

    No I took the overnight cruise in Milford Sound. In any case, there is only one route from Milford to Queenstown and it will pass by Te Anau no matter what. So normally, you use Te Anau as a base. There are probabaly two things you may do in Te Anau. Firstly either take a day cruise or an...
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    New Zealand South Island

    Thanks!:)
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    New Zealand South Island

    http://www.acerentalcars.co.nz/ - ace rental. We rented from this company. Very old car 10 yr old corolla but does its job well. With GPS (impt) and tyre and windscreen insurance (impt), for 13 days, it only cost us $500. Did i mention that i spend less than 6000 for 2 pax? :o I actually...
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    New Zealand South Island

    I had 2 weeks so I personally think there are 2 ways to explore NZ South Island. Either you spend your time on a few key places like Milford Sound, Queenstown, etc... or you can go to as many places in 14 days like me. My itinerary was Christchurch - Mount Cook (Tekapo) - Dunedin - Te Anau -...
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    New Zealand South Island

    we wanted to drive but was advised not to by the locals as the period we went, there were avalanches and the roads are icy and windy, so we just paid the cruise people for a to and fro coach ride which was nice just for 50+ more per pax. We did stop for a few stops but unfortunately it was...
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    New Zealand South Island

    DAY 4 - Te Anau - Milford Sound
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    New Zealand South Island

    DAY 3 - Dunedin, Otago Peninsula and Duntroon.
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    New Zealand South Island

    THank u! that was sunrise by the way hehehe. The lake was fantastic in the day so we tot sunrise would be fantastic too so we woke up at 530AM to try to capture something :p
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    New Zealand South Island

    No offense taken, understand what you mean, i had totally very little experience in photography. Last time all point and shoot, i recently bought a second hand FZ18 so tot of using it to gain some experience. hehe.
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    New Zealand South Island

    Hi there, thanks for the comments, yeah i understand i am not doing justice to the places but I am still learning and just sharing, so before I jump in and do some post processing which I know nuts abt, my purpose is to get comments like yours to improve and learn hehe.
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    New Zealand South Island

    Christchurch, I went for the Port Hills Drive that takes us to the the top of Christchurch...beautiful drive. It is, there is a nice botanical gardens and lotsa of very english architecture and river. As for Tekapo, yeah i stay just on the edge of Tekapo~
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    New Zealand South Island

    thanks for the advices, still learning abt all these words that you all used like 16:9 etc haha....
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    New Zealand South Island

    we drove a 10yr old toyota corolla. Looks totally destroyed but does the job perfectly of moving us around haha.
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    New Zealand South Island

    will post the rest of the days in time to come hehe.