Deep Deep Blue

Maybe it's just me, I always like winter since I was a kid, I suppose I was brought up in a country that is so freaking hot 24/7*365. Taking a holiday in Auckland during their winter is like a bonus to me. I love it there. Then i realize, winter in Auckland doesn't go well with photography, you hardly can see the blue sky (that's not the case when I was in Shanghai and New York). it was quite depressing cause most of the photos are spoilt with the dark grey clouds that filled the sky.

Fortunately enough, there are few days that the sky was really really blue, although for a short while. and this is one of it :)

ISO: 100
Shutter speed: 1/160
Aperture: f 9

What cha looking at?

Never expected to take this shot in the first place, I was walking around with Elaine, Alan, Jimmy, Elton, Jessie and my wifey on the beach, then this little man flew from afar and landed on the table in front of me. I didn't do much framing here, cause it's a matter of second before he decided to fly away. this photo is "so called" my safety shot.

I guess a very good lesson learned here is to never keep your camera in your camera bag if you still have batteries and memory cards, you'll never know if something interesting decides to happen in front of your own eyes.

ISO : 100

Shutter Speed : 1/60

Aperture : f 4

Weekend in the Museum

This shot was taken in one of the museum in Auckland, it's not a fantastic shot, but it reminds me of my younger days where I start playing computer games and dad will be chasing me away because he wants to do his work.. those are sure good old times.. missed those time in dad's office :)

ISO: 400

Shutter Speed: 1/60

Aperture: f4

The Little Red Hut

Stuntman in action I would say, I did a bloody bold U turn in a middle of an expressway where cars are driving around 100 - 120 km an hour. Just because of this little red hut. I thought it would be a very good photo given to the contrast between the building and the grass with a cloudy sky...

Hope you enjoyed this one

ISO: 100
Shutter Speed: 1/100
Aperture: f9

Oh My Greens !

This is just one of the many breath taking views that i manage to capture on the way to None Tree Hill (used to be one tree hill before the tree is being chopped off)

It's just breathtaking !!!

ISO: 100
Shutter Speed: 1/100
Aperture: f9

Reflection

I'm lucky to get this shot, Elton, Jessie, Wifey and myself are heading back to Alan's place, we tried to go around the town in a Bus in Auckland, but one thing we didnt know is the walk back to Alan's place a quite a walk...

While everyone happily rushed back so that we can have dinner together, I spotted a puddle of water from far, Initially I approached it because I wanted to take some reflection of the buildings from the water, but surprisingly Birdie here flew on top od the puddle of water to check on hairdo, or featherdo.

With my equipment already on standby, I approached slowly and take the shot.

One good lesson learned if you are in a shooting mood, always have your camera on standby

ISO: 100
Shutter Speed: 1/2000
Aperture: F2.8

Lonely Winter's day

This is one of the last few shots I manage to take in Auckland before the end of my holiday :(, Alan and Elaine together with the 2 little monster Emily and Jimmy (although i call them monster but then again they are really nice kids)

But being me, I cant resists calling people monsters... learned this from my teacher... haha

This is one of my favorite shot, although I think the composition could be better, but the feeling is there in this photo, it brings out the feeling of a Silent Lonely Winter's Day feeling... so I thought that you might like this :)

ISO: 100
Shutter Speed: 1/400
Aperture: F9