Category: IQ180

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Some More New Zealand Water and Trees

River, Rees Valley, New Zealand

I moved my New Zealand images over to my main work station yesterday and there is over 80 gigs of images.  Not hard to make this size file when you shoot with a Phase One IQ180 camera.  So now the editing begins and then the post on each image.  There are so many good ones.  So I think through the rest of the year I’ll plenty to share.  I have a ton of other images I haven’t posted here from Death Valley, Moab and other places.  So, there is not a lack of content.  Todays image was also shot in the Rees Valley of New Zealand.  We were driving up this dirt road that they call tracks in New Zealand and came across this river or very large stream.  Lots of rapids and mountains and greenish water.  So we all stopped and did pictures.  This is one of the images I made.  Like the vertical and horizontal movements happening as well as the rooks and tree.  Enjoy.

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New Zealand Waterfall

Waterfall, Rees Valley, New Zealand

Hi, I am back to regular postings again.  after enduring 34 hours of travel time to get back from Australia and throwing in another 6 hours for the trip from New Zealand to Sydney I am happy to be home and in my own bed.  A 21 day trip is a long one but oh what a trip.  I have enough images from this trip and others this year to keep me extremely busy working on images and making prints.  So, there are plenty of images for my daily blog.  Today’s image was shot in the Rees Valley of New Zealand where many of the Lord of The Rings movies were made.  Small waterfall with trees.  Shot with a Phase One 80 megapixel IQ180 on an ALPA Camera.

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We Haven’t Even Left The House Yet

From The Other Balcony

Today has been a busy day of prepping for the upcoming workshop. We have arranged some amazing excursions to where tourists and other folks don’t often go. We have helicopters, ski planes, zodiacs and more arranged. This may be the most photo rich workshop we have ever had. The shot today was taken form the other balcony at the house we are staging from.  This is an amazing country. We watched the weather today turn from a warm sunny day to high winds and rain in less than half an hour and then back. There are the most amazing clouds you have ever seen. Just stunning. Stay tuned for more.

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New Zealand Day 1

Sunset - Queenstown, New Zealand

So, I arrived in new Zealand today and picked up the rental car and went to the house we rented for a few days so we can prepare for the PODAS workshop that starts on Wednesday. The house is on the top of a mountain and looks down on Queenstown.   So I unpacked my Phase One back (iq180) and ALPA camera and captured this image. This area is just amazing and I have been told we haven’t even begun to explore the possible locations. I have two weeks of shooting here and after tonight I am anxious to see what is next. So, stay tuned it will be an amazing time here.

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Old Truck

Truck In Field, Palouse, WA area

Well, I am back from Death Valley and in less than a week leave for Austrailia and New Zealand.  Things are moving fast.  I have  a ton more Death VAlley images that I need to work on.  So, today you get a break and w ego back to the Palouse and an old truck in the field.  The Palouse had a lot of photo pops like this. You just drive around and find old homes, cars, tractors and trucks that just one day were parked and never moved again.

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Off To Death VAlley

Sunrise, Death Valley, Stove Pipe Dunes

It seems I only unpacked my bags from Denmark.  Now I am in bag packing mode again.  Camera gear is all set and I am shipping it today to Death Valley where I will be for the next ten days leading a group of Chinese photographers on a PODAS workshop.  This will be a fun trip and present a few language challenges.  However, I have worked a lot with the Chinese in the last year and they are very nice.  I hope to show them the real beauty of Death Valley and some of my special spots there.  Starting next week look for some images from the trip and you can always catch up on daily activities at the PODAS BLOG.

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The Rock

The Race Track - Death Valley

In two weeks I’ll be leading a PODAS workshop into Death Valley with photographers from China.  This will be a great experience to share with them the beauty of what Death Valley can offer photographically as well making some new friends.  The language differences should make for some challenges teaching but we think we have that worked out.  There are so many cool things to see and shoot in Death Valley.  This will be a great trip.  The image above was made with an IQ180 in Death Valley this past spring at what is know as the Race Track.  Fascinating place where rocks move and leave trails behind them.  No one has ever seen them move or know exactly how they move.  What ever the reason it makes great shooting.

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Super Sunset

Well, I am back at least until Tuesday.  My surgery was put off until then as some vitals weren’t quite norm.  THings looking better now so back to try again on Tuesday.  My knee and shoulder have had enough and want to get this done.  Today’s shot was made in DV a few months ago.  It’s one of those once in a lifetime sunsets.  We crested a hill and there it was.  Stop the van and shoot away.  This was done with a Phase One IQ180 camera and DF camera with a 28mm lens.