Images from the Cold Country...

Of course I meant to take lots of photos when we were in NZ, after all it is beautiful. But somehow it didn't really happen this trip. First I had to drop my good camera off for a bit of maintenance, so I snapped some pics on the way over. This led to a bit of trouble which I will save for another (cautionary) post. Then AK and I were racing against the clock to get from Christchurch to the school open days, so didn't stop on the way south in our little rental car. The southerly blast ensured I didn't have another go at scenery after that...

But I did pike out one day. Saturday we were meant to nip up and catch up with Tony and Linda. But Dunedin was cold and rainy, the road up to Wedderburn is mountainous and can be dodgy and despite our rental car being issued with snow chains it really wasn't a desirable car for snowy or icy conditions. So we didn't go... and of course the weather was glorious...

So here's what we may have seen had we gone -from almost one year before, at the mysterious St Bathans- an amazing place for photos...

The tranquility was only interrupted by the gentle plop of Ian's lens rolling down a hill and into the deep dark water... That was encouragement enough for me to head up the hill for coffee, admiring the feisty trees on the way... 

Was I using the trees as an excuse to walk up the hill towards the cafe? Never! OK well maybe... (to be continued)...

(The new typepad is uploading photos funny. infact it seems to be sharpening them? ick! I won't change these, but I will work on adjusting my save for web to counter this... )

Comments

[Heidi]

What a great photo op. Love the water reflection. Sorry you missed seeing Tony.

[nzm]

Great images Meg.

Re the sharpening with Typepad. I've noticed the same thing with my images on the Google Blogger platform. I don't think that it's a sharpening issue. I think that "they" are resizing the images to smaller sizes during the Upload process.

I'm not sure where Typepad stores (or you store) your blog images, but I've only noticed this since Google Blogger recently started using their own Picasa storage libraries for Blogger images instead of dedicated servers.

'Tis very annoying for image perfectionists who try their darndest to stop images from pixelating in the first place!

[Taco]

Beautiful, Meg. The knot of roots in the second-to-last image is my favorite.

The rest made me a bit dizzy, but that's a good thing. :-) I enjoyed them all, as usual.

Hope all is well in the Pacific. We're preparing for huge storms in the Atlantic.

[ginevra (typepad community manager)]

just wanted to pop in to say that the photos are remarkable. have you tried filing a help ticket with TypePad support? they should be able to help you with the sharpening issue.

[meg]

Thanks Heidi, m, b, and Ginerva! I have found typepad to really quick at answering help tickets and great at support. And I have a heap of resolved and closed tickets to prove it! But first I will read through the FAQ and comments on the new platform, and also work on a new action for saving for web as the old one is obviously past it's use by date for use here! I used to add just a little extra sharpening for web. I think I'll take that out and see how they look...

Taco one of the other photographers out with us actually turned one of those reflecting pics sideways! It was very freaky...

[heidi c]

Whoa! Blown away-here from PW. New to all this bloggin!
Your site is so cool!

[meg]

thanks Heidi, I like your blog too!

[wendy]

Wow, wow, wow! Amazing stuff. Fabulous. Most people just waste their filming on pretty ordinary run of the mill, but you girl, have got talent! Do you do National Geographic stories too?
w.

[meg]

Thanks Wendy (blushing)

[Mands]

Yahoooo I got the bloglines to work and then I come to check out all the posts I've missed and WOW I discover these! I love them, they are amazing Meg! you have such an eye for this work.