Today I was looking through my images from New Zealand and I found one taken at the Moeraki Boulders in New Zealand. I processed it a while back, but wasn’t happy with it.
Moeraki Boulders in New Zealand
It is funny how you can process an image and not like it. Then a bit of time later you look back and wonder if you were too quick to judge.
The Moeraki Boulders were supposed to be a highlight of my trip. They weren’t.
That is possibly one of the biggest disadvantages with travelling. You can’t be guaranteed the conditions you want.
Now don’t get me wrong, we did get all the conditions we wanted, but not all at the same time. Not at the time when we wanted to get our photos.
Morning sun
The dream was to do some long exposures when the tide was in around the bottom of the boulders, but for the sky to be overcast. By the time we got to them the tide was okay, but the sun was well and truly out. There were no real clouds in the sky.
What is a girl meant to do?
Well, do some long exposures anyway. Had to give it a try. Though, I usually hate bright sun on my subject for them. It limits what I can do to my images.
The image
So this is one of those images from that morning. I decided to use one where you can’t see the sky. It was also good to show what the boulders looked like in some way, but also show the movement of the water.
One of the things I love about long exposures is being able to show that movement. When doing this sort of photography I often take many shots. Once on the computer sometimes I might stack some, or I will pick the one that I think works the best. Which is the case here.
It was interesting finding this image. I had already processed it, but I did make a couple of adjustments. It is funny because I don’t mind it now. Perhaps I should go back and look at the others.
This is a very nice image. I like the feel, the colour and the texture the rocks!
Thank you Chris.
This is a gorgeous image. I find it very soothing to look at.
Thank you Laura, that is good, it was a very relaxing morning and I’m glad that comes through in the photo.
Leanne editing touch!–I love that. And I totally agree with Don.
It is nice, I like that too Lois. Thank you.
amazing….
Thank you.
Can’t beat that Leanne editing touch! Thanks for sharing.
Thank you Don, that is great to hear, I like that people recognise it.
We saw the Moeraki boulders too, Leanne and your image is beautiful.
Did you love them Ardys? Thank you.
We thought they were so unusual, like nothing we had seen before. 👍
I thought the same, though thought they should be called eggs, that is what they looks like.