Great to see more of your beautiful country, David. Nicely composed shots, regardless of equipment. Brings back many good memories. Paul
On Nov 30, 2011, at 1:10 AM, Christine Aguila wrote: > Like Ann I think you did a great job here given your equipment. The > composition is very strong through out the gallery. My favorite is Birdlings > Flat and 0432. Cheers, Christine > > > > On Nov 29, 2011, at 11:43 PM, Ann Sanfedele <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Wow thats very impressive for cell phone snaps... >> I love the looking downstream shot and the gatekeeper's cottage with the >> photog framed in one "window" - excellent geometry... wish the sky were a >> deeper blue. You did admirably given "bright and sunny". >> >> Rail trails make nice trails - we even have one in Manhattan, but it's not >> so good. >> >> ann >> >> On 11/28/2011 04:52, David Mann wrote: >>> Little River is the name of a small town on Banks Peninsula, about halfway >>> between Christchurch and Akaroa. >>> >>> There used to be a railway that ran from there to Christchurch city, but >>> its use was discontinued in 1962. Starting just a few years ago, the old >>> railway is being converted into a trail which can be walked or biked. >>> This has been done in a few other parts of the country as well the most >>> famous being the Central Otago Rail Trail which is about 150km long. >>> >>> We went over to Little River for the weekend and while Janet was busy with >>> a small conference on Saturday afternoon, I got on my bike and did the rail >>> trail as far as Motukarara. The trail does go further than this but it >>> departs from the original railway line at that point, and that's as far as >>> I'd planned to go. It will eventually reach the outer Christchurch suburb >>> of Hornby, where the railway used to end. >>> >>> http://www.multi.net.nz/rail-trail/ >>> >>> These are all cellphone pics which I struggled to take. It was bright and >>> sunny and I could barely see anything on the screen of the phone so >>> composition was largely done by guesswork. I haven't touched them in >>> Photoshop. >>> >>> It was an enjoyable ride despite the conditions. I'd been intending to do >>> this trail for a long time but never got around to it. It's an easy track >>> with no hills and it seems to be well looked after and there's lots of >>> birdlife at this time of year. The only downside is that it's very exposed >>> to the weather. I rode it on a hot day and the wind came up while I was >>> out there so I had a tough head wind all the way back. Ran out of drink >>> about 10 minutes from the finish so I'm glad I carried as much as I did. >>> >>> Cheers, >>> Dave >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. >> > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
