Moon over the Pohangina Valley next to our house, the halo was just too nice to miss

Nikon D4, Nikon 24-70 f/2.8 lens, Velbon Sherpa Pro CF 740 carbon fibre tripod, Benro Ballhead

ISO 250, 24mm, f/4, 13 seconds exposure + 1/2 second exposure, aperture priority mode, auto focus,

Raw file conversion, lighting and colour adjustments in Capture One 10 Pro; layered in Photoshop CC for exposure of the moon

The inherant shallow depth of field and the beautiful buttery bokeh a quality lens produces creates stunning effect. The diffuculty was the breeze, enough to move the flowers a few milimetres in and out of focus so it took a few shots to get this one. Finally I used a flash to “stop” the anther movement capturing them “in focus”.

Nikon D4, Nikon 70-200 f/2.8 lens, Nikon TCE1.4 teleconverter, Canon 500D closeup filter lens, remote triggered off-camera SB-910 Nikon flash unit

ISO 100, 280 mm, f/2.8, 1/800 seconds exposure, aperture priority mode, auto focus, hand held

Capture One Pro 8 for raw conversion, sharpened, light and colour adjusted and exported to JPEG.

Honey been working our apricot blossoms.

Nikon D600, Nikon 24mm PCE lens

ISO 100, 24 mm, f/3.5, 1/1250 seconds exposure, aperture priority mode, manual focus, hand held

Capture One Pro 8 raw conversion, import sharpen and minor lighting adjustments

Last light of dusk kisses the Tongariro Mountains of Ruapehu and Ngauruhoe.

Nikon D7000, Nikkon 24-70 f/2.8 lens, Velbon Sherpa Pro CF 740 carbon fibre tripod, Velbon PHD-61Q tilt/pan head

ISO 100, 70 mm, f/9, 0.6 seconds exposure, aperture priority mode, live view manual focus, cable shutter release

Sharpened, light and colour adjusted in Lightroom 4, adjustment layers applied in Photoshop for highlights and shadow details and selective colour balance.

Fountain in Ha Knesset Square at the beach end of Allenby St in Tel Aviv Israel

Nikon D4, Nikon 24mm PCE lens, Really Right Stuff BH-55 ball head, RRS TVL34 carbon fibre tripod, cable shutter release

ISO 50, 24 mm, f/14, 13 seconds exposure, aperture priority mode, live view manual focus

My software of choice is Phase One’s Capture One Pro 8: raw conversion, layers to control highlights shadows and selective white balance adjustments.

Mallard Duck (as opposed to Drake) fanning it’s wings on Manawatu waters

Nikon D90, Nikon 70-200 f/2.8 lens

Hand held, VR (image stablisation) off, ISO 200, 200 mm, f/3.5, 1/1000 seconds exposure, aperture priority mode, auto focus,

Sharpened, light and colour adjusted in Lightroom 4, layered in Photoshop for background/vignette effect.

Te Apiti wind farm on top of the southern tip of the Ruahine Ranges.

Nikon D90, Nikon 24-70 f/2.8 lens, Velbon Sherpa Pro CF 740 carbon fibre tripod, Velbon PHD-61Q tilt/pan head, cable shutter release

ISO 200, 48 mm, f/16, 1/4 seconds exposure, aperture priority mode, auto focus,

Sharpened, light and colour adjusted in Lightroom 3, layered in Photoshop for control of highlights and shadows.

Raupiu Rd bridge over the Mangawhero River between Wangui and Raetihi.

Nikon D7000, Nikon 24-70 f/2.8 lens, Velbon Sherpa Pro CF 740 carbon fibre tripod, Velbon PHD-61Q tilt/pan head, cable shutter release

ISO 100, 70 mm, f/11, 0.3 seconds exposure, aperture priority mode, live view manual focus,

Sharpened, light and colour adjusted in Lightroom 4 with final layer adjustments to control highlights and shadows in Photoshop

Bare Island “spotlighted” from Waimarama Beach at sunset.

Nikon D90, Nikon 24-70 f/2.8 lens, Velbon Sherpa Pro CF 740 carbon fibre tripod, Velbon PHD-61Q tilt/pan head, cable shutter release

ISO 200, 40mm, f/16, 2.0  seconds exposure, aperture priority mode, manual focus,

RAW conversion, import sharpened, light and colour adjusted , layered for colour control, and lighting details Capture One Pro 8, with final detail editing in Photoshop.

Distant harp tones come to ear, stirring and beautiful, this young lady beckoning visitors along the paths of Shilo archaeological excavations in the Shomron (Samaria) of Israel.  “Accepted history is not always the true history of a land or a people.  While the so called West Bank is claimed by various reasoning and motives by the Palestinians, ancient Hebrew dwellings, cisterns and artifacts are being uncovered and evidence of the Hebrew Tabernacle having been there over 3,000 years ago.

Nikon D4, Nikon 70-200 f/2.8 lens

ISO 200, 70 mm, f/8, 1/500 seconds exposure, aperture priority mode, auto focus,

Import Raw conversion, colour and light adjustment layers applied in Capture One Pro 8.  Final layer effects in Photoshop CS5