Holiday Pics 2006...

Nice pictures

My wife and kids have just spent the month of December touring north and south Island, good to see those locations we went to. My photography not qiute up to your standard though, mine taken on canon ixus 400, will post some in due course.
What equipment were you using?

Highlight of my trip was a bungy off kawarau bridge Queenstown.

David - nice one! We had an amazing adventure touring round both Islands for three weeks, you can see our Pacific Horizon van on the right of the Kaikoura pic and I'd highly recommend them if anyone is thinking of doing it...

Highlights - loads of them!! But high on the list would be the whale watching off kaikoura, visiting the Lord of the Rings 'Shire' set, the geothermal wonderland in the volcanic heart of the North Island, Milfod Sound - we did the fly/cruse/fly giving an amazing way to see the fiords, oh, and I didn't get to do the kawarau bridge bungy but the Nevis High Wire was a rush (400ft) and better than jumping out of a plane at 15,000ft as I was a pasenger and he was going anyway......pics below.....

I'm using simple kit really, Sony DSC-P10 set at 5 megapix, and Version 4.2 of the panorama factory (www.panoramafactory.com), none of the individual pics were taken with a tripod and manual stitching provided the best results....

The ledge bungy, up the gondola above Queenstown, different type of harness so you take a run of the edge...into the darkness...


The Nevis, please excuse the demented look......


And another view, suspended 400ft above the gorge......what a rush that was!!!



TMP - Bermuda, nice.......shame about the weather......

Here's a nice one from our trip to Malaysia......


Cheers,
Ali

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Originally posted by arf005:
The ledge bungy, up the gondola above Queenstown, different type of harness so you take a run of the edge...into the darkness...

No. And by no, I mean HELL no.

quote:

The Nevis......

NO. NO. FUCK NO. And woe betide anyone who seeks to convince me otherwise.

Still, glad you enjoyed it. Nice pics.

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Originally posted by jayd:

quote:

Originally posted by arf005:
The ledge bungy, up the gondola above Queenstown, different type of harness so you take a run of the edge...into the darkness...

No. And by no, I mean HELL no.

quote:

The Nevis......

NO. NO. FUCK NO. And woe betide anyone who seeks to convince me otherwise.

Still, glad you enjoyed it. Nice pics.

(With a shrill in the voice)
NO,No...No GodDamn way!! Stay the Fuck away from me!!!! I will kick you in the nuts!!!!

Guys - what do you think happens at the end of the factory after we've taken you up Salisbury Cathedral?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/wiltshire/content/panoramas/cathedral_view_east_360.shtml

THEN you get the mug.

A super secret Greek method of initiation?
A beer bong?
Panty raid?
Ring the bell everytime I lose a hand?
Swear allegiance or walk the plank??!!
Thank you sir,may I have another!!!??

Why does my mug say on the bottom,"You paid how much??"

Put on the ear buds and enjoy the view??

She shows us the real Salsibury

Mike,

Despite the cold, the water looks lovely. Not quite as lovely as Ali's Malaysia though!

Some pics from the Red Sea last January - about time I got in the water again!

Phil

Me looking quite evil!

Phil

quote:

Originally posted by arf005:
..think this one's been done before, but just sorted out a few panorama's from our honeymoon last year

Hi Arf!
What kind of camera did you used?
Beautiful pics!

NZ is obviously the place to go!

DS

New Zealand it is then......

Auckland Sunset.....


The Champagne Pool.....


Mud Pools.....


The Shire.....


Pohutu Geyser....


Dusky Dolphins....


Milford Sound taxi......


Milford flight....



Milford Sound Fiord.....


Milford Waterfall.....


And finally, Hector's Dolphins......the worlds rarest, and they didn't mind us swimming with them.....


Gianluigi Mazzorana - I'm using a Sony DSC-P10 set at 5 megapix.

Cheers,
Ali

Thanks a lot!
Really good job!

I've been thinking about a digital SLR but can't really justify the cost at the mo......

Here's some US national park panorama's from my collection. Hope you like them

ALASKA


ARCHES NAT PARK


BRYCE CANYON


BRYCE AGAIN


AND AGAIN


MT RANIER AREA


MT RANIER ITSELF


YOSEMITE ENTRANCE


GRAND CANYON


EARLY MORNING


GLACIER NAT PARK


YELLOWSTONE


regards
geoff

Very nice indeed Geoff.

Yeah, nice one Geoff, very dramatic landscapes......makes a change from vertically challenged Holland eh....

Cheers,
Ali

Something a little closer to home.....
Pic not taken by myself, and a shame we won't see it naked - ie. scaffold free, for some time.....if ever......


Keep em coming.

Cheers,
Ali

Here's a few more.....

Another shot of those Bridges.....


Our neighbour, while staying on the Perhentian Islands in Malaysia.....


Orchids, that my Grandpa grows in his garden in Malaysia......


Oh, and one snapped while in Holland (which we really love, Geoff, including its people - I was being a cheeky chappie as usual...) Cool name for a removal company huh.....


Get posting some cool pics, especially now you are all up to speed with Imageshack.....thanks again Geoff.

Cheers,
Ali

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Originally posted by arf005:
New Zealand it is then......

Cheers,
Ali

SO glad you guys like our beautiful country. Living in Christchurch is a great lifestyle. The only problem is the price of NAIM gear!!!

Pete

Hi everybody

A few images from beautifull Cortina D'Ampezzo, Italy.

You should feel the Alps...

...another one

Hey!
I know that place!

Ok, so it not a holiday out here, although some might think otherwise!!
But I thought I'd share the beautful calm morning we got off-shore today, I was out taking pics of boring work stuff and couldn't resist.....






Here's a shot of a couple of the platfrom legs, that's the Tank Water outlet you see bubbling away. We have storage cells below the legs and sea water is used to balance the whole import/export system.


Oh, and here's one of the 'work' pics I was taking for someone on the beach......


....and you all thought this is a glamorous job.......

$23 Billion profit and I'm stuck on this shitty rust bucket!!!

Anyhoo, back to work.....

Cheers,
Ali

NZ hol pics

My 1 st attempt at this

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Very very nice!