Bridal Veil Falls

During the long Labour weekend we went on a day trip to Raglan with one of the highlights being the spectacular Bridal Veil Falls near Raglan. The first two photos were taken next to the Waikato River in Mercer (where we stopped to buy some yummy cheese for the day).

Bee's Business (f/5, 1/500s, 50mm)

Waikato River at Mercer (f/14, 1/125s, 10mm, HDR)

Bridal Veil Falls from the top (f/22, 1/20s, 10mm)

Bridal Veil Falls from half way down (f/22, 0.4s, 18mm, ND8 filter)

Bridal Veil Falls from the bottom (f/16, 1/25s, 10mm, HDR)

Water Drops

The first category for this year’s Canon EOS Photo5 photo competition had to do with drops of water. Below you’ll find my selection of possible submissions. Only one photo can be submitted for each category so I had to chose carefully. I narrowed it down to the first two photos below quite quickly but the decision between the oak leaf and single drop on the cactus type plant took a bit longer. I eventually decided to go with the oak leaf…

Submitted photo:

Oak Leaf (f/5.6, 50mm, 1/50s, ISO160)

Second choice:

Opposing sides (f/5.6, 50mm, 1/50s, ISO200)

I really like the smoothness of the water drop playing against the jagged cactus plant. Being able to see the reflection in the water drop is very cool too!

Lots of drops! (f/5.6, 50mm, 1/60s, ISO250)

Ripple (f/8, 50mm, 1/60s, ISO400)