Communication in images

Almost
Originally uploaded by Young's Photos

This photo was taken at Northcote Point, New Zealand, by using a 0.9 ND grads filter to get the right exposure for the sky and the fourground.

I visited this place several times because it is near to my place. It is a spot for a shot of the Habour bridge, one of the landmarks of Auckland and the wharf on the image.


I went there with my daughter who was willing to be my assistant of photography. She kept a pouch of photo filters and passed it to me when I needed them. We were standing together and looking up the sky. When the clouds started getting coloured, my heart beat fast at it, expecting it got red.

There were some photographers who were already taking a shot on the wharf before I got there. We started chatting as if we've met before and exchanged our mobile numbers. It's great to get to know people in the work of photography. That is why I love the photography.

We can actually communicate with people in this isolating world. because the images have lots of stories to tell. It can funtion as media to deliver massages even to those who I haven't met at all. There is no a language barrier in the field of photography. The world can communicate in the images. At least, I hope so.

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Cathedral Cove

A journey with a desperate wish

Cathedral Cove is one of the most beautiful places in North Island of New Zealand, located around two and half hours away from Auckland City. I saw an image taken by both Dave Norton, one of famous British landscape photographers, and a flickr friend of mine. When I saw the image, I started wondering and googling where it would be. In fact, I've been to Cathedral Cove before, but I haven't seen the place where it was taken. Finally, I found out that it was taken at somewhere in Pa site near Hahei beach, New Zealand. I decided to visit there to take a sunrise shot.

I woke up at 2:30am and drove to get there under a crescent moon. When I got there, the sun still was below the horizon. In dark, I put on a head lamp and climbed up the hill with a hope to find the exact spot. Luckily, I found the same tree I saw in the image and happlily took a shot.

Birds fly home

Muriwai. A Gannet Colony


The photo above is Muriwai, a Gannett colony which is one of the most ruggedly, picturesque beaches in New Zealand. It is an ideal place to closely observe Gannets in the country and full of the Pohutukawa Tree, New Zealand's own Christmas Tree. The spectacular sunsets at Muriwai are also world famous. That is why photographers love this place.

To take this image, I set up a high ISO to get the proper shutter speed and used a 3 stop ND grad Lee filter to balance the sky and the rocks.
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Every single creature needs its home where it can have a rest. Even though it can fly freely in the air, at the end of the day, it needs a place to land and stay. Our life in this world is just like the birds need a place to rest. Our life is like a journey. Even though the journey is so wonderful, our journey in this world will eventually end. We enjoy it because we have our home to go back.


Unfortunately, we are too busy to think about 'home' after this world. We spend each day as if we would live forever in this world. But, today is the day that gives you a chance to think about where you are going to. Please, have a look at the birds up there. As birds fly home, we will eventually go home finishing our journey.

Rangitoto Island

A landmark of Auckland, New Zealand


Rangitoto Island is a volcanic island in the Hauraki Gulf near Auckland, New Zealand. The Island is the largest, youngest and one of the least modified of about 50 volcanic cones and craters in the Auckland volcanic field. It erupted from the sea in a series of dramatic explosions around 600 years ago, and is now extinct. It dominates the local seascape.


This sublime and timeless image, taken at Narrowneck beach, shows an echo of Rangitoto's birth long ago with this explosive sunrise.