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*** Your R System Images - February ***

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grenow
grenow Regular Member • Posts: 141
The full Nelson
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We had a week's break in Nelson (top of the South Island, often the sunniest place in NZ), and while Gabrielle wreaked havoc on the North Island, we rather guiltily enjoyed ourselves. I took my brand new 14-35 f4 and much loved 100-500...

Kite surfer on Tahunanui beach - close to the port and town centre...

Tahunanui - and the whole of Tasman Bay - gets a reliable afternoon onshore sea breeze, perfect for kite surfers. At weekends there can be a dozen or more whizzing around.

He was going fast enough to make tracking difficult at 500mm, and I didn't think to adjust the lens stabilisation setting until too late, but the R6 nailed focus on just about every shot.

We were staying with a friend whose house commands amazing views...

Looking over the Waimea estuary towards the Wharepapa/Arthur Range.

Another day, another sunset...

Moving in a bit...

...and a lot...

If those clouds look like curling, breaking waves, that's because they are. Helmholtz waves. We watched them break like surf...

Swallows grooming on legacy receiving apparatus

 grenow's gear list:grenow's gear list
Canon EOS R6 Canon RF 35mm F1.8 IS STM Macro Canon RF 24-105mm F4L IS USM Canon RF 100-500mm F4.5-7.1L IS USM Canon RF 70-200 F4 L +4 more
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