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Hooker Valley Track – New Zealand
For so many years I have wanted to hike along the Hooker Valley Track in New Zealand. I was fortunate enough recently to make my dream come true. In April this year, on a perfect Autumn day, my wife and I set out to do the 8 km (5 mile) 4 hour round trek to the base of Mount Cook and Hooker Lake via the Hooker Valley Track and let me tell you … it was SPECTACULAR! It was everything I dreamt it would be. Besides the jaw dropping alpine scenery, I was also witness to avalanches (from a distance), flowing streams, suspension bridges, wildlife, icebergs (yes, icebergs!)…
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New Zealand images now available to view
Friends, it’s been a while since I’ve posted on my blog, but I am happy to announce I have now uploaded my New Zealand images under the Travel tab above or you can click here. For the beautiful panoramas click here. I had so much fun while capturing these and also fine tuning in the post production process. I hope you enjoy and please leave feedback if you wish. I have more adventures planned for the future so stay tuned. Your friend behind the lens Adrian
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Day 5 Queenstown
Such a beautiful day today. Started out a little cloudy, but quickly cleared up to reveal stunning mountain ranges covered in snow. I decided to head to Glenorchy today. A little town about 45 minutes away from Queenstown. The mountains here are just stunning and combined with the aqua blue water of Lake Wakatipu made for some great shots. From here I headed to a place called Paradise. This is one of my favourite places in the world because of it’s diverse landscape elements. Lakes, wildlife, forest, waterfalls, long sweeping plains, and mountains. Of course it is here that I am in my element. I almost filled my camera…
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Day 3 Queenstown
An absolutely stunning day here in Queenstown New Zealand! The day began with a trip out to the gorgeous Wanaka via the short cut up and over the Alpine Ranges. There were many stunning vantage points looking back over the valley, perfect for my first panorama. First things first, as I drove into Wanaka I visited my favourite little bakery that I had discovered years ago and ordered the usual. Meat pie and cream filled donut (trust me I don’t always eat this bad). From there I went across the road to Lake Wanaka. If you are ever visiting the south island of New Zealand you MUST visit…
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Day 5 Cook Islands
Up early again to do more sunrise shots. This time I found this perfect spot with a single palm tree low to the beach. I worked around that getting various shots. Then I hit the road on the scooter. I stopped at various locations around Rarotonga grabbing shots, including secluded beaches, Wigmore’s Waterfall, Black Rock (got a FANTASTIC panorama here with the aqua blue ocean), and around the main town of Avarua. In the afternoon, I took the GoPro diving and got some more great shots of star fish, coral and fish. Well, when in paradise… And that was where my day ended abruptly as I strained…
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Day 4 Cook Islands
Up again early to do some sunrise shots around a group of large rocks I found. Was a wonderful sunrise and am very happy with the shots I got. I also had the GoPro Hero 3 doing a timelapse which I can’t wait to put together when I get home. From there I started doing more shots for the new Slim Birdy website. Had lots and lots of fun! Looking forward to seeing the website when it is completed with photos done by yours truly. Once that was done the weather became overcast. I found this dramtic landscape (black jagged lava that had frozen upon hitting the shoreline many centuries ago)…
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Day 3 Cook Islands
Up to shoot the sunrise and beginning of the Adrian Alford Photography video which you will see completed mid 2013 on this website. Basically the video will detail more about my photography, my techniques and some of the stunning places I get to visit. It will appear under the “About Adrian” tab. Had to go into the main town of Avarua to get my Cook Islands drivers licence for the scooter. Even though I have a drivers licence and international drivers licence they still require you to have a “Cook Islands” drivers licence. There is one main road that goes around the circumference of Rarotonga so it’s pretty hard to get…
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Day 2 Cook Islands
SPECTACULAR sunrise this morning so took full advantage with the silhouette of islands in the lagoon. Lots of clouds with pink, orange and purple colours. Probably some of the best sunrise shots I’ve ever taken. These will be available to view and buy very soon from this website, stay tuned. I secured my scooter for getting around the island for the rest of the week. Love my scooters, just so much fun! They’re also economical, easy parking and they can get you into places cars can’t. Great for photography. Shot pics for new exciting website soon to launch called slimbirdy.com. I have a feeling this website will be a HUGE…
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Day 1 Cook Islands
After a long flight and arriving at 1am in Rarotunga, it was relieving to get to my accom at Muri Beach. Given the late hour, I could not resist to go down to the waters edge in front of my bungalow. I looked up to see the milky way in a bright cloudless night sky over the silhouette of a small island out in the lagoon. Pricelsss moment. Upon waking I discovered an oasis lagoon with water so blue it was like someone had tipped coloured dye into the water. I have been blessed with beautiful weather today to get my initial shots around the Muri Beach area. Remote…
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