Landscape New Zealand sunrise

New Zealand sunrise · **4 Likes**

I'm currently visiting New Zealand, based out of Christchurch near Oxford, close to the foothils of the Southern Alps. Aftyer sleeping in this morning, I raced outside to capture the most spectacular sunrise i have ever seen--it was changing quickly, missed the best, and this does not do it justice.

davidsyd · 04-04-2015, 03:00 AM

thats a amazing sunrise. I been to South Island 3 times already. Great country for landscape. !

Tom Gotzy · 04-04-2015, 04:54 AM

Wow, very dramatic sky, love the golden color!

slowpez · 04-04-2015, 07:03 AM

Good heavens, this makes me want to get up before dawn.

**Sailor** · 04-04-2015, 09:44 AM

This shot is so well done - as Tom says, it's truly dramatic.

Jer

**Bruce Clark** · 04-04-2015, 07:28 PM

Superb

**ranmar850** · 04-05-2015, 01:39 AM

Thank you for the comments--everything was lit with a deep pink glow when I first opened my eyes, and in the few minutes it took me to pull some clothes on and get the k-x on the tripod, it was going gold. I took another one, facing the other direction, but it's a 44 Mb file, and just keeps failing to load to smugmug on our slow connection here.

**FozzFoster** · 07-21-2018, 04:27 PM

Originally posted by ranmar850

I'm currently visiting New Zealand, based out of Christchurch near Oxford, close to the foothils of the Southern Alps. Aftyer sleeping in this morning, I raced outside to capture the most spectacular sunrise i have ever seen--it was changing quickly, missed the best, and this does not do it justice.

beautiful sky shot! really nice one

**TedH42** · 07-21-2018, 06:31 PM

Terrific cloud formations, and a nice golden color. Beautiful sunrise.

My rule of thumb is that when I suddenly see a great sunrise/sunset, I have about 30 seconds to capture it before it's changed significantly. Not much time for a tripod for me. So many times the great ones take me by surprise, so it's grab and shoot. The ones where I set up the tripod and wait for the show so frequently turn out fairly dull. C'est la vie.

shawbamos · 07-21-2018, 11:47 PM

Neat sunrise!

johnyates · 07-21-2018, 11:51 PM

Originally posted by slowpez

Good heavens, this makes me want to get up before dawn.

Confirmed night owl here - this would convince me to stay up a little later

Great shot!

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04-04-2015, 03:00 AM	#2
davidsyd Forum Member Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Sydney Posts: 77	thats a amazing sunrise. I been to South Island 3 times already. Great country for landscape. ! Last edited by davidsyd; 04-04-2015 at 05:13 AM.

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04-04-2015, 04:54 AM	#3
Tom Gotzy Veteran Member Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: Southeastern Pennsylvania Posts: 717	Wow, very dramatic sky, love the golden color!

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slowpez Veteran Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: South Carolina, USA Photos: Gallery Posts: 18,461	Good heavens, this makes me want to get up before dawn.

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Sailor Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Coastal Texas Photos: Gallery Posts: 26,203	This shot is so well done - as Tom says, it's truly dramatic. Jer

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Bruce Clark Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Ocean Grove, Victoria Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 4,458	Superb

04-05-2015, 01:39 AM	#7
ranmar850 Site Supporter Join Date: Jun 2012 Posts: 288 Original Poster	Thank you for the comments--everything was lit with a deep pink glow when I first opened my eyes, and in the few minutes it took me to pull some clothes on and get the k-x on the tripod, it was going gold. I took another one, facing the other direction, but it's a 44 Mb file, and just keeps failing to load to smugmug on our slow connection here.

07-21-2018, 04:27 PM	#8
FozzFoster Custom User Title Join Date: Jan 2016 Location: Alberta Photos: Albums Posts: 6,808	Originally posted by ranmar850 I'm currently visiting New Zealand, based out of Christchurch near Oxford, close to the foothils of the Southern Alps. Aftyer sleeping in this morning, I raced outside to capture the most spectacular sunrise i have ever seen--it was changing quickly, missed the best, and this does not do it justice. beautiful sky shot! really nice one

07-21-2018, 06:31 PM	#9
TedH42 F/8 & Somewhere Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Colorado Photos: Gallery Posts: 1,412	Terrific cloud formations, and a nice golden color. Beautiful sunrise. My rule of thumb is that when I suddenly see a great sunrise/sunset, I have about 30 seconds to capture it before it's changed significantly. Not much time for a tripod for me. So many times the great ones take me by surprise, so it's grab and shoot. The ones where I set up the tripod and wait for the show so frequently turn out fairly dull. C'est la vie.

07-21-2018, 11:47 PM	#10
shawbamos Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2018 Location: Iowa Posts: 45	Neat sunrise!

07-21-2018, 11:51 PM	#11
johnyates Pentaxian Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Saskatoon, SK Photos: Albums Posts: 1,345	Originally posted by slowpez Good heavens, this makes me want to get up before dawn. Confirmed night owl here - this would convince me to stay up a little later Great shot!