Woke up yesterday morning with a urge to take some photos, so decided to walk down to the city with my camera.

I live in Wellington, which is the capital of New Zealand (Wellington - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia). It's a pretty small city, with a central business district that sits on one of the only flat pieces of land, and is surrounded by hills which are suburbs or bush. It's pretty picturesque on a nice day, but it's often very windy!

Anyway, I was fortunate to find some pretty good light. All these photos are taken between about 7.30 and 10am.

These are all with my K10D and DA 18-55mm or Sigma 70-300. Cheaper lenses that are hopefully going to be changed soon.

Interested to see what you think.

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'Early morning cityscape, Wellington'



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'Walking to work, Wellington'



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'The joy of motorcycling'



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'White dog'



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'Outside a government ministry, Wellington'



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'In the gardens, Wellington'



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'Waiting, Wellington train station'



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'Inner city construction, Wellington'



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and this one is very much my personal favourite:



'Of Life and Death'

[Edicon]

I like the way you PP your photos and the composition, really artistic. Great set, well done but I like the shot at the train station the most.

[LeDave]

Wow! The Joy of Motorcycling is a cool shot, haha.

[Ash]

A good eye for composition.
Well done with these.
#5 and 7 are my faves.

[Darren M]

Really nice series. I especially like the second, but all are good.

[OrenMc]

I agree about the PP and composition. You create some mood in what might have been some humdrum photos. Thanks for posting.

[Scottnorwo]

Wow what a wonderful walk you took. You captured your city very well. that last one is spectacular

[JMR]

Great shots. Wonderful backlit scenes. I only have reservations about the first image, which, on my monitor, looks rather dark.

JMR

[dcmsox2004]

making the ordinary extraordinary....especially the b+w's, your last pic is superb in composition..

[song_hm]

Nice series, each image demands attention. I especially like how white dog stand out of the background.