The Gentle Grasses of New Zealand
Image by Stuck in Customs
Daily Photo – The Gentle Grasses of New Zealand
As we moved from the North to the South Island (by grinding our Kea Camper onto a moaning ferry), we expected the terrain to change dramatically. Everyone in the north told us how different things were in the south!
But right after we arrived in Picton and started making our way to Nelson, the terrain still had the soft hills and flowing greens of the north. Not that there is anything wrong with that, mind you. But, for a while (until we made it further south), I thought that the whole North Island was playing a huge practical joke on me, and the South Island was actually a perfect replica of the north. After ravenously consuming the comedy stylings of The Flight of the Conchords, I thought I would be able to scry every type of Kiwi humor. While driving through this bit, I thought perhaps I had fallen prey to old Country-Wide-Giant-Practical-Joke.
New Textures Tips From Vanelli
Back when I moved my portfolio to Smugmug (See my Smugmug Review), we did a little promotion where a winner got to go on a Vacation with Vanelli. Remember that guy? Well, here comes Vanelli blowing back onto the scene with something new – a video. He has made a cool variation of techniques with my textures, and he wanted to share this "grouping" trick with everyone.
See Vanelli’s New Texture Video there on his site. You will be able to tell very quickly that Vanelli really gets a kick out of all this stuff, and he loves teaching people. You might want to surf around his site a bit more for even more goodies.
New Zealand Images Groweth!
By now, we have posted 17 images of New Zealand! Cool. It’s a beautiful place, and surely you can see why I plan on moving the family (and StuckInCustoms.com) there. In fact, today I got a little email from Roy Furgeson, New Zealand Ambassador to the US (and former ambassador to North Korea)! I was so excited. In HUGE red letters on it, the email said, "UNCLASSIFIED", which I suppose means that I can mention it without any untoward Kiwi repercussions.
I went to the official New Zealand website for these sorts of diplomatic matters to see what else has been happening of late. This week, besides the historic occasion of emailing me, the Ambassador has been quite busy. A Kiwi bird was born, and Mr. Ferguson had the honor of naming it "Hiri". Hiri is a Maori word that means, "Kiwi Egg Was Not Eaten By A Dirty Drunken Aussie Possum".
VERY nicely done HDR. The control is amazing, Trey
Hi, I’m an admin for a group called outstanding!, and we’d love to have this added to the group!
Wow, this is crazy good.
Amazing light and processing, very nice work.
such an awesome place NZ, almost as nice as Australia
Amazing.
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Great color!
lovely light and colours here.. very nice
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Seen on my Flickr home page. (?)
Really pretty! I love the details of the grasses!!
You are my hero….
and imagine there are people that say hdr is garbage. this is amazing and this stuff is why I keep shooting too.
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Ahh.. what a lovely place. I would camp here overnight
Lovely photography and story 
Oh wow – sooo beautiful Trey! Can see why you want to live there!
so incredible and rich… really lovely Trey.
Superb! awesome colors…
Lovely shot Trey. Great to hear you’ll be coming over to NZ.
Absolutely stunning!
Wonderful colors
great job!
Beautiful
Very nice shot my friend.
I wsih you a great time.:))
Beautiful shot, …
Espectacular.
Fantastica!!!
Outstanding image, and love the rich colours and contrasts!
Awesome shot!!
Une superbe composition avec des couleurs magnifiques
Awesome
awesome tonemapping
Splendid!!!
Great colours!
Beautiful landsape, great color.
This ones fantastic. Great colours. I can never keep my skies looking so natural when I do HDR.
Espléndida !!!
Love the point of view in this one. Feel like I am riding on a tractor!
very good work….
nice study…
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we missed these landscapes.
ps: i suggest all sizes
WOW, what a processing,.,. pretty cool.
Wow, New Zealand, an amazing country!
Beautiful shot. Love the colours!
"Kiwi Egg Was Not Eaten By A Dirty Drunken Aussie Possum".
Mate we may have exported the Possum to New Zealand but they got even by sending half of their population over here lol.
so beautiful!
Fabulous! Love the richness.
What an amazing view!!
awesome. incredible colours here.
Amazing Place.. Great shot,
Brilliant Expose & Great HDR Spirit.
Hi, I’m an admin for a group called All about World, and we’d love to have this added to the group!
colors are astonishing!
Beautiful colors and composition!
Love shooting scenes like this in HDR. Takes me back to some of the photos of farmlands in southern Ontario last fall.
Absolutely gorgeous with the greens and yellows against the broken sky.
lovely capture!
its really wierd…. when I look at the photo the clouds seem to be moving from left to right.
hermosa!
truly an amazing composition. love the dynamics of the clouds here
Who are you calling a possum?
Breathtaking!
Hi, I’m an admin for a group called New Zealand by tips4travels, and we’d love to have this added to the group!
Wow, that’s really clear. Very well done.
Wow. This is awesome.
What a serene landscape! http://www.BestHDRi.com
This is absolutely amazing! I loved all of those New Zealand pics, especially the one with the tree and clouds in the background and the one with the stone bridge. Amazing! I love smugmug as well. Check out my site at Smugmug review
Marvelous image, nicely composed and shot. Very well done.