Today we drove to Oamaru, stopping en route at Balclutha (work-related stop for Nigel), refreshment break at Roslyn in Dunedin – a place where we can sit in a cafe and enjoy an awesome city / harbour view, and then on to Oamaru. Beautiful weather for a winter day and as we drove from Dunedin to Oamaru the late afternoon sunshine gradually gave way to sunset. At Maheno I suggested we pull over to get sunset photos before the colour disappeared.
Maheno, Waitaki District, New Zealand
We pulled over at the fuel station just before the Kakanui River bridge.
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Nigel’s photos (x2) taken with his Olympus digital camera
Liz’s photos (x2) taken with my Panasonic Lumix camera
Text by Liz, photos by Nigel and Liz; Exploring Colour (2020)
New Zealand is known for the parrot called a kaka, and the name Kakanui seems to mean a large one of those birds.
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Sounds like a grand day out on the road and what a lovely stop for the light show!
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Well worth a stop, and thanks for sharing these. Some of those cloud sections are almost lenticular.
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My pleasure! Thank you Gary.
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Fantastic colors, Liz!
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Thank you Steve, the sky colours made the final leg of our journey very enjoyable!
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Beautiful skies – it’s always worth taking a bit of time out to enjoy the good things! 🙂
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Oh yes!
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Beautiful colors, Liz. I am glad you took the time to capture the images–the light changes so fast as the sun sets that you usually have to react quickly. I especially love the final photo with the light illuminating the underside of the clouds and the lighter sky making beautiful silhouettes of the trees.
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Thanks Mike.. we stopped only *just* in time!
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Wow! The colours are amazing, Liz!
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Thank you Peter! we’re both happy we took a wee bit of time out to take the shots 🙂
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So am I! 🙂
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