TweetThe series of images of New Zealand's Farewell Spit continues today with this view of barchan dunes at Ocean Beach stretching towards the horizon, as the sun sets on a summer evening. It might not look like it, but a very strong wind was blasting sand all over the place. Thankfully, the Mamiya7II and 50mm [...]
Feb 06, 2011 | Categories:photo of the day | Tags: cape farewell, cape farewell photos, drum scan, drum scanning, drum scanning new zealand, drum scanning nz, drum scanning service new zealand, drum scanning wellington, farewell spit, golden bay photos, mamiya 7II, new zealand, new zealand fine art prints, new zealand images, new zealand landscape, new zealand photos, new zealand posters, new zealand tourism, nz tourism, photo of the day, sand dunes sunrise, sand dunes sunset, south island, visit new zealand | 1 Comment »
TweetThe ever changing sand dunes of Farewell Spit take on a fiery hue as the sun sets. The sand formation located at the very tip of New Zealand's South Island stretches 25Km into the ocean. It is inhabited but hosts a variety of wading birds and sea mammals such as the New Zealand fur seal [...]
Feb 04, 2011 | Categories:photo of the day | Tags: cape farewell, cape farewell photos, drum scan, drum scanning, drum scanning nz, farewell spit, golden bay photos, mamiya 7II, new zealand, new zealand fine art prints, new zealand images, new zealand landscape, new zealand photos, new zealand posters, new zealand tourism, nz tourism, photo of the day, sand dunes sunrise, sand dunes sunset, south island, visit new zealand | 1 Comment »
TweetA distant white-breasted cormorant flies above the crashing waves, near Cape Farewell Arch, South Island, New Zealand. Cape Farewell – a headland of cretaceous quartz sandstone – is the South Island's most northerly point and was named by Captain James Cook upon leaving New Zealand in 1770. To its east lies the shifting sand dunes [...]
Jan 08, 2011 | Categories:photo of the day | Tags: cape farewell, cape farewell arch, cape farewell photos, farewell spit, golden bay photos, new zealand, new zealand fine art prints, new zealand images, new zealand landscape, new zealand photos, new zealand tourism, nz tourism, photo of the day, south island, visit new zealand | 1 Comment »
Tweet New Zealand's Mount Taranaki rises from a layer of clouds. Also named Mt Egmont and considered one of the world's most symmetric volcanoes, Mt Taranaki is reminiscent of Japan's Mt Fuji. Both volcanoes hold great spiritual significance. For Māori, the stratovolcano is the abode of Te Maunga o Taranaki, the mountain god. To order [...]
Aug 17, 2010 | Categories:photo of the day | Tags: egmont national park, karim sahai new zealand photographer, maori legends, maori mythology, mount egmont photos, mount taranaki photos, mt egmont photos, new zealand photos, new zealand posters, new zealand tourism, rural new zealand, sacred mountain photos, taranaki photos, visit new zealand | Comments Off
TweetThis elevated view of Oriental Bay in Wellington, New Zealand was taken on November 5, 2009. Guy Fawkes day. While the pyrotechnic show hadn't started yet when I took this photo, you can see a few small fireworks in the left side of frame. A unusually large number of boats congregate in the bay to [...]
Aug 02, 2010 | Categories:photo of the day | Tags: dawn photos, drum scanner new zealand, dusk photos, film scanner new zealand, film scanning new zealand, film scanning wellington, karim sahai new zealand photographer, karim sahai travel photographer, karim sahai wellington photographer, mamiya 7II, new zealand, new zealand photos, new zealand tourism, oriental bay, oriental bay photos, positively wellington tourism, provia 400 x, visit new wealand, wellington, wellington photos, wellington tourism | Comments Off
TweetIn the first of the three photos below, a tui bird (Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae) on a kowhai tree branch. White throat tufts and a distinctive white feathers collar make the territorial tui one of New Zealand's most recognizable endemic birds. Wide format Fine Art prints of the pictures below are available. Simply click on any image [...]
Sep 15, 2009 | Categories:photo of the day | Tags: forest & bird, forest and bird, karim sahai new zealand photographer, kiwiana, kowhai tree, new zealand art, new zealand art prints, new zealand birds, new zealand endemic birds, new zealand endemic fauna, new zealand fauna, new zealand images, new zealand native birds, new zealand native fauna, new zealand photographic prints, new zealand photos, new zealand posters, new zealand tourism, nz bird, nz birds, nz fauna, nz fine art prints, Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae, tui bird new zealand, tui bird nz, tui bird photos, visit new zealand | Comments Off
