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NZPhotographer Issue 26, December 2019

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The first time that I saw this location I was blown away,<br />

we spent an hour walking there and it poured with<br />

rain so I didn’t get a shot. The next day we tried again<br />

and got perfect light.<br />

“Mamaku Falls” is about 1.5m high and about<br />

6m wide. The cool thing about this location is the<br />

foreground, perfect for my style of photography. I<br />

place a lot of emphasis on the foreground as I want<br />

the viewer to feel like they can walk into the shot.<br />

The foreground in this location is made up of a rock<br />

plate/shelf that over the years has split like a crazy<br />

paving effect. The water runs across the surface at a<br />

depth of 100mm, ankle deep but in the cracks it can<br />

be anything from 500mm to 1.5m deep.<br />

I have shot this fall so many times now that it has<br />

become a challenge to find a new angle.<br />

The concept of drifting leaves came from one<br />

particular workshop, we had already captured the<br />

effect with falling leaves so we decided to add more<br />

to enhance the foreground and show the flow of<br />

water. This created a nice dynamic green effect<br />

drifting out of the foreground. The exposure length<br />

was half a second and shot on burst mode to capture<br />

the leaves as they flow out of the scene. The final<br />

image is a blend of 4 images.<br />

MAMAKU ORANGE<br />

F10, 0.8s, ISO50<br />

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<strong>NZPhotographer</strong>

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