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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