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Title: Hi from New Zealand
Post by: waxeye on January 22, 2017, 02:28:57

Hi all

Nice to find nikongear and its community online and well.

A while ago on a walk, I met a fellow hiker with an old nikon slr carefully composing a shot. He shrugged as I stared at his camera (had a film point and shoot back then). "I don't really know what I'm doing but sometimes I get a photo I like." Cannot find better words to describe the 10 years or so I've spent doing digital photography.

Damien

Title: Re: Hi from New Zealand
Post by: Jakov Minić on January 22, 2017, 02:32:18

What a beautiful photo and a witty tale :)
Welcome!
Looking forward to photos from New Zealand.

Title: Re: Hi from New Zealand
Post by: waxeye on January 22, 2017, 02:48:58

Thank you Jakov :)

Title: Re: Hi from New Zealand
Post by: Hugh_3170 on January 22, 2017, 08:29:30

Welcome to the NG site.  There are quite a few Kiwis and ex-Kiwis on this site, plus even one or two Scots and Vikings that I know on here that have visited down under.  Enjoy.

Title: Re: Hi from New Zealand
Post by: waxeye on January 22, 2017, 09:04:58

Thanks for the warm welcome :)

Title: Re: Hi from New Zealand
Post by: Frank Fremerey on January 22, 2017, 13:23:42

Hello & Welcome with a photo of a beatiful mountain scape with cloud. Love it, post more!

Title: Re: Hi from New Zealand
Post by: Roland Vink on January 23, 2017, 02:44:28

A lovely shot of Mt Taranaki and the Pouakai ranges - one of my favourite places. Welcome aboard! (I'm based in Auckland, nice to see another New Zealander here :) )

Title: Re: Hi from New Zealand
Post by: waxeye on January 23, 2017, 07:37:38

Hi Frank and thanks. A long white cloud... I didn't think about it but rather fitting (land of the long white cloud is the maori name for nz).

Hi Roland, from the bay of plenty. Thank you too. Not quite a new zealander myself but been here long enough to call nz home. Rock formations, plant diversity... Taranaki and Pouakai are lovely places to explore.

Title: Re: Hi from New Zealand
Post by: Erik Lund on January 23, 2017, 08:15:00

Welcome to NikonGear! Enjoy :)

Title: Re: Hi from New Zealand
Post by: simato73 on January 23, 2017, 10:04:47

Hi Damian, welcome from the other side of the world!
(in Italy, from where I am posting, they say NZ is at our antipodes. Not entirely correct, but the illusion/delusion is fed by the boot shape shared by both countries)
I hope one day to visit your beautiful country.

Title: Re: Hi from New Zealand
Post by: waxeye on January 23, 2017, 22:30:39

Thanks Erik. Watched the impressionist and chaos threads and enjoyed them very much.

Hi Simone and thank you. It is said the north island is a fish and the south island a canoe... rather than a boot :) I only visited a few cities in italy but what I've seen i liked very much.