June 28, 2018 — Puketeraki Lookout, Otago, South Island, New Zealand
When the clouds part over New Zealand, there is a glow.
I know the trek is not yet over, but it is being traveled with aplomb.
Be well. Do good. Create.
(Nikon D500, Nikon 200-500mm f/5.6E ED VR zoom. RAW processing in DxO PhotoLab 3.2. Final editing in Adobe Photoshop.)
The AuthorMichael Scandling
California based fine-art photographer featuring abstract, impressionist, and minimalist seascapes — near and distant — and floral-based images.
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Not only a glow, but a nacreous glow — like a Pāua shell.
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I had the same thought. And how appropriate. Thank you.
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That’s more blue than we’ve recently seen from you. I sense some smoothing here.
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Blue: true. Soothing smoothing.
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Beautifully worked, Michael. Absolutely gorgeous colours in there. Well done!!
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Thank you. This is about my sixth stab at it. This morning I saw it with completely new eyes and it just sort of fell together.
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Thanks Michael. I’ve just listened to an extensive interview with Helen Clark our former Prime Minister of NZ on “The Pat Kenny Show”. It was very interesting but one thing really stood out for me toward the end where she points out that if a NZ PM had just let this virus run like in so many other countries, then the PM would be “dead in the water”. This is true!!!! Interview link: https://www.newstalk.com/podcasts/highlights-from-the-pat-kenny-show/former-prime-minister-new-zealand-helen-clark-covid-19-country
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Thank you. Very interesting. Here’s a link to an article in The Atlantic on the same subject:
https://apple.news/AFAQEdDEeR3eve_OUFnsHyg
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Cheers. A good read!
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😊
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What a great luminous, calm, floating feeling this imparts.
I was going to say nacreous glow, too…well, once I looked it up to learn what it meant! 🙂 Seriously, this stay-at-home period has really heightened my appreciation for the blogs I follow – – people just send you beautiful art, beautiful words, interesting facts & thoughts, and will discuss all this with you in such a pleasant way. I love this photo, and always glad to know a new word, too, for that matter.
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Thank you very much Robert. I had to look the word up as well. Don’t tell anybody. Very embarrassing. 😉 I took several stabs at processing this image before I was satisfied with it. It just sort of fell into my lap this morning.
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This one invites to dream away. Fine shot!
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It does. Good dreams. Thank you.
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Beautiful! 🙂
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Thank you, my friend.
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I find that most of your images silently message hope…
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Busted. 😉 Thank you.
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Ah, my friend, this is soothing to the eyes and the soul.
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That’s what it was intended to be. Thank you.
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🙂 🙂
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No words needed…
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😊
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Yes, there really is a glow – beautiful! 🙂
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Thank you very much. 😊
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Such a sweet glow here, full of good feelings 🙂
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Thank you. That’s exactly how I intended it.
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Glowingly beautiful. That’s the sort of sky that says isn’t it great to be alive.
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It’s 12:45 AM. I’m about to go to bed. With a smile on my face. Thank you.
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After creating a photograph such as this, you should well be smiling. 🙂
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😊🙏
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So very smooth… Breathtaking.
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Thank you very much, Amy.
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Pretty cool shot.
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Thank you.
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Oh my goodness … I think you are right! A real glow .. but then I’m bias! 🙂
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And you have a right to be biased. 😊
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