07
Aug
Land of the long white cloud
Author: cc | Category: photography, thoughts in pictures, truely kiwi
Sky on a winter afternoon. click photo to enlarge.
The panoramic view outside my window, on a beautiful winter evening. click photo to enlarge.
The Maori named New Zealand Aotearoa for a reason. It means ‘The Land of the Long White Cloud’. Sky like this is a common scene all year round. With the cotton-candy-liked clouds hanging low and extending into the distance.
As you know it’s been one hell of a winter, with continuous rain and strong winds. Yesterday was surprisingly a pretty clear day.The above photos were taken then.
I marveled over the beautiful sky, looking forward to the good days to come.
當輕風吹來，當白雲飄過，我心中輕輕響起典典韻樂。
Tags: clouds, New Zealand, photography, sky, thoughts in picture
August 7th, 2008 at 4:17 am
I like the first pic.
CC:
August 7th, 2008 at 4:36 am
Great stuff you have here. Keep it up.
I love the first one!
CC: Thank you very much!
August 7th, 2008 at 6:21 am
Aww, you take great pictures! I especially love the one you called “Shadow in the Sun”.
CC: Thanks MisSmall, I try.
August 7th, 2008 at 9:12 am
hey, do u still remember me? long time no see. Now I am out of blogg hiatus. see u around. I followed your twitter
CC: Hello Relax, yes I do! Good to hear from you again. I haven’t been using twitter.
August 7th, 2008 at 9:57 am
May you wish of good days ahead come true..regardless of the weather conditions.
CC: Thank you Jemima, I hope so.
August 7th, 2008 at 9:57 am
*you=your
August 7th, 2008 at 11:49 am
The pictures are wonderful! How I wish there is scenery like that back in Malaysia! Then I would have something to wake up to every morning!
CC: I truly feel blessed.
August 7th, 2008 at 12:04 pm
What a lovely sight and all I need is a good soothing music, good book and a drink
CC: Indeed! That’s what I’d do in a weekend.
August 7th, 2008 at 12:25 pm
Haha! I’ll name the first picture “Twin clouds!”
CC: That’s creative!
August 7th, 2008 at 1:26 pm
I marveled at the beautiful scenery outside your window too! Feels nice to just sit by the window and enjoy my cuppa while blogging with that type of picturesque view!
CC: Thanks you!
A perfect winter day indeed.
August 7th, 2008 at 1:45 pm
wow.. juz give me one day to lie on the grass with such clouds in the sky… bliss…
CC: Yea, truly blissful! I won’t lie on the grass though, a clean freak. LOL
August 7th, 2008 at 2:27 pm
so beautiful
CC: It is, isn’t it!
August 7th, 2008 at 3:33 pm
Beautiful sky!
CC: It is mesmerizing!
August 7th, 2008 at 5:01 pm
Lovely! Have a great day ya!
CC: You too!
August 7th, 2008 at 5:32 pm
Loved the photos! Amazing
CC: It’s an amazing scene to witness. I love the sky!
August 7th, 2008 at 6:09 pm
Hopefully after the awfully harsh winter, will make way for a beautiful spring & then a great summer! Pls keep up with the great pics.
CC: I’m sure it will be! Thank you!
August 7th, 2008 at 6:22 pm
nice shot. the foreground underexposed though!
CC: Oh, if you mean the second one, it’s meant to be that way. Thanks for visiting.
August 7th, 2008 at 6:25 pm
nice photos….
CC: Thanks for dropping by, Amy!
August 7th, 2008 at 6:33 pm
the photo in ur blog is always so nice
CC: I try.
August 7th, 2008 at 6:55 pm
Beautiful fluffy clouds in the top picture. It’s pouring here in KL which is a good, no, a great thing - to clear the smog we are experiencing now.
CC: That’s good to hear! I really miss the pouring rain, it doesn’t downpour like that over here.
August 7th, 2008 at 7:11 pm
My first time here.. and what beautiful photos you have here…lovely.
CC: Hello! Thanks for visiting.
August 7th, 2008 at 7:26 pm
It’s good to have u at my page again..will let u know asap when my new blog’s up!
Do you have facebook btw? if u do can i add u?
CC: Looking forward to that! I’ll email you about that later. Setting one up for my blog.
August 7th, 2008 at 7:28 pm
Nice composition. You’re really good at what you do. Keep it up
CC: Thanks for your kind words Holankia, I will!
August 7th, 2008 at 8:01 pm
B-E-A-U-T-I-F-U-L =)
CC: T-H-A-N-K Y-O-U =D
August 7th, 2008 at 8:54 pm
Funny how our moods are so driven by the weather here eh? We been having gorgeous sunny days here for 2 days consecutively. Tomorrow is rain, rain and rain all the way to the weekend. (>_<)
CC: Yes, our moods somehow are greatly affected by the weather! It’s raining again here! Had 2 days of sunshine, well, it’s good while it lasted.
August 7th, 2008 at 9:31 pm
the 2nd pic somehow reflects how i am feeling exactly now…
CC: Aw… Hope you’re feeling ok!
August 7th, 2008 at 9:40 pm
great place. great camera. great shots.
CC: Thanks for dropping by!
August 7th, 2008 at 10:34 pm
cc, you’ve done it again!
i just fall in love with your pictures.
i can look at them all day long…
love them
CC: Thanks for your constant encouragement Jeremy! I really appreciate it!
August 7th, 2008 at 10:40 pm
ur skill has indeed improved a lot! good job~
CC: Thank you! I strive to do better!
August 8th, 2008 at 12:24 am
very amazing horizon………
no slunting, very well balanced…
I’ve been carried away oredi!!!
CC: Thanks rimus!
August 8th, 2008 at 6:04 am
Dear CC, your pictures look so colourful and vibrant!! Lovely. Are you doing HDR or something to it? What’s the magic?
CC: Thank you!
No I haven’t done any HDR. Actually I haven’t done anything big to most of my photos, only add frame and watermark on photoshop. Slight adjustment on the brightness to save for web. That’s all. The only one that’s been mortified more so far is the picture of ‘Let’s talk about weather‘ to create the more dramatic look.
I believe in originality in photos, therefore don’t want to edit them too much. What you see here is pretty much what I saw through the lens.
But if you’re after that more vibrant effect for your photo, you can consider applying the velvia technique on photoshop. Check out the instruction here. Hope that helps!
August 9th, 2008 at 12:39 pm
NZ is an amazing country. I visited it in 1997.
CC: I’m sure you had a great time!
August 10th, 2008 at 1:41 pm
Superb!
I love photos of clouds too!
CC: Looking at the sky and the formations of clouds relaxes me.
August 21st, 2008 at 8:07 am
Thanks for stopping by my blog. I don’t get many readers and so excited you came by
I lovvve your pictures and especially love these two w/ clouds! One day I’ll capture Pano 
CC: Thank you for dropping by!
Hope to see you around.