Not even a howling gale on the tops above the Pourangaki catchment could wipe the smile off Simon's face as four of us made the long hike in to Pourangaki hut in March 2008. The blur's not photoshop — it's camera shake from the buffeting and the cold. I kind of like it.All content © 2009 Pete McGregor
I love this shot. Reminds me of very old photos of coal miners and the like.
ReplyDeleteI love when the camera does stuff that some people call mistakes, This is a cool picture and looks exactly how it must have felt!
ReplyDeleteBonjour,
ReplyDeleteVery nice effect, composition..very beautiful teeth...:-)...Bravo!
Vibrations. Nearly audible.
ReplyDeleteKia ora Pete,
ReplyDeleteNo need to ask which way the wind is blowing either!
Cheers,
Robb
Emma, I can't speak for Simon, but I can say that by the time we got to the hut I felt as if I'd been working hard in the mines all day... ;^)
ReplyDeleteWatercats, yes, it's one reason I'm wary of deleting photos too soon. (And yes, that's how it felt!)
jelb, we saw plenty of those teeth — he spent a lot of time smiling ;^)
Zhoen, true — trying to hold a conversation in those conditions isn't easy.
Robb, it was pretty consistent, so we could sometimes find a little shelter in a hollow in the tussock or in the lee of the ridge. A relief to eventually start heading downhill, where we soon dropped below the worst of the gale.
I like the shake too. You've captured wind!
ReplyDeleteMichael — yep, that's right. Some people reckon I'm full of it. ;^)
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