Parliament buildings

Parliament buildings in Wellington. I am pleased with how the building textures and colors came out. Processing was mainly done in CameraRaw 7 with CS6. Please refer to the following how-to that I've typed up to see what processing I've performed on these images: http://teach-me-photo.blogspot.co.nz/2012/05/photoshop-statue.html

Canon 600D, Tamron 18-270mm f3.5-6.3 Di II VC PZD. Focal length 25mm, Exposure 1/1000sec at f8, ISO 400, Focus auto, VC on, Flash none, Filter none.

Canon 600D, Tamron 18-270mm f3.5-6.3 Di II VC PZD. Focal length 42mm, Exposure 1/1600sec at f8, ISO 400, Focus auto, VC on, Flash none, Filter none.

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Premier John Ballance

The statue of Premier John Ballance stands in front of the Parliamentary Library on the Parliament grounds in Wellington. Walking back to our offices after going to a customer one morning, I decided to take a shortcut through the parliament grounds to take a number of photos before the worst of the winter rolls in. I will post these over the next couple of days.

To start off, this statue was post processed in Adobe Photoshop CS6 Beta only. Most tweaking was performed in Camera Raw.

Canon 600D, Tamron 18-270mm f3.5-6.3 Di II VC PZD. Focal length 42mm, Exposure 1/640sec at f8, ISO 400, Focus auto, VC on, Flash none, Filter none.

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Tug

I've always had a little fascination with tug boats. Usually these tugs are operating where I cannot get close enough to them but I was lucky enough the other day.

Although the Tamron performed beautifully, allowing multiple shots of the two tugs in action (only one shown in this blog)  at different zoom levels, the normal photos were too busy due to the background.

Oh well, since I've recently installed the Beta version of Photoshop CS6, I thought it best to play a bit with the new Oil Painting effects in CS6. Below the results for your enjoyment.(click the photos to view them in full size)

Canon 600D, Tamron 18-270mm f3.5-6.3 Di II VC PZD. Focal length 142mm, Exposure 1/200sec at f8, ISO 200, Focus auto, VC on, Flash none, Filter none.

Canon 600D, Tamron 18-270mm f3.5-6.3 Di II VC PZD. Focal length 219mm, Exposure 1/125sec at f8, ISO 200, Focus auto, VC on, Flash none, Filter none.

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Old Derelict

A derelict building in Kate Sheppard Place in Wellington. Met a friend who owns a Mojo the other day, but I was not sure where his shop was. Well, while I was walking around looking for his place I came across this jewel of a building. Oh, before I forget, I did find my friend's Mojo. Please visit Ian at Mojo in the Vogel Centre in Aitken street. No discount sorry, but I promise possibly the best Mojo in New Zealand!

The pics below looks OK on the normal photos but I just had to lay on a bit of HDR to do justice to the character of this little building.

Canon 600D, Tamron 18-270mm f3.5-6.3 Di II VC PZD. Focal length 80mm, Exposure 1/80sec at f8, ISO 200, Focus auto, VC on, Flash none, Filter none.

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Three sailors and a flag

On my way to a customer I took the scenic route and saw that the navy came for a visit. The Tamron performed beautifully allowing a quick zoom in without the hassles of worrying about not have the right lens on.

Canon 600D, Tamron 18-270mm f3.5-6.3 Di II VC PZD. Focal length 270mm, Exposure 1/400sec at f8, ISO 200, Focus auto, VC on, Flash none, Filter none.

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