Martin and me had to wait quite a while till a car came by in the right direction, to be photographed with the right camera settings

there always a new perspective every now and then... :)

Train station of Akl at night


"let's do some pics by night..."
left the house at 10 pm, returned after "some pics" on 2am ;)

some nice sound...

Hi!

Some 2 days ago I managed it to get the concert of Edward Gains up on Youtube.
It's in 2 parts and almost the whole thing...
Video Quality is really bad I realized, but the sound is quite good indeed. Special thanks to my moble and the chiney I could put it on ;)

Numero 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FD_7aYxiqEY
Numero 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2CAegr5GpU

I want to upload the following concert of Nick Oliveri as well, but first have to split the whole thing in nice little parts, which not done yet...

Will announce it here when I finally made it :)

greets

good bye Piha ;)

A local walked up to me and said: "you gotta make some pictures through your sunglasses... some pros told me to do so!" "Ok! I'll check it out..."


Now I gotta get myself some nice polarized glasses that are bigger than the one I have with me!
That saves me the 200$ for the polarize filter I was already thinking about... :)

nothing to say about...
just really like it in b/w

Martin taking photos

Martin & Petra walking along the beach

... and to the right...

view from Lion Rock to the left...

"the back of the lion"

Lion Rock (from the other side its a bit more visible where the name comes from)

Petra is always happy to be in the photo somewhere... ;)

beautiful scenery down there and great weather...
That's how it should be! :)

first view down to Piha...
seems to be quite a nice place to visit for a daytrip ;)

Just as a example...
Could have taken photos of nearly any house there ;)

Way back from Ponsonby to K'road
Such beautiful little houses there...

next to il buco

conch (?) - vinyl <> coffee

such a great concept to mix those 2 things!

il buco Ponsonby


will come back next days for sure! :)

best pizza so far!!!!! gotta go there again... :)

Coffee & Pizza @ il buco in Ponsonby was sooooo great :)

Plan was to get up early, organize some stuff and.......
Of course reality and plan were not really matching with each other that well ;)
But after coffee and free muffing at 1pm ;-) Petra and me decided to check out the zoo.
With the actual weather here that seemed to be the perfect thing to do...

Don't know if there is a word like "October weather" here - corresponding to Aprilwetter :-) - but that would match perfectly!!
You look out of the window, see it's pouring with rain and just miserable, get dressed for rain and cold, get outside 5 mins later and realize that it's changed into a perfect sunny, warm early summer day. Or other way round of course... ;-)

As the zoo - like almost everything else - closes at 5.30pm, we decided to get out @ K' Road and search for a nice cafe (weather turned into nice warm.... see above ;-) )
Turned out to be a perfect idea, as we found a great music/coffee store aside a great pizza/coffee store :-)
I hope the pics get you at least some impression how nice it was ;)
The walk back through nice looking streets and houses was nice as well, so summed up for another typical Akl day :)
Nothing special planned, but at the end another perfect day :)

There's quite a lot to do in and around Auckland.

Been to the Death Acoustic Tour of Nick Oliveri on the 13th with Petra which was absolutely great.
Edward Gains played first and that guy,too was just fantastic!
Haven't seen anybody rocking a "normal" acoustic guitar like those two...
Location in a pub a bit outside of the city center was perfect as well, especially the chimney inside it, where I could easily place my mobile for capturing the whole (!) concert :)
I will try to upload it to youtube or so but have to work if it's possible, as it is like 200mbs...

On the 17th Terror were playing a gig at a cool little club located only a 5min walk from the flat.
Seen them already 3 times, but the 4th was the best so far. Just soooo much energy during the concert...

Next days I'd like to have a look at Piha (another beautiful spot in short distance to Akl central).
Or perhaps do a skydive?!? ;)

It has to be all spontaneous activities as the weather is changing far more often then in april... So I decide when I get up what there is to do.


Will get some some sleep now...
Who knows what there is to do tomorrow ;)

so long

our company at the beach

hopefully one of the last of this slyline, but there so many cool photo opportunities ;)

guess what


;)

Another one of skyline Akl :)
This time from St. Heliers (sort of suburb of Akl).

but during the shooting it can look a bit strange... :)





sorry Petra, I was somehow forced to upload it ;)

when a photo like this is taken, it looks quite nice...

As it was a nice sunny and warm day Petra and me went up One Tree Hill for another view over the city. Can't be that many left now :)

Lady Knox Geysir @ Wai-O-Tapu Geothermal Wonderland Rotorua


Would be even better with a little nicer weather?!

Looks like an enchanted place...



Be happy that pictures don't smell!!! ;)

don't have a clue who is standing there, but was a nice motive

as the weather in Rotorua was REALLY bad most of the time I had to take photos of other stuff there



perhaps I upload some of the cool pix Martin did from Champagne Pool etc...

Our place for the night @ Hannah Bay next to Lake Rotorua

Weather was really bad but to see some kiwibirds was really cool (even though it was not in wilderness...)
Would have never thought them to be that big!




P.S.: if one comes back to life as female kiwibird, the collected karma in the last life must have been REALLY bad... ;)

On our way to Rotorua...

bytheway:
Bike is now REALLY ready to go after another 300$ for front and rear rotor + gear changer :(
But I have to say, the brakes haven't been that good for long time ;)
As nice weather is anounced for tomorrow and the concert of Nick Oliveri (which will be sooooo cool for sure) starts at 8pm I might have a look at the local bike park... We'll see... ;)

good night world

and on the last meters some Pukekos

and the look to the left of the bay :)
Soooo much to see here... Could have made tons of pics! Those here are only the best ones

nice little bay alongside the walk

from left to right: Melanie, Kathi, Anja, Petra

was a great day with you :)

tooooooo many photos, but I just had to... :)

needs no further description ;)

City of sails in the distance

definitely a place I will come back to in the next few weeks!