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Photography has changed the way I see the world around me.

Through it I discover new things and rediscover old ones. Like my island, New Caledonia.

This blog is just me sharing my world through my photography.

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DEVA'S VILLAGE

Bourail, New Caledonia

Situated on the shores of one of the world's largest lagoons, the Sheraton New Caledonia Deva Spa & Golf Resort is one of the more luxurious and isolated hotels in New Caledonia. I’ve never stayed here but I have popped in two or three times for a meal or a drink whilst staying in the area. This was one of those time.

A friend was house-sitting at La Roche Percée which I took advantage of to do some astrophotography. Not a lot of light pollution around these parts. You may have seen a photo from an earlier post, The Man Between The Milky Way & Turtle Bay. We came here to checkout a lookout from one of the hiking trails behind the hotel. Magnificent views of Deva Domaine, the lagoon and the Sheraton. We had lunch there once we’d finished wandering around.

I only took my camera to the lookout. A decision I regretted as I took this shot. Wishing I had my polarised filter with me. The water looked very flat, colourless and had no definition even after my global edits in Lightroom. To my surprise though, I was able to recover a lot of it by selectively using the Dehaze slider. Now that’s what I saw when I shot this image. A beautiful view of the Sheraton New Caledonia Deva Spa & Golf Resort and our stunning, world renowned lagoon.

28 mm, 1/640th second @ ƒ/11, ISO 400

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THE OTHER SIDE OF BOURKE

Once you cross the Southern Cross Station bridge it splits left and right (check out my last post). This is the other side of Bourke Street. It leads straight to Docklands (Melbourne, Australia). A beautiful area and a must visit. I couldn’t resist shooting this view straight down the street.

Again, I went with a cinematic look. I think it suits quite well certain street photos. That and black & white.

1/320 sec @ ƒ/8, 25 mm, ISO 800

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SOUTHERN CROSS TRAIN STATION

A view of the Southern Cross train station from the Bourke Street  bridge entrance. I had taken a panorama from a different angle just before but it wasn’t centred so I asked the controller at the entrance if he could let me in passed the the gate. I told him where I wanted to go and that it was going to take ten minutes max. He was kind enough to let me in and do my thing and even asked, as I thanked him on the way out, if I got the shot I wanted. Nice bloke. 

This panorama is made of 13 hand-held shots. I bumped the ISO quite high to compensate for the lack of light and made sure I had image stabilisation activated on the lens before I steadied myself as much as possible before taking the shots. The outcome is… OK. Always carry your tripod with you.

13 exposures at 1/20 sec @ ƒ/8, 18 mm, ISO 1600

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