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Moonlight Creek-Blackball district


Moonlight Creek-Blackball district
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Copyright: Steve Reekie (LordPotty) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1449 W: 146 N: 3764] (12035)
Genre: Landscapes
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2005-02-15
Categories: River
Camera: Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ-2-S
Exposure: f/2.8, 1/100 seconds
More Photo Info: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version, Workshop
Date Submitted: 2005-02-18 0:29
Viewed: 1429
Points: 16
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
Well,we flew to the West Coast (of the South Island of NZ) and looked at the house we want to buy in Blackball (An old gold/coal mining town in the mountains near Greymouth).
We also visited this gold laden stream in the hills a few minutes drive out of Blackball.
Moonlight Creek passes through mostly Beech forest, containing a few scattered podocarps, Rimu, Kahikatea, and Miro, though not as big as I'm used to up north here in Pirongia.
You may just be able to see the figure of a man sitting by the stream (just below a little white cross to the left of the picture). He was panning for gold, and showed me a small collection of nuggets he'd found the previous day. You can see these in the WORKSHOP photo. He reckoned they were worth about $200 NZ.
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Nice scene Steve. Very pictureque. So, the new adventure is all but here by the sounds of things. I wish you well.

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  • sAner Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1490 W: 72 N: 1427] (4744)
  • [2005-02-18 3:16]
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Hi Steve. Very nice and tranquille picture. Good POV. Are you sure about buying a house near Greymouth? ;) When I was in NZ and cruised both islands, I experienced good weather everywhere but in Greymouth I experienced the heaviest rainfall ever in my life! Or are you already a 'coaster' now? ;)

Cheers,
Pieter

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  • jossim Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1575 W: 5 N: 2181] (12252)
  • [2005-02-18 7:36]

WoW ! Superbe prise, j'aime bien l'effet que ses gros arbres donne à cette photo. L'entrée de soleil et l'éclairage est très bon. F`licitation et bonne journée.

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  • red45 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2705 W: 74 N: 8864] (30243)
  • [2005-02-18 7:44]

Yes! Great picture and remains me one chase scene from 'Thin Red Line' movie. Great story! Goldrush! Maybe you should try too, Steve :-) You know - mp3-player with ska music [big thanks for ska song!], you and gold nuggets :-) WS picture with nuggets looks very encouragingly!

Steve, Great POV on this one..As your eye goes up-stream, you can see the lighter shade of green from the distant bank..TFS a great shot from this beautiful place you call home!! There's gold in them thar hills! ;-))

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  • Janice Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3315 W: 148 N: 6113] (18648)
  • [2005-02-18 14:28]

So we can look forward to some more of these beautiful scenes can we Steve? I love the POV you have here, with the stream disappearing into the distance. And the colours - great. Well done!

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  • PDP Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor [C: 2821 W: 344 N: 3779] (11769)
  • [2005-02-18 16:38]

Hi Steve, nice shot here. I like the POV at the same level as the water. It's very good bit maybe you should condsider rotating the image a degree or two anti-clockwise. Well done.

Hey Steve, there is gold in that river, are you going to start changing your occupation?.
Nice shot of the river and its surroundings. Good work.

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