Planet Auckland
// June 6th, 2009 // 2 Comments » // Photography, Travel
In 2007 I spent Easter with my family sailing in on Zinkwazi at Whangaroa Harbour at the top of the North Island in New Zealand. At the end of a fantastic trip, Greg, Doug and myself headed back to Auckland, leaving Mum and Rob on the boat. Northland is one of my favourite parts of New Zealand, and after a trip away, driving back to Auckland there is this point on the Northern Motorway where the city first becomes visible, sparking over the Waitemata Harbour, I have always loved this view of the city.
On this trip back into Auckland the sun was getting low, and casting a lovely warm light. We dropped Greg and back home, and then Doug and I head back to the North Shore to take some photos of the city basking in the warm autumn light. I tooks a series of photos which I have stitched in a massive panorama of the city. I have had this panorama sitting about, not really knowing what do do with it until I came across a picture of a tiny planet on http://thebobblog.com/ and decided to give it a go and see if I could make one (using the instructions on Photojojo), this is my first attempt, and I am quite happy with the result. The final tiny planet imag is not the tine, it is 0.5m x 0.5m, and I am going to print a large version and get it framed.
