Rotorua Photographs

 More photos from our weekend escape :0)

Close up shot of the Maori design on the Rotorua Information Centre

The scenic lookout on the Napier-Taupo Road

 Close up shot of the ironwork on the Band Routunda

A weekend escape

That's right, we escaped the HB this weekend just been and enjoyed a trip up north where I indulged my fondness for photography as well my passion for soaking in hot pools!

Private mineral pool at our motel

The top storey of the
Rotorua Information Centre

Band Routunda

Parasols

Napier Street Performer & Statue

This wonderful street performer can often be found in Napier
city, she is very interesting to watch and photograph.

This gorgeous statue is also to be found in Napier city.

Geon Art Deco Weekend

Planes, trains and auto-mobiles seem to be the order this weekend as Napier celebrates Geon Art Deco Weekend. Above are a few hard to capture photos of the planes that have been flying in formation . Below are the front of some of the cars that have been in town this weekend.  Unfortunately I haven't had much luck in capturing shots of the steam train that has been running regularly through town but I did get some photos of a steam roller which was on the main street.

 

Napier's Sunken Gardens

Napier has an absolutely beautiful place called the Sunken Gardens where I've roamed with my camera, a few of the shots are above. I also found a very unusual and interesting flower (below) which I absolutely love the colour of so just had to share it with you.

Playing With Shadows

When roaming around town with my camera after my 6 monthly glaucoma check (it is amazing how facing losing your eyesight makes you look closer at seemingly everyday things) I spotted a pattern on the ground so I looked up and captured a shot of the patterned glass bus stop (above) that was creating the shadow (below).

Murals in Napier (Pt 2)

 

Four more murals that have caught my interest when I've been out roaming with my camera (when will my family learn not to let me out unsupervised? lol).

Late Night Photography Visit to Napier (Pt 2)

Four shots of the Fountain in Napier at night as the colours changed.

Decorated Dairy - 14th & 15th January 2012

At the beginning of this year I decided that I want to 'Live A Life Full of Art' this year, so I have been  making the effort to do something artistic each day, below are the pages I decorated for the 14th & 15th of January 2012.

The hearts came from scrapbookscrapbook.com, I took the photo of the water lilly earlier this week and paint sample cards were cut out and the remnants glued around the outside of the page on the 15th. I have left a reasonable amount of room for journalling which I do try to do on a daily basis. I've also been playing with mosaic using paint sample cards on a black wine bottle shape to see how it would look.    

Vibrant Murals in Napier (Pt 1)

As I have been wandering around Napier with camera in hand I have found some fantastic murals which beg to be photographed, above are a few from the "Uniting the Community" mural.

Late Night Photography Visit to Napier (Pt 1)

The night before last I mentioned to my husband that I would like to try taking photos of the fountain in Napier when it was lit up, he didn't seem adverse to the idea so we waited for the sun to make it's slow descent and paid a visit to the Sound Shell as well as the fountain, above are a few of them photos (will post more in another post).  The moon was full and with the ISO at 400 I was able to capture some lovely shots.