lesser known pancake rocks.

I got up at dawn one day and seeing the light was still dull under cloud decided to go and photograph these falls with slow shutter and nd filter, had to mentally calculate the exposure so i am happy with this. The tide was coming in and i very nearly got wet being distracted with the camera. As it turned out i got a light leak when i processed the film, and all the other shots i took here were ruined, so i will have an excuse to go back another time, an effort has to be made to go down to this end of the beach and the tide has to be right

[Nadiya Bilovodenko]

Great B&W!! fav! and lovely story!

[Swillin' Billy Flynn]

Nice one. Does that mean that there are some better known pancake rocks? :)

[A]

Great shot! Shame that the others were ruined, but at least you got this one :)

[kali]

@swillinbillyflynn Punakaiki is 40km up the road, a major tourist attraction on this coast. http://www.westcoast.co.nz/plan-your-trip/punakaiki-pancake-rocks-and-blow-holes/

[Scott Houston]

spanner lives on in this shot. It's wonderful.

[- Andrea -]

Im learning that you have a tremendous amount of patience. Looks like a really interesting spot.

[kali]

@scotthouston he;s not dead, he just went to colour for a bit lol
thx, i am inspired every time i see his waterfalls

[kali]

@colorfade i am a patient person, perhaps too patient haha

[Ethel]

Back to the future technique

[Chris Davies]

This is a beautiful composition.

Did you use the Spotmatic? My old one had an iffy light seal, which I repaired myself. It was not too bad.

[Helen Jane]

I like the lines and flow of this. Well sought out, and well thought out.

[Taffy]

Wonderful textures and striations within the rocks. Perfect water flow.

[Claes]

Even more beautiful on black I think.

[Joan Robillard]

With syrup?

[Margo Sayer]

Double check the tides...

[Naomi]

I'm impressed by your cameera knowledge - I just keep snapping and fiddling with the knob until it looks about right! Lovely shot

[kali]

@chris667 i was using an olympus-om1 , the light leak happened in the dark bag, i got frustrated tangling the film twice on the reel and took my hands out to take a break, didnt realaise that could happen in there, but luckily it was only the end frames that got the flash.

[kali]

@naomi i do my digital photography that way, but with film you have to have an idea of what you are doing before you take the shot :)

[kali]

@joansmor yes, i think of the slow flow of water as the topping :)

[kali]

@runner365 thanks for taking the time

[Jo Smith]

Love it in Black and white

[Liana Bull]

Love this and I didn't know about the lesser pancake rocks - i will have to find these whenever I get back to the coast. Its been a long time since I travelled that amazing coastline. Fav.

[Domenico Dodaro]

I find this absolutely fantastic

[kali]

@kiwinanna a local secret ssshhhh!

[kali]

@domenicododaro thankyou DD

[Caroline]

Beautifully done Kali, I really like these pancake rocks (and your narrative)... I'm glad Billy asked because I didn't know the better known ones :)

[Saxa van Eijnsbergen]

what great rock formation, they look so smooth!

[Call me Joe]

Look stunning in blkground!

[Louis A. Sousa]

Well done.

[kali]

@pickerandagrinner i went back, just developed the roll, will see how i went, at least i know i developed for the right amount of time