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Travel guide of NelsonMy style of photography is different. I have combined my love of soft focus, shallow depth of field, the water &the colour blue to come up with this series of photos. This photo was taken waist deep in the water with a wave nearly completely taking out my camera as I held it near the surface. The bigger the risk the better the result.
Experienced by Samara Doole
This photo was taken at the beach in my hometown. I love this place for both aesthetic and sentimental reasons. The ocean at sunset is my absolute favourite and this shot is no different. The bokeh is a result of a wave splashing with the glow from the setting sun hitting the surface. Magic.
Experienced by Samara Doole
5 km from Nelson
Taken from above a short distance from where I grew up in Nelson, New Zealand. In the distance is the start of the famous ‘Boulder Bank’, the longest of its kind.
Experienced by Rich Hay
5 km from Nelson
A view out towards Cable Bay from Glenduan at sunset. The colors aren’t as vivid as I’m facing away from the sun… however I love the soft tones that you can get with this perspective.
Experienced by Rich Hay
9 km from Nelson
Untouched sand dunes by the beach
Experienced by Josiah Farrow
21 km from Nelson
Slightly around the bend from the picturesque Cable Bay, who knows what you’ll find when you venture slightly beyond the main attraction!
Experienced by Rich Hay
38 km from Nelson
A brown trout caught on fly in New Zealand's Wairau River
Experienced by Rick Wallace
39 km from Nelson
First day with a new camera on a hike through the lovely Abel Tasman National Park in NZ. Shot at an extreme distance through golden hour haze. No edits.
Experienced by Tyler Lastovich
44 km from Nelson
We were driving between Havelock and Nelson on New Zealand’s South Island. A storm was blowing in and I got soaked stopping the car to get a shot of this beautiful boat - couldn’t resist.
Experienced by Ed Maughan
57 km from Nelson
Picture of ocean and sandy beach
Experienced by Brayden Gray
60 km from Nelson
Dusk from a Kiwi bach in the beautiful Marlborough Sounds, NZ.
Experienced by Diego Catto
63 km from Nelson
After a 2hr hike up to a lookout point in Picton, NZ
Experienced by Jeremy Manoto
63 km from Nelson
While cruising across New Zealand, the cruise ship made a quiet entrance to the port of Picton, NZ. Along the way, we passed many countryside shacks such as this one.
Experienced by Jeremy Manoto
64 km from Nelson
Picton NZ blue ocean and green hills
Experienced by Valerie Navarre
70 km from Nelson
We found this free camp site called “Robin Hood Bay” and we thought it had an nice name and why not check it out. The drive there was pretty rough and our old Honda Odyssey was really struggling to get there, as we got up on the next morning we saw we had a flat tire so we were stuck there with no phone signal. We met a couple of german guys who came there too with two cars, one of them was also not running anymore and the other one was an 4x4 Mitsubishi. We stayed in this bay for 4 days before we got our tire fixed and it was an super awesome experience.
Experienced by Jakob König
71 km from Nelson
Arthur’s Pass National Park, New Zealand.
Experienced by Ibrahim Rishad
88 km from Nelson
Snowy mountain in Nelson Lakes National Park
Experienced by Alex Siale
88 km from Nelson
Great Journeys of New Zealand, Lake Grassmere Saltworks.
Experienced by Jadon Calvert
96 km from Nelson
Farewell Spit New Zealand
Experienced by Robert Diener
97 km from Nelson
West coast beach at sunrise
Experienced by Amy Workman