tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-60164244922691584392024-03-08T06:49:06.480-08:00Wellington Photo BloggerBrian Tikohihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07884852667291488897noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6016424492269158439.post-17173054710763332142009-04-05T06:47:00.001-07:002009-04-05T06:47:28.731-07:0012th October - Sunset over Wellington<div style="text-align: left; padding: 3px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/superhoop/2933136505/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3016/2933136505_a1cec90baf.jpg" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/superhoop/2933136505/">12th October - sunset over Wellington</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/superhoop/">*superhoop*</a>.</span></div><p></p>Brian Tikohihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07884852667291488897noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6016424492269158439.post-58809956817067694042009-04-01T08:16:00.001-07:002009-04-01T08:16:37.529-07:00Wellington Teachers College pedestrian overbridge<div style="text-align: left; padding: 3px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/michaeldudding/225630585/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/76/225630585_c48672cd4b.jpg" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/michaeldudding/225630585/">Wellington Teachers College pedestrian overbridge</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/michaeldudding/">Michael-D</a>.</span></div><p></p>Brian Tikohihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07884852667291488897noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6016424492269158439.post-26730986490140668002009-03-28T03:47:00.001-07:002009-03-28T03:47:07.068-07:00Storm Over Port Nicholson<div style="text-align: left; padding: 3px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/peter_from_wellington/857319417/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1269/857319417_33827109cf.jpg" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/peter_from_wellington/857319417/">Storm Over Port Nicholson</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/peter_from_wellington/">Peter from Wellington</a>.</span></div><p>Be thou the rainbow in the storms of life. The evening beam that smiles the clouds away, and tints tomorrow with prophetic ray.</p>Brian Tikohihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07884852667291488897noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6016424492269158439.post-37164279090362046102009-03-27T05:06:00.001-07:002009-03-27T05:06:11.577-07:00Wellington City (Dec 2005)<div style="text-align: left; padding: 3px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kohara/77034648/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/43/77034648_4111e73c98.jpg" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kohara/77034648/">Wellington City (Dec 2005)</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/kohara/">Pieter Pieterse</a>.</span></div><p>Summer's Day in Wellington, New Zealand.</p>Brian Tikohihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07884852667291488897noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6016424492269158439.post-9213265495246122312009-03-25T06:20:00.001-07:002009-03-25T06:20:03.111-07:00Wellington Panorama<div style="text-align: left; padding: 3px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/chanc/367942909/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/118/367942909_9910b17e6f.jpg" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/chanc/367942909/">Wellington Panorama</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/chanc/">Christopher Chan</a>.</span></div><p>Wellington is the southernmost national capital city in the world, with a latitude about 41°S. It is more densely populated than most other settlements in New Zealand, due to the small amount of building space available between the harbour and the surrounding hills. Because of its location in the roaring forties latitudes and its exposure to omnipresent winds coming through Cook Strait, the city is known to Kiwis as "Windy Wellington". (Wikipedia)</p>Brian Tikohihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07884852667291488897noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6016424492269158439.post-226602293067435602009-03-25T02:38:00.001-07:002009-03-25T02:38:36.875-07:00The Classic Wellington Shot(tm)<div style="text-align: left; padding: 3px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/glutnix/6063846/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/7/6063846_ef854eb182.jpg" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/glutnix/6063846/">The Classic Wellington Shot(tm)</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/glutnix/">Glutnix</a>.</span></div><p>You can find a postcard of Wellington with almost this same shot on it all over New Zealand.<br /><br />In the foreground, the red vehicle is one of the two Wellington Cable Cars<br /><br />The tall red and silver building to the right is the Majestic Centre, the tallest building in Wellington.<br /><br />The black building in the middle is the State Insurance building (was once the BNZ Centre Building) <br /><br />Behind the foreground buildings is downtown Wellington. <br />The water to the left is Port Nicholson Harbour.<br /><br />The mountain immediately behind the city is Mount Victoria, where many good views and photographs are had.<br /><br />Behind that is the Rimutaka and Orongorongo Ranges, and behind that is the Wairarapa.</p>Brian Tikohihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07884852667291488897noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6016424492269158439.post-89203664523101514752009-03-24T20:04:00.003-07:002009-03-24T20:04:33.419-07:00Last light of the day over Wellington<div style="text-align: left; padding: 3px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/62489918@N00/142616251/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/49/142616251_1e6c4264d5.jpg" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/62489918@N00/142616251/">Last light of the day over Wellington</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/62489918@N00/">JamieLawrie</a>.</span></div><p>Color version of the Black and White one above - the very last after glow of the day on a longer exposure - bigger is better - get the big version up</p>Brian Tikohihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07884852667291488897noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6016424492269158439.post-55241666025699801032009-03-24T20:04:00.001-07:002009-03-24T20:04:03.901-07:00Wellington New Zealand - Big Cog 1<div style="text-align: left; padding: 3px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/62489918@N00/141212077/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/47/141212077_dfa452fb0f.jpg" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/62489918@N00/141212077/">200605 Wellington New Zealand - Big Cog 1</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/62489918@N00/">JamieLawrie</a>.</span></div><p>It's a big cog, which sits in a very uninspiring park, in a slightly empty part of Wellington, but i wanted to capture the scale of the thing and make it striking, while having a bit of the decay / industrial thing going on</p>Brian Tikohihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07884852667291488897noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6016424492269158439.post-7240549639599078342009-03-24T20:03:00.001-07:002009-03-24T20:03:28.485-07:00Mount Wellington<div style="text-align: left; padding: 3px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/chris_gin/2553244586/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3119/2553244586_8c8a3df92a.jpg" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/chris_gin/2553244586/">Mount Wellington</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/chris_gin/">Chris Gin</a>.</span></div><p>View from Mount Wellington looking north. I didn't get too close to these cows so they didn't hassle me like their friends from the other park did.</p>Brian Tikohihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07884852667291488897noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6016424492269158439.post-87132193268236381532009-03-24T11:09:00.001-07:002009-03-24T11:09:07.226-07:00Wellington Panorama<div style="text-align: left; padding: 3px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/chanc/367942909/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/118/367942909_9910b17e6f.jpg" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/chanc/367942909/">Wellington Panorama</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/chanc/">Christopher Chan</a>.</span></div><p>Wellington is the southernmost national capital city in the world, with a latitude about 41°S. It is more densely populated than most other settlements in New Zealand, due to the small amount of building space available between the harbour and the surrounding hills. Because of its location in the roaring forties latitudes and its exposure to omnipresent winds coming through Cook Strait, the city is known to Kiwis as "Windy Wellington"</p>Brian Tikohihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07884852667291488897noreply@blogger.com0