I Hate Photography
While on a recent trip to Wellington my family and I went up to the top of Mt Victoria to get a cityscape of the city. It was just on Dusk and anyone who has been to Wellington can verify this - they don't call it the Windy City for nothing.
Mid-Summer and we were rugged up with jumpers and jackets, true to form it was blowing near gale force winds. The wind chill factor must have been close to zero degrees Celcius.
I have been dragging my family around the country for the past couple of years and they have learnt patience for which I am grateful. When they had all had enough they went back to the car and thawed out while I waited about another 10 minutes for the right light.
I couldn't help overhearing a young couple and their friend who set up a tripod next to me and proceeded to take some photo's of the city. After about 10 minutes the girlfriend and friend were starting to get a bit edgy and had just about had enough. As they "chimped" (stood around the camera in awe of the photo's that they had just taken) the friend said "These are the best Photo's of Wellington I've ever seen - let's go".
The girlfriend in her wisdom knew that they hadn't finished yet and quickly set the friend straight.
Five minutes later as they packed up I overheard the girlfriend saying:
I couldn't help but laugh! But, I guess she doesn't hate it that much, despite the weather she waited.
Just out of interest here is one of the images that I took that night.
F3.5
ISO 100
4 Sec
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