I was born in Zimbabwe on 03/06/88. My family, consisting of parents, older brother and sister, migrated to South Africa when I was six months old. We moved back to Zimbabwe six years later, to help my grandparents on their farm - a career change for my father.
After a measly eighteen months we upped sticks and went farming on our own. This led us to Kwekwe, in the heart of Zimbabwe, to farm tobacco! Borrowdale farm which is part of the "Midlands Black Rhino Conservancy" is where we settled . This was the most incredible experience, living with such an abundance of wild life ........... of which we became a part of during the school holidays! Due to the "land redistribution policy" we had no option but to move on.
10th November, 2001 saw us arrive in New Zealand with our former lives packed into a suitcase each, ready to start our new lives. Our first three years were spent on the South Island and I nearly froze!!!!!!! A great employment opportunity for my father had us move up to the North Island. I now live on a farm just outside Matamata aka "Hobbiton" (defrosting).
Yep that should sum it up ha!
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Comments (32)
mitchej0
A very beautiful image! So green, (everything around me is red)!
Fred255
These are all so good, I like the use of slow shutter speeds. This is something I have tried to do myself without any success. I either get a very white or a very dark image. Well done for showing how it should be done.
taurusdna
grandiosa foto e bellissimo gioco di nitido-sfumato
A_Sunbeam
Very peaceful and relaxing.
alhak
ur pics are amazing....we have huge swimming holes here like this..i should give this sort of photography a go! excellent
babuci
Amazing! That tall grass is so sharp in a middle while a water softly flowing in a forest pond! Fantastic job Kai!
Shucoda
Just beautiful mate! Its so peaceful I can nearly hear the water running.. Well done....
subcultura
very nice in color and softness, excellent job...a dream :-)
mord-sitha
nicely scene, softness is refinement ... like it
MaydaMason
may winter start by me :))) another sweet and classy waterfall photography! the underwater parts and the movement parts are perfect! very beautiful to look at!
Chaos911
dreamy shot, i like that one a lot :)
Janiss
Very nice pict!
ToBeNamedLater
Wow. Those colors are amazing. Very nice.
nattarious
OMG! I agree with MAY!!!!!! First i really do love your title.. Second I love your semi-framing! Third I see you doing and have much fun with running water/little falls! Fourth This is almost a materpiece.. I would say its perfect, and don't get me wrong! Just for one reason, shooting this type of scenes w/running water is so tricky kai! And its very hard to capture everything so they scene totally be in focus! I wished the left lower part wasn't that blurry tho, believe it or not! My eye caught it at first and for a very long time, before reaching the rest! I guess a bit lower shutter speed will do, because the rest can be digitally done and there are so many pro tutorials out there under photoshop/photopaint by corel allows you to do it! You can even make any water look like that! So hopefully you won't get me wrong, but i really do love this shot, and that for it will fly right away to my basket! Keep them coming, I bet Lou will be glad to see such beautiful shot and challenge :D Have a nice day brother and will see ya around JOE
Littlejock
Composition and light is lovely. Great and Super work
TwoPynts
What exactly is the "Hendesse" postwork? I do know I like it a lot...the contrasting effects really are...effective! :) A winner my friend!
Thelby
WOW, I don't know what else to say but WOW!!!!!!
PeeWee05
I fresh POV - nice Kai. I've gotta admit I was getting bored, like walking into a room of irons...
Margenal
Fantastic water treatment... really fascinating
lizzibell
Another beautiful picture...
npauling
Lovely with the peebles showing. Excellent shot. Yes winter is being felt down here today with the southerly coming through.
Cosine
Excellent, Kai! I love all that green and the softness caused by the moving water surface.
sharky_
Your captures of these river flows with much green is just beautiful. It is very refreshing. Beautiful job. Aloha
Valerie-Ducom
Wowwww, so impressiv picture and what clarity !!! Excellent my friend, and very beautiful color and calm mood here !!! Good day :)
odie
Very impressive use of shutter speed!
nongo
Damn Kai, you're keeping the bar high!!!!!!!!!! Whew!!!!!! If I had socks on right now this would knock them right off!!!!! you know, "knocks my socks off" in other words killer shot!!!!!!!!!!!punaguy and Andreas would be saying "slap slap" for this incredible image!!!!!!!! Bravo!!!!!!
PicassoVietnam
Marvelous coloring and use of focus and lack there of! Simply an exciting shot to look at! Wonderful series in general!
maggiemai
This is so beautiful Kai!! I tried this with my camera and didn't come close to this beauty... but I'll keep experimenting. ;-) I think this picture is a "10!" It has so many different textures and I love the contrast of the sharp grasses against the soft little pond...the hard pebbles and the sheer fluffy waterfall... and all that COLOR! It's amazing and wonderful and goes to my favs!! :-)
st_fish
Yip winter is definitely starting to show here too! Lovely shot! Love the "soft" water. Probably the best in your series! Hope you are well! 8;o)
dina14
wooooooooow amazing shot..........well done