Dave, I wonder where were you positioned when taking that shot. It looks like you were high above the sea level <g> and probably quite far from the person who's running on the beach.
Yep... I was on the pier which is quite high off the sand. Our pier is actually quite boring - it's just a long strip of concrete. I was rather blown away by the pier at Brighton in England with its arcades and carnival rides. Heck, even Bognor Regis has a nightclub on their pier.
Apparently New Zealand is way roomier than, say, Israel. I couldn't think of any place where I could take such an image with 200 mm lens...
I does seem very roomy and spacious but the country is still quite small. I think we're up to 4 million people now. Most of our population is in the North Island, presumably because they have more flat land up there.
- Dave
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