I love lagoons, estuaries and wetlands – they are such interesting environments for wildlife (thankfully there are no alligators etc in NZ) and sonically they are often beautiful and peaceful with the distant roar of the sea in the far background… The amazing aspect of this particular estuary was that the ground was solid and the water was shallow – I could easily walk as far out as I wanted. I tried the same approach in another lagoon and could not get far as there was such a deep layer of mud, even with gumboots on I soon became stuck… and struggling for footing while using an expensive DSLR and filters is a little stressy… Shot a lot of Velvia with my XPAN at this location too, can’t wait to see it!

Canon 5D3 + Zeiss 21mm ZE lens + Lee ND15 Super Stopper