Old-Waterwheel
This old waterwheel, paddles broken off, used for Hydro Electrical generation many years ago, is on the Waihou walkway on the upper Waihou stream and downstream from the photo titled " Pure Water" shown below.
The water is pure and exceptionally clear having been in aquifers between 50 - 100 years. It is a stunning walk and well worth the effort, highly recommended.
This stream supplies Putaruru with all its water and is not filtered in any way, just upstream at Blue Springs the water is used to supply NZ with 70% of all its bottled water pumped from a very small pump house.
Very tricky to take this shot as no space for tripod to get decent composition and had to be hand held but wanted to get the spokes with motion, keep part of photo sharp, and get reasonable exposure on water.
f 14 iso 2000 24mm 1/8th sec
Old-Waterwheel
This old waterwheel, paddles broken off, used for Hydro Electrical generation many years ago, is on the Waihou walkway on the upper Waihou stream and downstream from the photo titled " Pure Water" shown below.
The water is pure and exceptionally clear having been in aquifers between 50 - 100 years. It is a stunning walk and well worth the effort, highly recommended.
This stream supplies Putaruru with all its water and is not filtered in any way, just upstream at Blue Springs the water is used to supply NZ with 70% of all its bottled water pumped from a very small pump house.
Very tricky to take this shot as no space for tripod to get decent composition and had to be hand held but wanted to get the spokes with motion, keep part of photo sharp, and get reasonable exposure on water.
f 14 iso 2000 24mm 1/8th sec