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Backpacking NZ style

It's technically illegal to camp on the beach in New Zealand, unless in a designated spot. The morning I went to shoot the sunrise at Cathedral Cove this late summer/early autumn, there were some European backpackers doing just that though. The beach at Cathedral Cove is at least 100 meters long. And the only people on the beach were these two campers (who I think we woke up), my husband and I, and a random Asian guy wandering around in full rain and winter gear. When i set up my shot, this girl walked into the surf and stood there. JUST as the sun came up. Prime light time. I was max 20 meters from the rock quite obviously shooting it with my tripod etc. There were acres of beach behind me. And she would not move. So now she is in my shot. Forever. I wish she would have moved. But now, we can all wonder what she thought she was doing there in my shot.

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Taken on March 26, 2012