Wright’s Water Garden is a small water garden open to the public located in Mauku. It’s been set up in an old quarry, and the main features are it’s waterfall along with multiple ponds.

Waterfal at Wright's Water garden (click for full size)

An HDR shot works very well in this situation as it captures the bright highlights from the waterfall and the parts of the shot that are in full sunlight, while at the same time showing the shadows such as the undersides of the leaves. I like the way that the leaves in the foreground have an other-worldly look.

I’ll be posting some more shots later from Wright’s. It’s a very photogenic place with many different waterlilies, lotus plants and other water plants.