While the sun was shining when I left home, arriving at Zealandia it was not. Dull drab light is never fun for bird photography, especially in the bush.
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Hihi, Kaka, Kereru, NZ Scaup, Zealandia
Following on from my last post, here are some more images from Bushy Park in Whanganui, where I spent the weekend with a bunch of enthusiastic photographers. Enjoy!
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Bushy Park, Hihi, NZ Saddleback, Saddleback, Shining Cuckoo
This weekend past I ran a bird photography workshop on behalf of the PSNZ Workshop Series. The photo shoot associated with the workshop was held at Bushy Park in Whanganui. This is a small piece of paradise where the birds are protected by a predator proof fence and where hihi and tieke are easy to
I came home with so many images to process from this trip that it is taking me some time to get through them all. I am super pleased with these images of the hihi and bellbirds, and of course the saddleback. Enjoy 🙂
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Bellbird, Hihi, Saddleback, Tiritiri Matangi Island
Late last year I booked a trip to Tiritiri Matangi Island for this February. It has been many years since I visited the island and I had never taken the Lumix G9 there at all. So I was keen to see how it performed in difficult light and with fast moving birds at the same
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Bellbird, Hihi, Kakariki, Kereru, Kokako, Parots, Tiritiri Matangi Island, Tui
This post is all about the images and how I took them when trying to keep up with fast moving birds and the settings I used for each one. All of the images were shot with my Lumix G9 and the Leica 100-400 lens. This lens is my most used and is perfect for photographing
Usually my posts focus on one or two subjects, but our visit to Zealandia was so good yesterday that I have more images to share. This is a real mixed bag of images. My intention on this visit was to put my camera through its paces testing out different auto focus settings. To do this
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Fungi, Hihi, Kaka, Takahe
We made it back to Zealandia again today, that’s three weeks in a row that I have visited there. It’s been a while since I was such a regular visitor there. They were very busy this morning with two cruise ships in town and a very large number of people arriving in buses to experience
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Californian Quail, Hihi, Tui, Zealandia
The plan was to get up early and photograph birds at a wetland while the water was still and quiet, alas we slept in too late for that. So we headed off to Zealandia again so I could have another go trying to get the camera to focus correctly in the bush. To date this
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Bellbird, Birds, Hihi, Kaka, Kereru, Saddleback, Zealandia
Today I was helping a friend keep busy as she desperately needed a distraction. So we headed off to Zealandia for the morning. It was a dull windy day, a relief from the heat we have been experiencing recently. It was not exactly the best day to be taking our cameras and big lenses into
