Knowing that Autumn is just around the corner, I decided to have one last trip away to Kereta on the Coromandel Peninsula. Kereta Waterfront B & B is owned by my cousin Karen and her husband, Dave, and I have to say that as a bird photographer it just keeps getting better and better. The […]
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Beach, Coromandel, Gulls, Kingfishers, NZ Dotterel, Sunset, Waterfalls, White-faced Heron
It is the middle of Winter and freezing cold most of the time but not today. It was an absolutely gorgeous day in Wellington, no wind, warm sunshine, the perfect day to go visit the Kingfishers. I was a bit late arriving and didn’t really expect to get much but the half hour or so
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Kingfishers, Pauatahanui
In all the years I have been visiting the kingfishers at Pauatahanui, all I have ever seen them catch is crabs. I am not complaining about that, they are fun to watch and the crabs make for good images – especially when the kingfisher is bashing them from side to side to kill them. But yesterday
One of the hardest challenges I have set for myself is to capture a clear sharp shot of a kingfisher diving for food. Each time I get one that I am happy with, instead of satisfying the challenge it just makes me want to improve on it some more. It has been a couple of
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Kingfishers, Pauatahanui
Getting back into the swing of things with my camera is proving a bit of a mission. First day out I got the tides wrong so came home empty handed. Second day I over compensated so was about 30 minutes later than I should have been. I will eventually get it right and be able
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Kingfishers, Pauatahanui, Royal Spoonbills
Today was sunny, still, and too good to stay indoors no matter how cold it was to start with. We cruised by the kingfishers at Pauatahanui but due to some construction work there, they were all perched out of reach on the power lines. We moved on. Around at the boatsheds at the Petone Estuary, the
When most people head to the beach, I go in the opposite direction. There are several small wetlands within the Wellington Region and thankfully none of them involve huge amounts of walking. So yesterday I was out with my camera visiting a small wetland. I really enjoy the quiet (other than the birds, flys, cicadas
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Dabchick, Kingfishers, Pukeko, Wetland
Over the years I have been asked by many people if I sold postcards, greeting cards and such like with my images on. Until now I have had to say “sorry no”. Finally I have put some effort into sorting my images and putting them onto some products.I started with the NZ Dotterel postcards due
Every now and then my computer hard drives start to complain about being full. Happens to us all at some stage but in my case it means I have way too much rubbish that needs to be sorted. I have a terrible habit of loading my images onto the drive and then skimming them to
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Kingfishers, Pauatahanui
On the advice of a couple of other photographers, I added Shakespear Regional Park in Whangaparaoa to my list of places to visit. I now know I should have allocated a whole lot more time than I had, because there is so much to see there if you take your time. I did the waterfall
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Kingfishers, North Is Robin, Pied Stilt, Shakespear Regional Park© Digitalpix Photography
