The kōwhai flowering season is coming to an end, and with it the opportunities to photograph the tui from inside the house. Each year I strive to get a better image than the previous years, and I think I achieved that this time. I have been lucky that there were a couple of branches that […]
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We had a cold snap come through, so staying inside with the fire going was the order of the day. Didn’t stop the camera from working hard though. The tui still want to feed no matter how cold it is or how wet, so I sat watching them through the window and made these images.
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Each year when the kowhai trees flower in our neighbourhood, I know it is time to clean my dining room window to be ready for the rainy spring days. Why the window? Because I have two late flowering kowhai trees right outside the house and my large bay window allows me to use the house
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Rain is never a good for photography in my opinion. I don’t like getting wet or cold, so I tend to stay indoors during the worst of Winter. However that doesn’t stop my bird photography from happening.
Today we have a selection of images from Zealandia. This was the first time I had used the camera after the firmware upgrade and I was keen to see if there would be any improvement in the auto-focus. I am happy to day that I found using AFC much better with the birds than in
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Ever since I moved to the Wellington Region, I have wanted to go to Kapiti Island. I am not sure why it has taken nearly 23 years to do it, but thanks to a Hutt Camera Club field trip, I finally got there. Of course now I wish I had gone earlier and often! Everywhere
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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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I spent the morning at Zealandia with a fellow photog yesterday. We were surprised at how many people there were there! Several school groups with guides, and several guided tours for tourists (I am assuming they are NZ tourists enjoying Wellington). We did a walk to the kaka feeders and back before having lunch and
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I recently did a bird photography presentation at the Thames Camera Club, and one of the things I shared with the club was the fact that you don’t have to go far to find birds to photograph. In fact you don’t even have to leave your house! In the last week I have been unable
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Finally we get back to Alert Level 2 and Zealandia have a couple of member only days. I didn’t need to be asked twice, I was on my way there with a couple of fellow photogs who were just as keen to get back into the bush with the birds. The cobwebs have been dusted
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