A Brief Visit to Waikanae
Introducing a new nature photographer to Waikanae, gave an opportunity to capture some beautiful bird images.
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Waikanae Estuary
Queen Elizabeth Park & Waikanae Estuary
Our usual Friday outing was off to an early start this morning as we headed up Transmission Gully to Queen Elizabeth Park wetlands. I find that the water is usually very still and mirror like if we arrive there early enough and it was indeed very still today. However with it being duck shooting season,
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Welcome Swallows
This last week has been a busy for me, but I finally took the time to watch a couple of videos about the auto-focus features that were added in the latest G9 firmware update. I should have done it before I started with the riflemen – it would have made photographing them so much easier!
Waikanae Birds
My foot is taking a lot longer to heal than the other one did, so I have not been out with the camera anywhere near as much as I would like. Last weekend I tried – we headed up to Waikanae without even checking the tide – first mistake. When we got there all I saw was
Waikanae
My mother was staying for a few days so I took her to Waikanae to see what the birds were doing there. It’s a great place when you can’t walk too far, just jump out of the car and you are there! The first bird I spotted that was of interest was a shag busy
Waimanu Lagoon
Yesterday we made another visit to Waikanae, and the Waimanu Lagoon. Unfortunately someone forgot to send the memo to the birds because when we arrived, there were very few there. I sat and watched a little shag busy diving for dinner. It appeared to be swallowing something most times it surfaced but I had to
Ever changing light
Sometimes the light just doesn’t play nice, yesterday was one of those times. All of today’s images were taken yesterday at Waimanu Lagoon in a couple of different places and every image has the water looking a different colour. The sun was out bright enough to burn my nose but the clouds were enough that
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Waikanae
Yesterday the sun was shining despite the weather forecast, so we went for a drive to Waikanae. In retrospect it was probably not the brightest thing to do just before a major holiday, the traffic was backed up for a bit of the trip, but we got there in the end. We took a picnic