I am terrible at keeping images that I just can’t seem to process. I should delete them but there are many times I am glad that I haven’t. Over the years my skills on post processing have improved and going back over old images can be like looking in a treasure trove! These jellyfish […]
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Jellyfish, Melbourne
Back in February 2014 I had the awesome experience of seeing and photographing a rosella nest at Zealandia. I was super excited at the time and shared the experience with four other photographers who all got very similar images to my own. Five years ago my post processing skills were very few and I really
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Eastern Rosella, Zealandia
This morning a fellow photog and I headed off to Queen Elizabeth Park. She had never been to the wetlands there so I offered to show her around with the promise of a few good photos as well. This place never fails me, I always find something to photograph and today was no exception. From
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Fantail, Grey Warbler, QE2 Park
After a long winter where the photographic opportunities are squeezed into the few sunny days we have, spring is finally here. The last few weeks have been magic for bird photography and yesterday the best yet. We have two small kowhai trees out the front of our house. They are very close to the house
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Tui
A recent visit to Zealandia to look for the riflemen that are so hard to find, resulted in some lovely kakariki images. These little parrots just love millet and there is a feeding station at Zealandia where they can often find a millet spray or two. I remember when they were first released into the
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Kakariki, Zealandia
The Southern Bell Frog Litoria raniformisis an introduced species that is doing well over the whole country. It was introduced in 1860 from Tasmania. They are the largest frog in New Zealand and have made themselves well and truly at home at the wetlands at Queen Elizabeth park. They are very noisy when they think
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Frogs, QE2 Park
My membership had expired, so when it was suggested that we head to Zealandia this morning I figured it was a great opportunity to renew my membership. The benefits of being a member are awesome, I can go as often as I like and if I want to take anyone with me (who isn’t a
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Birds, Blackbird, Ducks, Kakariki, Kereru, Reflections, Takahe, Tui, Zealandia
We have had some brilliant days this last week and yesterday was no exception. Too good not to take the camera and go out enjoy the day. This time a fellow photog and myself ended up at Nga Manu Nature Reserve in Waikanae. We spent a couple of hours there enjoying ourselves, taking our time
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Blue Duck, Ducks, Kea, Kereru, WhioI have been asked many times about how I achieve my light painting images using the crystal balls, so today I am going to share a few of my tricks. Those who have attended my workshops will already know what lights I use but it is good to have a reference to check back on
We set off to Zealandia early this morning and were walking around the tracks not long after they opened. I am still on the look out for the titiponamu but alas I am still yet to see them there. Definitely something to keep me going back though, so that’s good. I visited the takahe on
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Bellbird, Kaka, Takahe, Whitehead