Silvereye Season in the Garden
The colder Winter days bring the Silvereyes / Tauhou back to flocks and each year we have a flock of them visiting our garden.
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Silvereyes#LumixG9
Back Lighting and Its Impact on Nature Photos
We have another tree flowering in our garden. The light was perfect for about 30 minutes this afternoon so I grabbed the camera and headed outside.
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Wasps
Christmas at Wellington Zoo
When everyone else is doing their last minute Christmas shopping, a photog friend and I headed to the zoo. It was a super windy day, which is nothing unusual for Wellington at this time of the year, but it did make for some really fun images with the lions.
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Wellington Zoo
My Favourite Images of 2023
My favourite images from 2023. A year of changes, challenges and exciting projects.
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Favourites
Another kākā colour morph
On our return we found a noisy kākā youngster demanding to be fed. Its squarking didn’t do any good, other than to scare off any of the other kākā around it.
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Kaka, Zealandia
In search of a red kākā
A few years ago I heard about a special kākā at Zealandia. Named Pinky-B by her monitors, she had different colouring to the rest of the kākā in the valley with the exception of her daughter who also sported the pretty pinky red feathers.
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Kaka, Zealandia
A couple of hours in the kea enclosure at Staglands
Having patience is essential with bird photography, especially when you are in their environment. Last Sunday we decided to spend some time in a kea enclosure at Staglands…
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Brown Teal, Kea, Pateke, Staglands
Fellowship Journey
Back in 2014 my mother became a Fellow of the Photographic Society of New Zealand. She challenged me to get to the same level with my own photography. At that stage I only had my Licentiate distinction so I was two steps behind her. In 2018 I managed to get to the Associate level and
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Fellowship, Gannets, Nature Photography
The Water Dragons of Butterfly Creek
One of the newer exhibits (since I was there last) at Butterfly Creek was a special enclosure and pond for the water dragons. I only saw three in there, but there could have been more hiding away. The larger water dragon was fascinated with my camera and no matter which way I moved, it would
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Butterfly Creek, Water Dragons
A Weekend in Coromandel
I have recently returned from a few days in Coromandel staying with my cousin at Kereta. My cousin is new to photography and having recently joining the Thames Camera Club she is motivated to get out with her camera. So that is exactly what we did. Their property is hilly and has some bush areas
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Coromandel, Fantail, Grey Warbler