For the last few years I have entered images into the Sigma D-Photo Amateur Photographer of the Year Competition (also known as APOTY) and never made it into the short lists, let alone place anywhere. I had been entering in the Nature category because that is where I feel I am strongest. There are a […]
Some time ago, a friend showed me an image of a set up for photographing birds in the back yard. He knew I had birds in my yard that I often photograph and thought I might be interested in trying something new. He was right and I have. The set up took a bit of […]
This morning at the beach I was alone. Not another photographer in sight for almost all the time I was there. One did pass by briefly and waved but he didn’t stop more than a few minutes. The kingfishers were also enjoying the quiet. I had five of them above me for most of the […]
A few weeks ago now, we made a visit to Wellington Zoo. I only just realised that I had not yet written up a blog to share the day’s images. We didn’t walk around the whole zoo as I was more focused on certain areas and images that I wanted to capture. It also gave […]
Today was one of those stunning winter days that Wellington is so good at. Next to no wind and a perfect day to photograph kingfishers diving for their dinner. On arrival at the beach I found more photographers than kingfishers! Someone forgot to send the memo to the birds and we all sat and waited […]
I woke up to a day without wind and only a tiny bit of rain so I headed out to Staglands with a fellow photog for a play with our cameras. Usually when I get to Staglands I ignore the farm birds – ducks, geese, turkeys etc. Today they were our main focus. The recent […]
The plan was to get up early and photograph birds at a wetland while the water was still and quiet, alas we slept in too late for that. So we headed off to Zealandia again so I could have another go trying to get the camera to focus correctly in the bush. To date this […]
