Every now and then I shift my focus from the birds and do something different. Portraiture is not something I do often anymore but now and then I get asked to do some. Today was one of those times. One family group, and one little cutie from a different family, and sometimes a mix of […]
The gannets at Cape Kidnappers are well on their well to increasing their numbers for another year. I visited them two weeks ago to see if there were any eggs about and I wasn’t disappointed. According to the guide/bus driver they lay in a staggered pattern, so there were still many nest building and mating, […]
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 […]
I have been doing a bit of traveling around with a fellow photog in the last week, and we found ourselves using our cameras in all sorts of different places. One place we stopped at was full of Spring flowers and while there were some birds about, it was the blossoms and the bees that […]
We have met some lovely people while sitting photographing the white fantail. Many of them locals who had no idea it was even there. Today a Girl Guide Leader from Hawera asked us why everyone was heading to the river with big cameras. She was extremely surprised when we told her and it wasn’t long […]
Two weeks have passed and I am once again in Stratford photographing the delightful leucistic fantail. I have a different photog friend with me this time and we are spending every spare minute in the park with our cameras. Then back to the tourist flat to download and cull the images we have taken. So […]
Some months ago I saw a post about a white fantail in Taranaki. The images were so amazing I was determined to get to see the bird myself. Unfortunately for me, my calendar was pretty full until the end of August – so I booked a trip with a couple of friends on the off […]
Yesterday, along with a couple of photog friends, I headed to Staglands wildlife Reserve. We enjoy going during the week because there is less people there and more opportunities to get some great photographs of the birds and animals there. This trip our focus was mainly on the birds, trying different techniques and settings on […]
Saturday morning was just as stunning as the day before so once again the cameras came out and we headed back to the beach. This time the tide was still heading out and we joined the birds as they slowly followed the water in search of small crabs and shellfish. We went to a different […]
Every couple of months I head North to Auckland to visit my two mothers. My mother and my stepmother both live in rest homes in South Auckland within a couple of kilometres of each other. I have been unable to visit them over the lock-down period, so it was nice to be able to see […]