Back in 2013/14 I totally obsessed over kingfishers. I went to the beach at every opportunity and spent time photographing them. I would sit for hours and often come away with only a handful of useful images. Kingfishers are a challenge and that was my prime reason for going back every time. I enjoyed the […]
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On our last visit to Staglands Wildlife Reserve the new kea enclosure was almost finished and we could see how great it was going to be for the birds. So on our next free day we headed back to Staglands to check it out. The enclosure is so much bigger than it was, yet it
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Following on from my last post, here are some more images from Bushy Park in Whanganui, where I spent the weekend with a bunch of enthusiastic photographers. Enjoy!
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This weekend past I ran a bird photography workshop on behalf of the PSNZ Workshop Series. The photo shoot associated with the workshop was held at Bushy Park in Whanganui. This is a small piece of paradise where the birds are protected by a predator proof fence and where hihi and tieke are easy to
With the weather being so hot while I was away, the birds were harder to find, along with the energy to go look for them. However when I go out with the camera I do challenge myself to come back with at least one image and while there was a lack of birds, there were
On our recent trip away we visited the Ngatea Water Gardens where they have a pond with lotus flowers all around the edge. The white flowers were easy to get close to but they were either almost finished or not quite more than a bud. The pink flowers were over the back of the pond
On a recent visit to Coromandel, my cousin and I went walk about in a bush. Usually we have the goal of photographing the birds in the bush but this time we walked to the end of the track and almost back again before we even saw a bird! It was a juvenile fantail and
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It has been a while since the titipounamu / riflemen chicks fledged the nest and I made a trip back there just before Christmas to see if I could find the fledglings. I was extremely lucky to be able to find them flitting about the trees. I saw the adult male long with two others
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If you have never been to Staglands Wildlife Reserve, then you are missing out on one of Upper Hutt’s most magic spots. Yesterday I was part of a group of four photographers who visited the reserve and we had an amazing time. Before we had even walked down the first path, a peacock decided to
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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!
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