Inside Base W
After all the wildlife and landscape photos, this post will be a little different. Base W, which I have mentioned before in a few blogs, is a British Scientific Base…
After all the wildlife and landscape photos, this post will be a little different. Base W, which I have mentioned before in a few blogs, is a British Scientific Base…
Hi everyone! I hope you've been enjoying the blogs. I've just returned from South Africa, and while it was primarily a family trip, we managed to squeeze in a healthy…
Detaille Island was the furthest south that we landed. I wrote a little about it during the teaser blogs , and I will do another post inside Base W next week.…
One of our main goals while we were staying in Tekapo was to find and photograph Black Stilts - Kaki. They were once one of the most endangered bird species…
I said before that cruising around in a zodiac is a great way to see wildlife, so today I'll share a few photos from our cruise around Detaille Island. Yes,…
Autumn. I love autumn. The turning of the leaves, the bite of polar winds sneaking up from the south. Autumn is best experienced on long dog walks in the forest,…
Just look at that contented face. I've never seen a seal as happy as this one! We saw four types of seal while in Antarctica - Weddell, Crabeater, Fur, and…
Something that inspires me is the very temporary nature of everything. I also have a fondness for delicate, ephemeral things. So the small collection of skeletonised leaves that Mum has became…
The next in a series of "It's not just penguins" blogs! (Remember the Skuas? They'll get another blog post no doubt, they're so gorgeous). Antarctic Shags go by a number…
What's most interesting about a landscape when you are in it? For me, it's all the little details, the textures that don't necessarily get picked up when you make a…
I thought we'd take a break from the more focused blogs this week. To say I took a lot of photographs in Antarctica is an understatement. For an experience like…
The drive up to the Mt John Observatory is steep and winding, and seems to go on for much longer than it should. Once at the top, you're rewarded with…
Last week I talked about using (lots of) negative space to draw attention to the important parts of a photograph, and to give an impression of the environment. This week,…
Fantails are one of our ubiquitous native birds that are known for following people around. Friendly fantails don't really like us personally, but they do enjoy feeding on the insects…
After a stunning cruise through towering icebergs, we landed on Booth Island. A wide sweep of pristine snow curved up to the Gentoo colony on the hill. By this stage…