Slick
I've been looking for monochrome images while out shooting recently - paying more attention to light, shade, and contrast rather than colour. This photo - shot on an Albatross Encounter…
Wings overhead
I posted this photo to Instagram a while back, but it's a bad platform for landscape-orientation images. They don't lend themselves to the scroll well. Here it is in all…
Freeze-frame
This image is actually a still taken from a video, shot handheld on a rolling boat! There are four species of seabird cruising through the frame, and while the video…
Blue morning
A wee while ago I went up to Tāwharanui for a morning wander with Yusuf (see his photos here!), looking for birds, looking for light, looking for nice images. The…
Spring babies
Spring really is a fantastic time for bird photography, with babies abound. As well as the pīpīwharouroa from last week's post, I enjoyed following this pīwakawaka/pied fantail family around as…
Pīpīwharouroa
Last spring I finally managed to get some photographs of pīpīwharouroa - Shining cuckoos - that I really like. They're so elusive, noisy but sneaky and perfectly camouflaged. There were…
Antipodean albatross
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Kākā calling
Lockdown is dragging on, and with delta cases popping up outside of Tāmaki Makaurau, I'm content to wait it out. That doesn't mean it's easy. I'm losing my field season,…
Up close with an albatross
Toroa / Campbell albatross It's no secret that I love albatrosses. Being at sea, watching them in their element is hands down one of my favourite things. Aotearoa is a…
Dawn at sea
I've been slopped around all night in my bunk and woke to a 3am alarm to take watch til dawn. Seasickness has me grumbling and dry-throated (thanks Scopoderm), but as…
Garden tūī
I've been getting distracted while working from home. It's feeling very springy and with the flowering karo there's a sudden influx of tūī rushing around and filling the garden with…
Brown quails
I get a real kick out of seeing these little birds. Brown quails are one of two introduced quail species in Aotearoa - originally from Australia, they have filled the…