The Photographers Wife

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I'm sure this scene is very familiar to photographers when their partners aren't photographers themselves. Either the long suffering Wife or Husband. I was greatly amused when I saw this!

Taken in Dubrovnik, Croatia
Canon 7D, 10-22mm Lens

Catching the Sunrise

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Early morning start in the Marlborough Sounds, catching the sun coming through the hills.

Canon 7D, 10-22mm Lens

Love & Marriage

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Canon 7D, 100mm Macro Lens

Image put together for a club competition with a set subject of 'Before & After'.  Came up with a conceptual idea using tiny pieces of jewellery.  Had a lot of fun putting it together.

Ancient Tower

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Ancient mosque tower inside the Chellah at Rabat in Morocco.  A fascinating place to explore with ruins of both an ancient roman city, as well as a 10th century mosque. I was there at the wrong time of the year to see the Storks, but the nests were still around.

The Photographer

Canon 7D, 10-22mm Lens

Shadow of my daughter taking a photo of the armanents museum in Fes, Morocco.  Late afternoon sunlight throwing the shadow on the clay wall.

Akrotiri Lighthouse, Santorini

Canon 7D, 10-22mm Lens

Taken on Santorini, The bright blue sky, red rocks, and white buildings is so typical of hte island and makes everything so beautiful.

The Akrotiri Lighthouse is among the oldest lighthouses in this part of the world and was constructed way back in 1892. It stands like a sentinel towards the on the southern peninsula of Santorini island.

The lighthouse of Akrotiri is conspicuous by its square shaped tower that looms above 10 meters from the lighthouse warden’s house. Initially, the lighthouse was operated by petrol fuel. But with the introduction of electricity in the year 1988, it has been operated electronically and reportedly emits a radiant white light at intervals of 20 seconds.

The Shipwreck.

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Canon 7D, 18-55mm Lens with CPL Filter


This is a shipwreck that lies in the Kenepuru Sounds at the top of the South Island, New Zealand. The wreck is of the ship Amokura, which was launched in 1899 in England. In the 1890s it was used to suppress slave labour in the Congo Area. In 1901 it escorted the Royal Yacht ‘Ophir’ around the coast of New Zealand. In 1905 it was taken over by the NZ Navy and used as a training ship until 1919 when she was stripped for repairs andwas found to have disintegration due to life on active service in the tropics, cost of returning her to sea-worthiness deemed prohibitive. In 1922 she was sold for use as coal hulk until 1953 when she was sold and towed to St Omer Bay, Kenepuru Sound where she was used as a Store Hulk and jetty. The council never approved so she sat there and rusted and eventually broke away and came to rest on the beach where she is now.

Length: 165 feet.
Beam: 31 feet.
Draught: minimum; 11.6 feet, maximum; 13.9 feet.
Displacement: 805 tons.
Propulsion: single 720 hp (normal draught) and 1,200 hp (forced) coal fired horizontal steam engine driving a two bladed propeller.
Cruising speed: 13 knots.
Armament: six 4-inch breech loading guns, two Hotchkiss 3 pounders and two Nordenfelt machine guns.

It Ain't Easy Being Green

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Canon 7D, 75-300m Lens


Frog floating on a lake about to get that fly just in front of him.  I wasn't fast enough, they move so fast!

When I first got to the lake, I could hear, but not see them. To me with my Cochlear Implant, it sounded like someone was using a chainsaw, because there were so many of them and they were loud!
It took a while being totally still before I could see them.  Any slight movement and they were gone.  I photographed here for a couple of hours.

Taken at Lake Wanaka, South Island, New Zealand

White Clematis

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Took this on one of my garden forays around Marlborough.  Beautiful white clematis.  I just love these flowers, they are always so beautiful no matter what the colour.  I'm always disappointed though that they only flower for such a short time in early spring.

The Colour of Early Summer in Mackenzie Country

Canon 7D, 10-22mm Lens

Hope I'm not boring you with the most amazing paddock of Wild Lupins in the Lindis Pass.  It's by Bridge 2360 if you're down that way.  We just climbed over the padlocked fence and played with a cameras in this field for a couple of hours. Beautiful willow trees, a beautiful river, and an seemingly unending field of Lupins. That's what I call Bliss. All along the side of the roads and rivers in the Mackenzie country these lupins grow, in white, yellow, pink, blues and purples.  The best time of the year to see them is mid December when they are at their best.

Main Canal, Venice

Canon 7D, 10-22mm Lens

We were just leaving Venice to go back to pick up our luggage before leaving for Milan and this is one of the final parting shots of Venice I took on my camera.  I turned 50 on this day so it is a day etched permanently in my mind.  If I could live in Venice, I would be there already!

Kinky Tail

Nikon D50, 35mm

Three Greek cats at the Acropolis of Lindos, Rhodes.  This Image was taken by my very talented daughter who is a whiz with the camera.  I'm featuring her on my blog every now and then. The Acropolis was an amazing place, yet everyone was photographing and taking notice of the cats, instead of the amazing ancient Greek architecture that towered above.

The Old Blue Door

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Beautiful old door in the village of Pyrgos in Santorini.  Love the textures and peeling paint and the string locking people out!  This village is one of the most beautiful in Santorini and was my favourite.

Mr Majestic

Canon 7D, 18-55mm Lens

Found this lone tree at the Delta Lake Heights area of Marlborough.  Majestic, and is strong enough to stand alone in the world to be loved by all and sundry. Perfect day with a storm brewing in the background.

Blue Lupin Bee

Canon 7D, 100mm Macro Lens

Had to do another Bee.  This time the bee is on a Lupin Flower. Through the macro lens, I watched the bee land on the lupin, then open up the flower pod, pull out the stamen, collect the pollen, then fly on to the next one. Some of the bees in this area were so laden down with pollen they could barely fly. With the naked eye, you couldn't see the work of opening the flower pods, so I'm thankful the Macro lens is teaching me the hidden world of nature.

Bumbling Along

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Bumble Bee working on a herb in my garden. Shot with a continuous burst mode as they are always on the move.  I'm getting better on this setting of the camera - it used to be that out of 100 shots, only one or two would be in focus, but now, most of them are in focus so I'll have to remember this and take less images!

The Lone Tree of Ballantyne Road

Canon 7D, 18-55mm Lens

Love lone trees in big expanses, but unfortunately they are so hard to find, but when I do, I tend to go overboard and take lots of images so I can choose which is the best.

Bumbling Bee

Canon 7D, 100mm Macro Lens

Found this Bumbling Bee on my Lavender plant today. Put the camera on burst mode and managed to get quite a few good ones. Hope you like it.

The Lone Tree II

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Playing around with the Lone Tree of Ballantyne Road in Wanaka. I really like this texture as it seems to go with the particular landscape. I've tried others but always come back to this one. I wish I lived closer to the tree, as lone trees in a big landscape are so hard to find. I had searched for years until I found this one.

Camera Mad

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Canon 7D, 100mm Lens

This is the source of my addiction.  The camera doesn't go anywhere without me.  It's always ready for anything interesting thing that might be thrown my way.  Without it, I would be lost.