Walking on Water

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With the jetties submerged, it made some interesting photography!
Canon 7D, 10-22mm Lens

Braving the Elements

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Turned up to the lake this morning for a photoshoot with a friend, to find the warm weather of Marlborough, didn't extend an hour up the valley. We arrived to rain, snow, floods with both jetties completely submerged - so that was the in the lake shoot in tatters. We instead went to clinkers to warm up with a hot chocolate.

Lake Rotoiti, Nelson Lakes, New Zealand
Canon 7D, 10-22mm Lens

Plitvice Lakes

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mazing Plitvice Lakes - if you haven't been - start planning now. Amazing place and should be one of the top ten wonders of the world.

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Little Black Shag

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Little Black Shag swimming on the Taylor Dam one late afternoon at the beginning of Winter.

Canon 7D, Sigma 120-400mm Lens

Karioitahi Beach at Dusk

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Karioitahi Beach in South Auckland near Waiuku. Beautiful west coast beach with iron volcanic sand. Wild and remote, the beach goes for miles. A totally stunning spot for watersports, hang gliding, fishing and photography!!

An Evening Walk

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At dusk on the wild west coast beach at Karioitahi Beach in South Auckland.  I wanted to show just how big our landscape is in comparison to us humans and I've think I nailed it in this shot.  This is a beautiful beach with black iron volcanic sand, but is very rough and not very safe for swimming.

Washing the Car

Canon 7D, 18-55mm Lens

After a day of four wheeling up this west coast beach, the owners washed the car by speeding up a fresh water stream several times, to get rid of the salt underneath.  I thought it was quite clever, and made a great action image at sunset. Taken a few year ago, on one of Auckland's beautiful west coast beaches.

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.

Onahau Bay, Marlborough Sounds

Canon 7D, 18-55mm Lens

Onahau Bay in the Marlborough Sounds where I spent Christmas Day soaking up the sun and eating way too much. Beautiful New Zealand bush with punga ferns and Pohutakawa Trees, all flowering beautifully for summer. The blue of the of the water and sky was amazing.

The Costa Romantica

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Early this morning in the Marlborough Sounds, we came across a cruiseship having a bit of a nosy in this area. We were on a speedboat heading towards our Christmas Day destination - a beautiful bach which is only accessible by boat. When we saw this though, we made a detour and took a good look around.  This is the Costa Romantica.  After we took a look, the cruiseship turned around and headed back out to sea. The water was incredible, calm, lots of reflections and perfect lighting conditions!

Autumn in Salzburg, Austria

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Canon 7D, 10-22mm Lens