back on shore

Still in New Zealand, and here are a few of my favourites from dry land.

I have added the exif data below each image in this post, all shot with a 1DMK3, 100-400L plus 1.4 extender.

I was actually on my way to photograph the sealions at the far end of the beach, when I just had to stop and shoot the pair of oystercatchers on the way. I crept slowly towards them, and was rewarded with this photo just before they took off when a runner came along and scared them away.

f8, 1/400s, iso640, 560mm 

                                                                   f8, 560mm, 1/1600, iso500

                                                                  f8, 560mm, 1/1600s, iso 640

yellow eyed penguins

I was privileged to photograph these beautiful birds, though the shooting conditions were not very good (shade, windy, no tripod). I had to do some very heavy noise removal, as I had to shoot at high iso's.  All taken with the 100-400L plus 1.4ex.

                                                                       1/500s, f8, iso 1250

                                                                      1/320s, f8, iso2000

                                                                       1/250s, f8, iso 2500


This one was taken on a different day, on a tour.

                                                                    1/320s, f8, iso1600

more from my chumming trip

Apart from the albatross, there were a variety of other sea birds. I did get a list of all the birds we saw that day.

My first blog.

I have struggled to keep up with technology, going only as far as having a couple of websites. I am still deciding on facebook, and am totally lost on all the other 'things' out there.
However, I have enjoyed reading blogs from my fellow photographers, and thought it was time to 'get with it'.
While most of my posts will be nature, there will be the odd sports or dog photo thrown in.
So I will start off by going back a few months, to my trip to New Zealand.  Most people go there for the landscapes, I went for the wildlife. Top of my list was the albatross. We went out on a chumming trip in a small boat, in rather choppy weather, so was a real challenge to shoot as the boat went up, down and side to side, and the birds went up, down,and side to side. The image in my header was my favourite, and I had a canvas print done, and it looks great.
The series here are of the albatross bathing, which was great to watch.