 18 February 2025 - Ladybirds were so common when I was a kid, now hard to find |
 15 February 2025 - Drifting cars at Manfield |
 12 February 2025 - Dog jumping into the Waikanae River |
 1 February 2025 - The kingfisher on our fence |
 28 January 2025 - Cattlebeast on a farm |
 21 January 2025 - as the comet leaves our shores for the 160000 years |
 17 November 2024 - the evening after the full moon - as it arose, it was quite yellowy-orange and birds were flying |
 3 November 2024 - The Kapiti Fly Fishing club hosted a kids fishing day at the Winstone Lake Ponds - lots of rainbow trout caugh |
 27 October 2024 - Mana Island from boat club in Blue Hour |
 20 October 2024 - Comet from the Beach. I couldn't see it but luckily the camera could |
 18 October 2024 - Len Lye's "Zebra" in action - New Plymouth |
 11 October 2024 - The Aurora peeking through last night |
 12 August 2024 - More aurora activity - not as good as May |
 7 August 2024 - Ōtaki Beach looking south |
 4 August 2024 - Sunset at Lake Winstone |
 7a July 2024 - Close up of the Albizua flower |
 7 July 2024 - Plume Albizua aka cape wattle down at the beach |
 29 June 2024 - We have flowers on our Kōwhai tree for the first time |
 22 June 2024 - The juvenile little shag poses on a pile at the Waimanu Lagoon |
 20 June 2024 - Winter sunset |
 19 June 2024 - Vertical pano (3 shots) at the Otaki River Mouth |
 8 June 2024 - At the home of Foxton Fizz |
 4 June 2024 - Beach, 3 birds, sea and sky |
 19 May 2024 - Lake Winston again at sunset - Mt Kapakapanui (1100m) is the highest peak in the pic |
 16 May 2024 - The Aurora made itself known down south but impossible to see up where I am |
 15 May 2024 - practicing my birds in flight focussing and caught "The Moment of Poop" |
 11 May 2024 - The Aurora Australis was pretty amazing down at the beach |
 11 May 2024 - Otaki Estuary before the Aurora |
 1 May 2024 - Reflections blurred |
 30 April 2024 - Bullrush at Waitohu wetlands |
 23 April 2024 - Just another afternoon at Ōtaki Beach |
 22 April 2024 - Oaia Island off Muriwai comes to life |
 18 April 2024 - The white heron goes fishing |
 14 April 2024 - Sunset at Winstone Lake |
 13 April 2024 - Autumn - Forest pansy |
 10 April 2024 - Found our frog again - this time sitting in a small totara tree |
 9 April 2024 - the rest is in me |
 3 April 2024 - Practicing Panning |
 26 March 2024 - the shape of hills |
 23 March 2024 - a helicopter with bucket was soon on the scene |
 23 March 2024 - First saw smoke at the end of the street as a small wild fire started |
 22 March 2024 - Searchlights reach for the sky |
 18 March 2024 - Praying Mantis |
 17 March 2024 - With the help of AI generative fill, Joby gains hands and head |
 16 March 2024 - Joby - practicing with a little usb light plus gel |
 12 March 2024 - The wind acts as the sculptors knife |
 29 February 2024 - The Royal Spoonbill takes off |
 18 February 2024 - Otaki Beach Kite Festival 2024 |
 13 February 2024 - My wife told me I couldn't buy any more frogs - and this looked so cute |
 10 February 2024 - Black and white long exposure at Ōtaki Beach |
 9 February 2024 - The Waitohu Mouth, iPhone + excessive manipulation of colours |
 4 February 2024 - the Horowhenua antique machinery public day |
 3 February 2024 - the porpoises from 2014 evolved |
 30 January 2024 - Tinkering with layers, overlays, subtle blending - can take a lot to time |
 28 January 2024 - Reprocessing an image from April 2017 - Ōtaki Beach |
 24 January 2024 - Popped the drone up over our house to capture the sunset |
 18 January 2024 - Mr Frog has returned to our pond last night |
 4 Jan 2024 - if your drinks look like this you have probably had enough |
 31 December 2023 - We did make to 2024 but AI thought we didn't |
 25 December 2023 - Message in a bottle (AI of course) |
 24 December 2023 - The CatsXmas |
 15 December 2023 - Joy of Reading - AI of course |
 8 December 2023 - AI - 3 Men in Victorian Clothing |
 4 December 2023 - today's plant. Acarina novae zelandiae. |
 4 December 2023 |
 3 December 2023 - trying to photograph water bubbles on Lupin leaf in the rain |
 1 December 2023 - a Bull in a china shop - AI going in a different direction |
 AI sure throws up some weird stuff |
 19 November 2023 - I will pop next door and find the pot of gold |
 18 November 2023 - More processing from last weekend |
 13 November 2023 |
 15 October - AI image |
 29 September 2023 - must be bored - gotta get out more |
 29 August 2023 - Just a cow on a hill |
 14 August 2023 - Long Exposure selfie at Te Horo Beach |
 12 August 2023 - The Waxeyes are put off their food by the sight of the sparrow's butt |
 5 August 2023 - Finally a tui has found some orange on the feeder |
 2 August 2023 - More sparrow flights |
 1 August 2023 - Short walk on the Beach before the southerly storm arrives |
 22 July 2023 - We live in a street called Mountainview Tce, and every now and again it lives up to its name |
 18 July 2023 - Black and White at the Waitohu mouth. Another long duration with the iPhone |
 14 July - Matariki Day - Remembering past friends and Family |
 4 July 2023 - The rock walls at Shields Flat |
 29 June 2023 - Weather improved enough to get some more shots of the gateway sculpture |
 27 June 2024 - New "Welcome to Otaki" sculptures - need to reshoot |
 21 May 2023 - the sparrows finally find the flat board with food |
 14 May 2023 - feeding some sparrows in the garden |
 6 May 2023 - A cloudy day at Otaki Beach |
 24a April 2023 - a slightly earlier photo, tweaked a little more |
 24 April 2023 - my very feeble attempt at capturing the Aurora Australis from the local river mouth. |
 12 April 2023 - Different shades of toi toi by Waikawa Beach |
 10 April 2023 - P51 returning home after an airshow down south |
 2a April 2023 - applied a couple of photoshop filters |
 2 April 2023 - More AI creations |
 18 March 2023 - Praying Mantis poses |
 14 March 2023 - a walk along Lake Waitawa |
 3 March 2023 - been playing with Nightcafe - this was a text to image with Dall-E |
 17 February 2023 - Amethyst Crystal - Used Helicon Focus to assemble the shot from 40 photos taken |
 13 February 2023 - Black Swan and reflection cruise up the spring creek |
 11 February 2023 - A Dobson fly hangs out on a washing line |
 2 February 2023 - the night time callers are out again - singing in the night |
 1 February 2023 - Pear Slug chewing away at our quince tree leaves |
 22 January 2023 - The night time clouds looked better in real life |
 16 January 2023 - folks enjoying the end of day at the mouth of the Otaki River |
 14 January 2023 - A walk at Paremata then lunch |
 4 January 2023 - Young Black bird cooling off in the pond - it just stood there wondering what to do next |
 8 January 2023 - Simple Tui in Flax photo |