There are lots of photography ‘rules’ regularly parroted, as if breaking one would have the flashing lights of the photo police soon appearing in your viewfinder. Golden hour light directly over your shoulder, head angle three degrees toward you, remember the rule of thirds or it’ll be a night in the cell for you! To […]
Month: June 2010
Curlew sandpiper (Calidris ferruginea) at a high tide roost on the Manukau Harbour. More than a dozen new photos of shorebirds have been added to my gallery. I managed to get close to a mixed flock of birds at a high tide roost and got some nice portraits of sharp-tailed sandpiper, red-necked stint, and curlew […]
Juvenile North Island rifleman (Acanthisitta cloris granti) searching for insects on a mossy tree trunk. I’ve added some rifleman photos to my gallery. Riflemen are one of two extant species of New Zealand wrens—an ancient group of tiny passerines.