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You may have noticed I haven’t uploaded any new photos for few weeks. One of the main reasons is that I have been rebuilding the website, basically from scratch. Yes, it looks a lot like the old one, but there have been some big changes and upgrades behind it.
The main aim has been to make it faster and easier for you to find the nature photos you want, and one of the biggest changes is that photo categories are now sorted into more nested subcategories, and we are now set-up to reorganise things further as needed.
The strip of thumbnails under the main photo now allows you to quickly look for other, similar photos, without the need to go back to the thumbnail page. Check it out.
I’ve tidied up a lot of code, and spent a lot of time checking things and making sure it all validates. If you find something doesn’t quite seem right, make sure you are using the latest version of your browser (especially if you use Internet Explorer, with its notoriously poor handling of many web standards), and if it still seems wonky please let me know.
With that out of the way I’m looking forward to getting back to the backlog of RAW files that need editing, and with spring firmly asserting itself there are endless new wildlife and scenic photographs to make. Stay tuned.
N.

Over the past week I moved all my websites to a new server. It was a little nerve-wracking at times, but apart from a few missed emails due to a glitch at the host’s end, it seemed to go fairly smoothly.
I have now started on some changes to the site which I hope will make it even easier to find the photos and info you are after. The first area to get a bit of a makeover is the news and updates section. Apart from some styling tweaks, the exciting thing here is that you can now subscribe to this section to get RRS feeds. I intend to make more regular announcements of new additions to the gallery, as well as regular “feature photos”, where I’ll select some of my favourite shots and give you some of the details of their making. Subscribe and you’ll know straight away when I’ve added new content. Click the link in the new navigation panel on the left to get started.
As always, your feedback is always welcome.

Neil.

I have just uploaded the latest of a series of articles I’ve written about some of New Zealand’s wildlife, with tips on where and how to photograph them. This one focusses on Australasian gannets (Morus serrator)—magnificent birds that provide plenty of opportunities for beautiful portraits and photos of interesting behavior.

I hope you enjoy it.

As if conducting a choir, an Australasian gannet breaks hard to stop in mid air and fall clumsily in a crowded breeding colony at Cape Kidnappers. To see more photos like this, have a look at the gallery, and read my latest species profile article.

I’ve just added this new section to the site. I plan to use it to highlight significant additions of new images, changes to the site content or structure etc.. If I think it worth sharing, I might even ramble about other things occasionally. I guess you might call it a blog. Stay tuned…