Issue 110 of New Zealand Geographic will be in stores early next week. In it you’ll find a feature on the gumlands of Northland, illustrated with my photos. Author Mark Smale writes “Once, a vast kauri forest stood on the Aupouri Peninsula, letting organic matter and resin to the forest floor over eons. The leaves were acidic, impoverishing (or podzolising) the soil and starving out competitors. In time the forests fell..”. Want to see more? Better grab a copy next week!
Last week I started a Facebook Fan Page, but if I’m going to try getting my head around all the jargon and tech details of social sites, why stop there?! Today I launch my Flickr Photostream. If Flickr is your thing, visit www.flickr.com/photos/neilfitzgeraldphoto/, comment on my photos, ask questions, and let me know what you like, or don’t like.
I’ll add more photos to Flickr and Facebook as I can, but you’ll always see the most here on my website, and you’ll see them first in the ‘new photos’ section of my gallery.
Happy New Year everyone,
Neil.
If you’re a Facebook user (and who isn’t these days), follow the link below to check out my new Facebook Page. As time allows I’ll add more of my favourite photos, so become a fan by clicking like on my Page. Keep up to date with new photo additions, and let me know what you think of them.
New Zealand storm-petrels are fast and highly maneuverable in flight, making them a challenge to shoot—with camera or net-gun.
It has been noticed that recently I have been a bit tardy with additions of new images. One of the things that has diverted some time from image processing has been the New Zealand storm-petrel project. These little sea birds had been considered extinct for more than 150 years but were rediscovered in 2003. Now that we know where and what to look for, they are regularly seen on pelagic bird watching trips in the Hauraki Gulf (off the north east coast of the North Island), however relatively little is known about them. One major concern is that no one knows where they breed, and this raises fears that mammalian predators or other events could have catastrophic impacts on what is almost certainly a perilously small population. Accordingly, finding the breeding site has been the focus of recent NZSP research. (read more…)
