Category: New Zealand

Bowling Alley

Wellington, NZ, 2011:  More shots from today at the “bowling alley”, the new bus lane through the former “Manners Mall”. This elder gentleman seemed to have a death wish and took the buses head-on….  Canon EOS 30D/Makinon 28mm f2.8

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Brothers

Wellington, NZ, 2011: Hit the town today for a bit of street photography with Simon Burrow. He’s been shooting around the streets of Wellington for a few years now and building up an impressive portfolio. Grabbed a shot of this hooded guy at Cuba and Vivian Streets intersection, with a recently purchsed $10 Pentax screw […]

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Wahi

Wahi beach, Hawera, Taranaki, NZ, 2011: Shot this over the weekend at one of the beaches near my home town of Hawera.  Wahi beach isn’t a great beach for swimming because of all the rocks, but the rocks are fantastic…  Canon EOS 30D/18-55is 

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1 Year

New Zealand, 2009:  Have reached a small milestone here, this blog has now been going for just over 1 year…  As of today/now, I’ve made 177 posts including almost 300 images;  created 57 categories with 395 tags; and had 7,822 hits with 74 comments.  Thanks for visiting and please don’t forget to vote on my […]

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D-ck

Petone, Wellington, NZ, 2011: Duck-flat off Cuba St near Mitre 10 mega…    Olympus XA2

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Hawera

Hawera, Taranaki, NZ, 2006: An image shot from the top of Hawera’s iconic water-tower, looking north-west to Mount Taranaki. Canon EOS 1N/Sigma 17-35

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Kiev

Petone, Wellington, NZ, 2011: First roll from the cheaply/recently aquired Kiev 4m. The Kiev has a very interesting and long history… As part of post WWII war reparations, the Soviet Union dismantled East German factories and transplanted them behind the Iron Curtain. The Zeiss factory that manufactured Leica’s nemesis- the Contax– was one of them… […]

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