A fine day for a white wedding!

Yesterday we headed up to Levin to Tatum Park to photograph the wedding of Rebekah and Kyle. It was raining when we left the Hutt so a quick count of umbrellas was in order 'just in case'. Thankfully the rain held off and the umbrellas stayed in the boot of the car.

Rebekah and Kyle had some amazing cars to transport their wedding party and wanted some specific photographs taken with them. The bright colours of the cars make for vibrant images that catch your attention.

We had a lot of fun photographing this lovely couple and their family and friends. We wish them all the best for the future and hope they enjoy their photos as much as we had fun taking them!

Dragonflies and Damselflies

This morning I visited the Auckland Botanical Gardens as we had some time to spare before our flight home. We headed straight to the wetland area to see if there were any dragonflies about. There were too! However the dragonflies (larger than the damselflies) were hovering and flitting about way out of the reach of my lens. The damselflies were a bit easier. I spotted a little red one on a flower and it posed nicely for me.  The larger blue one (I think it is a damsel but it might be a small dragonfly) was much harder. He seems to flit about in a regular pattern and was very territorial. Very hard to photograph a moving object that never stays still!

Taking a break on a flower

Hovering over the water

Wings constantly moving!

Auckland Zoo

A very disappointing trip to Auckland Zoo today. It was really hot and most of the animals were in hiding. The most disappointing bit was that we paid $20 each to get in and half the zoo is closed for renovations and maintenance. If they are going to close stuff off they should reduce the price you have to pay. Very disappointing, I am glad I didn't make a special trip up from Wellington to see it.

Bay of Islands - Day Twelve

We have been trying to get to the Parot Place for a while now and today we finally managed it. From the outside it doesn't look like much but inside there are birds everywhere! They have some birds just flying free and others in avairies. There are two large walk-in avairies where we were able to get up close to the birds.

Bay of Islands - Day Eleven

Thank you to Pukeko for identifying our little bird. It is a Grey Warbler.

Today we really did nothing much at all. Stayed around the house and relaxed, even read a book for a while. The images today are what I see when I look out the window - a lovely rimu tree. If I look beyond that there are the boats and the bay, but today's focus is on the tree.

Identify?

Here is another little bird that I don't know. It feeds of nectar or flowers and is smaller than a sparrow - about the size of a waxeye. Can anyone shed any light on it?

Waitangi

A couple more shots from Waitangi. It's not often you see a tui on the ground but this one was hopping along in front of us for a bit so we took advantage and photographed him.