Category Archives: Photography

Sunrise of the Week – Red Sky in the Morning …

Posted on October 8, 2017 by Ross

We’re parked up again at the A&P Showgrounds at Mosgiel, with dog obedience classes and horse activities to watch. And always with a view of the hills, Flagstaff and Swampy. As I write this there’s a dramatic light show playing … Continue reading →

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Emerging From Winter

Posted on September 3, 2017 by Ross

“Once more into the blog, dear friends, once more; Or close the thing down with my posts all dead!” We’re emerging from what has seemed like a long winter and I’m keen to rekindle this olde bloggie thing. A blog with … Continue reading →

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An Abstract View of Photography – Seeing the Light

Posted on November 4, 2016 by Ross

If you’ve been following this blog – and some of you kind people have been – then you’ll have seen me dabbling more and more over the last year or so with what I’ve called abstract photography. I didn’t know … Continue reading →

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Earlier This month – Ross Creek

Posted on October 28, 2016 by Ross

Earlier this month we were parked up in Dunedin at Woodhaugh in the Leith Valley for a week. It’s only a couple of minutes walk to Ross Creek which gives access to the Reservoir and lots of lovely bush walks. … Continue reading →

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Backing The Truck Up #3 – Waihi Beach Exploring

Posted on July 24, 2015 by Ross

Having made a brief discovery of the dam up behind Waihi Beach the day before, I was keen to see if there were any walks to be walked. There are no signs to guide anyone – and perhaps that is the … Continue reading →

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Photo of the Day #25 – The Big Red Part 2

Posted on September 29, 2013 by Ross

I’ve always liked this photo. For me it somehow captures the time and place. Mid 1970s. Out back up north in West Australia. Specifically the Theiss Bros maintenance yard at Mt Tom Price, adjacent to the open-cast iron ore mine. … Continue reading →

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Elaine – Bay of Many Moods

Posted on December 18, 2012 by Ross

  Our visit to Elaine Bay (Marlborough Sounds) earlier in the month hadn’t started well. The wind blew from four directions (including down) and got us concerned enough to retreat for one night. We returned and gradually the wind settled. … Continue reading →

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Photo of the Day #7 (Another Dunedin Dawn)

Posted on November 25, 2012 by Ross

As I mentioned in Photo of the Day #6, Dunedin does delightful dawns. This was another of those mornings. 31st of May 2007 to be precise. It started off lovely, and developed into spectacular. And then it kept on going. … Continue reading →

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Photo of the Day #4a (Green Hut Revisited)

Posted on November 24, 2012 by Ross

There was some doubt about my first picture of Green Hut in Photo of the Day #4 (Green Hut). Sister Wendy thought the chimney was on the other end. In denial, I suggested maybe the chimney got repositioned in the … Continue reading →

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Photo of the Day #6 (Dunedin Dawn)

Posted on November 23, 2012 by Ross

Blenheim blue skys are lovely, don’t get me wrong. But there’s something about Dunedin clouds. Especially at dawn and dusk. Fabulous sunrises and sunsets. And none better than those looking down the harbour. Dunedin’s West Harbour suburbs used to be … Continue reading →

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Photo of the Day #5 (Forgotten River Col)

Posted on November 20, 2012 by Ross

The Christmas after the Barrier Range stopped us getting to the Olivines (1973?), a more determined push via the Rockburn and Olivine rivers saw us at Forgotten River. Which is a river you don’t forget. [Once when the ODHB had … Continue reading →

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Fun With Lightroom

Posted on November 14, 2012 by Ross

We’re still resting up in Blenheim after a hard week resting up down the Sounds. 🙂 We’ve managed a walk in the Wither Hills. [By the way 2Degrees, that’s the correct spelling of Wither Hills – not Whither as your … Continue reading →

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Learning Lightroom

Posted on October 14, 2012 by Ross

We’re back working at the motels in Blenheim – seems to be becoming a regular thing. Because it is. And busy-busy again, because it is. I managed a drive out to the airport yesterday – I guess that was getting … Continue reading →

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Off to the Coromandel – Starting at Simpsons Beach

Posted on August 27, 2012 by Ross

We had tried to find some motel minding work to occupy ourselves in the depths of winter. But without success. We’d tried every motel in the Bay of Plenty and Hamilton. The only interest had been from places where we’d … Continue reading →

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