Saturday, August 31, 2013

Just love the local perspective

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being …not only appreciated…in fact “highlighted” at the local supermarket.

Thursday, August 29, 2013

Winter says…

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…not so soon Nelsonians…

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…I’ve still got some huff left yet.

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Monday, August 26, 2013

Sunday, August 25, 2013

Cold, Wet, Windy…but training pays off…

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…even if these girls have to get up early on a Sunday morning to do it.

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Not to be left out, the boys were out there this am too,

Friday, August 23, 2013

Even a pilot can…

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…sometimes get out of his depth…or was that “up out of his depth?”

Thursday, August 22, 2013

Even behind light cloud cover…

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its amazing the detail you can get with a standard digital camera nowadays.

Wednesday, August 21, 2013

Completing Sea Trials…

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….but sure she’ll be on the way

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to her new owners and tropical destination soon.

Sunday, August 18, 2013

Through the mist…

I present ….DSCN0228..to you Nelsons tallest building “The Hotel Rutherford”….well, actually its not really just mist….its a few masts that occupy Australasia's largest fishing port per se…Port Nelson I mean.

Truck in the river?

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…alas it was all planned that way.

Saturday, August 17, 2013

As a photographer from the 80’s…

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who treasured his Pentax ME Super (now that’s showing an age?) with the 300mm lens (big kit then)…

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…can I say here…

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…I’m stunned at the optical zooms on modern bridge DSC’s.

Couldn’t get to sleep last night…

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why not print one of these photos out, and instead of “counting sheep”…

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…try to count road cones. I don’t think I’ve ever seen so many in such a short distance before locally.

Friday, August 16, 2013

Americas Cup challenger finals are…

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…here soon, starting in San Francisco this weekend…

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…here’s a local and inexpensive way….

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….for your budding future helmsman to start.

Thursday, August 15, 2013

Its that time of year again…

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….Pollen time.

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And many locals will feel its effect soon,

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….if they haven’t already.

Wednesday, August 14, 2013

Sometimes …. even I have to stop…

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….and say…wow that’s just plain “cool.” (even if its on your drive-time home in the evening.)

Tuesday, August 13, 2013

Hey…maybe just for once….

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I might have been on the money …..

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…..last week when I hinted about this?

Monday, August 12, 2013

Sunday, August 11, 2013

First HAA spotted in the wild…

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..appears new NZ number plates now don’t start with “G” any longer.

Saturday, August 10, 2013

Lots of these base themselves…

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…here at Port Nelson. Small ones…

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…as well as larger ones.

Thursday, August 8, 2013

I give to you, today…

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perhaps one of Nelson most photographed scenes

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certainly featuring already on dozens of local paintings, drawings, pics & photos.

Wednesday, August 7, 2013

They say Beauty is in the eye…

of the beholder….

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…yup…never a better term contrived I say. Yes, agreed she’ll need some work…but I’m pretty sure she’ll come up trumps!

Tuesday, August 6, 2013

Sunday, August 4, 2013

Well … “Hello there…”

 

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…having a nice Sunday morning nap I see…

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…ooophs …. rather be out here….

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… when you humans are around.

Thursday, August 1, 2013

Even in the cool of a ….

 

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…local winters evening….

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…others are out there taking photos too.