Flying Shaun

I shot this at my friend Marcel's Stag do yesterday... we hired sumo suits... it was great fun :)

Spider By Night

It's amasing what an inverted effect you can get when you push the ISO setting on the camera up and then use a flash against a reflective window at night!

Bear & The Bridge

I shot this on the weekend at Auckland Marina of the bear sculpture looking out to the harbour bridge.

Humping Flies

I walked ouside about a minute ago and my attention was caught by two flies humping on a leaf of my poor knights lily... it was such a strange site I had to capture it... sorry it's a bit blurry the flies flew away before I could get a better shot :)

Auckland Harbour Bridge

I took this shot of the Auckland Harbour Bridge from the marina on Saturday.

Steinlager Light

I couldn't resist this shot of a Steinlager Light bottle discarded at Auckland marina with a view of the Auckland harbour bridge.

Tow Away

Back of a shop in Greenlane.

Big Brother

I had an hour or so to take pictures today when I was out looking for the last of the things I need to do up our families boat. My eye was caught by these two flags blowing around on Aucklands waterfront... I know flags have been done to death but i couldn't resist the connotations of this pic :)

Sculpture on the Gulf - Part 4

I shot this photo on Sunday at the last day of the Sculpture on the Gulf on Waiheke Island.

Sculpture on the Gulf - Part 3

I shot this photo on Sunday at the last day of the Sculpture on the Gulf on Waiheke Island.

Sculpture on the Gulf - Part 2

I shot this photo on Sunday at the last day of the Sculpture on the Gulf on Waiheke Island.

Sculpture on the Gulf

I shot this photo on Sunday at the last day of the Sculpture on the Gulf on Waiheke Island.

Little Blue Boat

I shot this photo yesterday @ Rocky Bay on Waiheke Island.

City Silhouette

I took this one last night at a friends house on Waiheke Island; you can see the sun dip down over the Waitakere Ranges with Auckland City Silhouetted on the right hand side of the photograph.

Moving Pictures

Moving Pictures.

Cicada

You know summers arrived when the cicada's are out in force this one landed on our boat cover just long enough for me to take this photo.

Lamp Post

What more can I say.

Letterbox

I shot this one when I was walking up the road to visit a friend.

One Tree Hill Again :)

Tonight I went up One Tree Hill to check out what all the fuss was about. Paul Holmes had launched his new TV show on Prime with an exclusive report on the "Re-Planting" of a tree at One Tree Hill. The tree "A New Zealand" icon made world famous by the U2 song "One Tree Hill"… anyone interested in the full story can read it here.


More than five years ago two Maori activists had attacked it on two separate occasions and despite attempts to save it, finally it had to go here is a poem that I’ve found that someone has written about the tree being cut down.


On Sunday morning Waitangi day, two men planted a pohutukawa tree up one tree hill with a simple message of bringing New Zealand together they left a plaque reading "One Nation". The Auckland City council quickly removed the tree from the site today but this afternoon it was replaced against the councils will by an even larger pohutukawa.


This story is getting momentum in the media and it is unclear whether the tree will remain. Tonight about 50 people went up one tree hill to have a look at the tree; kids in pyjamas posed for their parents to photograph them next to the tree... each person with a different reason for going to the spot.


Here are the photos I took up one tree hill this evening…




















As we wake today the tree is once again gone and the stake used to hold it has been left broken on the site... from this mornings national newspaper:



A planting spree on One Tree Hill has drawn a swift reaction from the Auckland City Council, which is still waiting for Ngati Whatua's okay to replace the lone pine removed more than four years ago.


A pohutakawa that appeared on the summit at the weekend was vandalised within a day and the council has promised to promptly remove another rogue tree Paul Holmes planted as he launched his show on Prime Television last night.


A spokeswoman for the council said the 2m-high pohutukawa Holmes planted would "absolutely" be removed.


After the first tree appeared at the weekend, Auckland City Mayor Dick Hubbard vowed to have new trees planted by this time next year.


It has been more than four years since the Monterey pine atop One Tree Hill, which suffered chainsaw attacks in 1994 and 1999, was finally removed by the council.

African Milk Plant

I shot this one yesterday of an african milk plant again it's a +10 macro.

My Chilli Plant

I shot this one today... my chili plant needed a bit of saving over the last few months and he's pulled through really well... I'm finally getting my first chillies!
I brought a new monopod and was trying it out with a +10 macro.

Golden Tree

I shot this photo at Pakari beach with the last of the sunlight. This dead tree almost looked like it was springing back to life!

Clouds at Dusk

I shot this photo at Pakari beach just before we lost the sun.

Lemur Huddle

I shot this photo at Auckland zoo, the lemur's were out sunning themselves in the last of the daylight.

Wild Gannet

I took this photo of a nesting gannet high on the cliff face at Murawai I had to lean over the rails of the viewing platform to get it, it's amasing what you can get with a large zoom and a steady hand.