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  • The View From Here

    My beautiful pictureAuckland Central. Ricoh TLS 35mm.

     

  • Cycling in the Rain

    Rain cycleA day off with a friend visiting from overseas. We and cold we hopped on our bicycles and cycled  the ‘Auckland circuit’. Starting in Takapuna on the North Shore we headed North to the Greenhithe Bridge. Over the bridge (where todays image was shot on mobile) and out to West Auckland. Back along the west, we headed into the CBD – pumping up a small puncture (showing our lack of repair kit) along the way. Heading through the city, we caught the ferry and ended in Devonport again on the North Shore. Somewhere around a 50km journey, wet cold and ready for dinner.

     

  • Sleepwalking to the River

    My beautiful picturePentax MG on Fomapan 100

     

  • Little Flowers

    Little Flowers

    “Butterflies are not insects,’ Captain John Sterling said soberly. ‘They are self-propelled flowers.”
    ― Robert A. Heinlein, The Cat Who Walks Through Walls

  • Up the Harbour

    Up the HarbourOut for a stroll we ventured to the Beach Haven Wharf. Looking North West’ish has us looking up to the end of the Waitemata Harbour.

    Long been used as the areas main anchorage point (pre european), the harbour is sheltered from the ocean by Rangitoto Island and other small surrounding islands. The modern translation of Waitemata is ‘Sparking Waters’.

    Shot on the Sony Nex with pancake 16mm