The keep
Our soccer keep lived up to the motto on his senior poster for senior night, "My goal is to stop yours".Shot with Canon 1DX Mark III with EF 400 f2.8 @ 1/1000, f2.8, ISO 2000.Rodger
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Diwali in Auckland, NZ
Here the emphasis is on the food and dancing, celebrated publicly over two days instead of the traditional five. It took place in the centre of the city, and I spent about 3 hours there, shooting and enjoying the action. The area was very crowded, ...
Tiritiri Island Open Scientific Sanctuary
The island of Tiritiri Matangi is an open scientific reserve. It is located in the Auckland Hauaraki Gulf, about an hour's ferry trip from downtown. It was originally native bush before being cleared for farming, but in the 1970's was taken over by...
Happy Halloween
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Canna lilly
I was searching for something to contribute and ran across this photo. I took this photo back in June. Noticed it in the wife's flower bed in the front. I took another photo a bit farther away but this had a better depth of field to show the flower ...
Brasstown Bald, Georgia
This is the highest mountain in Georgia at 4,784 ft. Due to the altitude and snowfall, it is closed from about November 1st to early spring. One can see four states on a clear day. One of our favorite places to visit. It's a long and steep walk to th...
Friday night lights
From last Friday night show using 1DX II and 1DX III bodies with EF 24-70, 70-200, and 400 f2.8 glass. Exposure info in photo captions. The final image was caught in between snaps, I liked the setting of the rehydrating player and it shows the leve...
The Queen is Dead...
While the late queen was catapulted into that role after I was born, I have known only her as the head of the United Kingdom (where I was born) and what was then the Empire, now the Commonwealth.I was far more effected by her passing than I expected....
Dragons and Damsels - Odonata
Back in 2014 I started documenting Dragonflies and Damselflies that were native to my area. To find most of these, knowing what habitat they frequented and flight times were key. They like mosquitos and, for the most part, marshy swampy areas or lake...
