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Whilst driving through the North Island, at Waiotapu, near Rotarua, we came upon a boiling mud pool. At a quick glance, the pool looks like a large pond, albeit steaming a little. Take a closer look and it is very muddy - and the mud erupts and explodes from the surface! It is very easy to spend a long time there, listening to the gurgling noises and watching a mud patch suddenly explode, sending

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I've just added another few images.... From the South Island, a view of the Fox Glacier and a couple of shots of the Moeraki Boulders. These boulders have washed out of the sandy cliff face over time, vary in size from over six feet in diameter down to the ones in the images which are around three feet. An oddity, but an interesting and photogenic one!Also are a couple of shots from the Craters

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Our holiday started with a couple of nights in Hong Kong, so we had one full day there and two part days. We were lucky enough to have a friend who offered to take us on a sightseeing tour on our full day there. I had decided that I wanted to see the Giant Buddha at Ngong Ping and the harbour at night, so that's what we did. Unfortunately, our free day there was a Sunday and it seems the whole of

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We've been all over the place over the last few days and I have taken some photos, although not as many as I normally take. I worked on a few to upload, got up to do something and when I sat back down, the images looked wrong. It seems that a slight change of angle of the screen changes the contrast of an image considerably, so I've decided not to upload any images until I can see them on my

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So far we have spent two days in Hong Kong and this is our fourth day in New Zealand.... Hong Kong was interesting, but jet lag spoilt my plans to photograph the harbour on the first night. The second night, we went to see the giant Budda at Ngong Ping and although I took some images, I'm not happy with the results as the sun was behind the Budda. When we left there we went to the Peak on Hong

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Following on from taking night time shots at Ramsgate Harbour, we went to Broadstairs Harbour this time. Unfortunately it was overcast and very dark, with no natural light at all, but nevertheless we took some photos, three of which can be found in my 'night-time' gallery....

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A few nights ago, a friend and I took our cameras over to Ramsgate Harbour to take some night shots. This was the first time I've used my camera in a long time and it was a very pleasant evening out. We spent almost three hours wandering round the harbour and photographing various aspects of it.... In the near future we intend to go to both Margate and Broadstairs Harbours to repeat the process..

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As the weather was so beautiful, we decided we should go out for the day today, but had no idea where to go. I searched the web for 'What's on in Kent' and up popped 'The Bredgar & Wormshill Light Railway', open on the first Sunday of the month during the summer. We decided to go.When we arrived the first thing that we noticed was that they had old tractors, and traction engines of various types

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Late this morning we decided to go for a walk down to Dreamland to see Carters Steam Fair. It was great seeing old, steam powered rides, together with other old rides and amusements. All very nostalgic.... There are a few photos in 'Events'.I took my little point and shoot as we were walking, but forgot to check if the battery was charged - it wasn't, so I couldn't take too many photos.... When

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Although the weather was overcast and looking like it might rain at any time, we went to the Sellindge Steam Rally today.The even has been going on for something like 40 years and used to be fantastic with lots of traction engines there, but this year there weren't that many. It seems that each year there are less each time we go, which is disappointing.There was a good number of military

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Yesterday, we took the mother in law out to Manston airport where we had booked her on a 30 minute helicopter flight for her 80th birthday treat. The flight to follow the coast from Manston down to Dover and back, flying over the castles of Deal, Walmer and Dover.When we arrived, about 30 seconds before the pilot, we were told by the assistant that the flights for the day had been cancelled -

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Today I went to one of Hasselblad's studio days, this one in London. I spent about three hours there trying out a camera - a H3D with a 50 megapixel back, together with a selection of lenses and finally was shown how to use their software to process the images! The results are incredible, the detail in the images is fantastic - I want one!The guys were great and I thank them all! There was no

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Today is our last full day in Las Vegas and we drove 50 odd miles away to the Valley of Fire, so called due to the colour of the rocks in the valley. Geologically, the area is incredible with different strata layers being different colours and types of rock. The red is a sandstone and has been eroded to leave an incredible pock marked set of rocks...The red sandstone is several layers down in the

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We've been here for five days now and my views about Las Vegas haven't really changed - it's not the place for us!We went to see the Grand Canyon, a 540 mile round trip and when we got there, both of us suffered with what I think was altitude sickness, so we didn't stay very long, or see very much of the canyon, which was a great shame! There is one panorama of the south rim in 'Landscapes'. It

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Our first day in Las Vegas and I'm sorry, but I'm not impressed. It is very busy, very noisy and very hot!We went for a drive to see some of the area and ended up at the Hoover Dam. The water level is very low, probably due to the time of year and as it was so hot - 36+ we didn't stop to walk around, I just grabbed a couple of quick photos and then got back in the car!I have a photo in '

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Yosemite, what a great place!Day One - We drove to Mariposa Grove to see the sequoia trees. Although I took many photographs, none of them do justice to these great trees. It is so humbling to consider that these trees are unbelievably old and how much the world has changed during their vast life span.When we left Mariposa Grove, we drove to Glacier Point, where the views are absolutely

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This morning, we caught the cable car to Fisherman's Wharf again, only this time we walked east towards the Golden Gate Bridge. It was a long walk in the hot sun and luckily we were free of fog! Eventually we arrived at the fort underneath the bridge and sat and relaxed in the shade for a while before starting back.We walked a mile or so back and then caught a bus the rest of the way as by that

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We arrived in San Francisco yesterday afternoon and today was our first day out exploring the city. Our hotel is near to the Powell Street cable car terminus and we walked down to watch the cable cars being turned round before catching one all the way to the other end at Fisherman's Wharf.As we walked from the terminus we spotted the Duck Tour shop and booked a ride at 10am. The trip took us

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Today has probably been the hottest day of the year so far and we went to Wingham Wildlife Park. I have added photos in the 'nature' gallery of some of the wildlife we saw there, from meercats to kookaburras, including a baby lemur and baby rheas which were just one week old! Enjoy!

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A beautiful Bank Holiday weekend and we decided to go to the 40th steam rally at Sellindge today. As usual the event was well attended, but I was a little disappointed with the amount of traction engines there. This was compensated for by the number of old cars, old motor bikes, old lorries and military vehicles. When we arrived, the military vehicles were in the parade ground and it was good to

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Today being Wednesday, neither my wife or I work, so we went to Mote Park in Maidstone, Kent. It has been a beautiful spring day and we walked round the lake taking photos as we walked. In my 'Landscape' gallery, there are four images from the day. As well as using my D2XS, I took my Hasselblad and ran a roll of film through that to test out a 150mm lens I recently acquired - it will be

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It's that time of year again and the bluebells are out once more! We went to Hole Park again and were not disappointed with the sight of thousands and thousands of bluebells! We spent a couple of hours wandering around the gardens, taking photos and enjoying the glorious weather....I have added half a dozen images from the gardens in my 'Nature' Gallery - enjoy!

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Long time no blog! I've not been taking that many photos recently. Due to a lack of funds, interest and extended holiday, we decided to give up the studio and that has meant that I haven't had anywhere to take portraits during the cold winter months. Now that the lighter evenings are with us and the temperature is climbing, I hope to start taking more portraits, but using different outdoor

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Having photographed the cast of Twenty Twenty Seven over the last few weeks, I was asked by Heidi, of Stage Door Theatre Company, if I would photograph some of their dancers.  I've got to know some of them from the show rehearsals and happily agreed to get them over to the studio for a photo shoot. The session, a couple of weeks ago was great fun and I took lots of photos.  See more photos in my

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I've been busy over the last few weeks, taking photos of the cast and rehearsals for a new musical that was staged at the Gulbenkian Theatre in Canterbury recently. The show was written and produced by friends of mine, Heath and Glen, and was very enjoyable.  Although I knew the story and had seen the whole show at rehearsals (through the lens of a camera!), seeing it as part of an audience was

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Today we went to Hole Park, which is near Rolvenden in Kent.The reason for going was to see the bluebells.... Hole Park has gardens which are open to the public on certain days during the year.  Today, they were open and as they have many thousands of bluebells and this is the time to see them at their best, we decided to go.  The gardens were delightful and the bluebells were incredible, I have

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Yesterday evening, I had the opportunity to photograph two gorgeous young ladies, Hailie and Kelly! The shoot was organised by Sarah, who is keen to learn more about lighting and I had offered to teach her the little that I know.... I only have one studio flash and so that is what we worked with - I had intended to use my Nikon SB-800 as well, but due to triggering issues, I gave up.The cheap

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I now have a new domain and new website, which is almost up and running. The main pages are in place, but I haven't yet added the galleries of my photographs as the server side software has to be installed before I can create them! I am hoping to be able to start creating the galleries next week and to finish switching from my old site to my new one within the next week.

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Yesterday was a good day! Mid morning there was a knock on the door and a Post Office parcel van was outside. I opened the door, got my parcel and found it was the copy of 'The Moment It Clicks', the great book by Joe McNally, that I had ordered from Waterstones last Friday. Less than half an hour later there was another knock on the door and another Post Office parcel delivery. This time it

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Sunday was the first day of Focus On Imaging, 'Europe's biggest annual imaging show' and I went, as I do every year, together with two friends. As always the show was interesting and I came away having learnt new things and having wished I had a bottomless pit of money to buy the things I wanted!I went to the show with the intention of checking out scanners as I have a Hasselblad 503, so want to

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Hey, any of you out there that are into photography, go and check out Strobist...I currently have a studio that I share with some friends, but it's too expensive to run.  Our photography is a hobby not a business, so we're going to have to give it up.  From what I've learnt already at Strobist, I won't miss the studio, but will make the best use of wherever I am instead of being tied to a

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This was taken on the 1st January 2008, looking across the bush opposite my niece's house in Port Kennedy, Western Australia - a great place to visit!

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