Alternative title: Making a Splash. This male Pūtangitangi doesn’t care which you choose.

Flying is so much more fun when you can see where you’re going.

A near infinite depth of field, but also an impressive depth of landscape, seen from the North Island Main Trunk Railway, perched on the edge of the Rangitikei River Valley.

“Find out what you already know.”

Another photographer introduced me to the term “LBJ (Little Brown Job)”. She used it in reference to a House Sparrow. This is a Dunnock (or Hedge Sparrow).

A wide angle is also a tall angle.

I recommend everyone take the Overlander once. Northbound is best as the observation car is on the back of the train.

Scientists have probably used complex equations involving the tides to disprove it. I guess.

Hold onto your hats.

Remember that song? Yeah, sorry.

A Kākā eyes me up from behind some foliage.

New Zealand’s most storied ferry? I remember being in awe of the new boat when it first arrived, however it has had 9 major incidents in the space of 25 years. It will be retired in August 2025.

When you see a great sunrise, be sure to look behind you.

Taken, believe it or not, from a fast moving train. Somewhere in the Waikato.

My favourite of Qantas’s aboriginal schemes.

A historic gantry crane on Queens Wharf, at sunrise.

No, not the home of Ricky Baker. A farmhouse in the Rangitikei, backed by the enormity of the Rangitikei River gorge.

I have to keep correcting the AI tool I use to write the alt-text. It always sees sunsets. I almost always photograph sunRISEs.

Or is it just one pair?

This post, that is. The photo was taken early in Chews Lane, Wellington.

My regularly scheduled posts ran out yesterday. I knew they would. I guess there were other, more fun things to do, like get woken in the middle of the night for work. Three days out of four. So far.

Here’s a photo that kinda matches my mood.

The upper reservoir in Zealandia Te Māra a Tāne is a beautiful place.