Birthday picture

This is what happens when your husband is also a photographer. And you go out for your birthday dinner. And you’re all dressed up, looking good, feeling good. And you ask him to take you photo cos it would be nice to have one on your birthday, to mark the occasion. But he’s so busy

Baboons live in Paradise

If I was a baboon, this is where I would want to live. Hmmm… I’m pretty sure I’m not a baboon (though there are those who might disagree, I’m sure) but I think I would still like to live here.

Two sides

Coupla squirrel monkeys playing in a palm tree. I suppose Peanut the Monkey might have been more tolerable if he could have played in the trees year-round. But half the year he was stuck indoors… I wonder if I would like him more today if I ran into him again.

Mournful Gibbon

It’s been a while since I posted a shot of my primate friends. This is Kera a Siamang gibbon who’s just moved into the Auckland Zoo with her partner, Iwani… She’s a tree living gibbon, native to Sumatra, Malaysia and Thailand – one of my favourite corners of the world. I’ll be heading off to

Autumn Lingers

Those in the northern hemisphere seem to forget that those of us in the southern hemisphere are deep in the midst of Autumn. And a most beautiful Autumn this year… I can’t remember the colours ever being this vivid… Sorry for being absent – still convalescing a bit – and, I suppose, taking advantage of

A Terribly Indignity

Went to a carnival last night… they all seem a bit sad and seedy now. Of course, they were also a bit sad and seedy back then, but I was too enthralled to notice or care. Something oddly fascinating about these open mouthed clowns. I took a lot of photos of them – sad, shouting,

Whatever Will Bee

You know you’re a photographer when you spot trouble and run to it, get up and close as you can and poke your nose in. Notice his tongue? Don’t think I’ve ever actually seen a bee tongue before. Wonder how sharp it is…

Fire in the sky

Love the wildness in this one,  a sort of feral quality.

Faded Roses

Faded roses in the fading light.  

Spot the Ghost!

As if there ever was any doubt – this is an unretouched photo taken into the setting sun on Saturday night. I wanted to capture the beautiful back-lit toi toi. Imagine my surprise when I got home and found someone in the image – right there in the middle. Spooky. I also took a photo