TGA Photography

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Not ready yet...

A quick blog post as a follow up to my previous one.

So, it’s been a while. My good intentions of a new blog setup flew out the window when it became apparent that the purchase of our new home was going through. This meant a shift in my efforts and concentrations.

With the actual move being 4 weeks away, life has been somewhat chaotic and the new blog has been put on the back burner. <sigh>. This means you won’t be seeing too much of an update for quite some time. Please bear with me, and visit again sometime in June.

In the meantime, keep warm if you’re like us and are going through a winter, but if you’re in the throes of a glorious summertime, ENJOY! Better still if you are a photographer, get out and shoot.

Cheers!

Posted May 11, 2012
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Last image post on Posterous

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I’m working hard to change blogs and will be ditching Posterous soon. Their changes have hurried the process a little but although this is the last image post, there will be one more on Posterous later with a link to point the way to the new blog.

This image was taken early one morning recently in Dunedin. It is St Claire’s Beach. The golden morning sun lit the scene beautifully before it rose behind the cloud cover.

Posted March 23, 2012
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another world

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Sometimes you come across another world. Not through traveling the stars, but by observing your own back yard. Bex inadvertently when moving a large concrete block, disturbed an ants’ nest the other day. We began to photograph their attempts at relocating which meant macro and a need for speed.

 

An ant colony is an interesting subject and we spied many ‘nest’ workers moving young ant larvae to safer areas. This image shows one such worker. The winged ant, I am presuming is one of several young queens which are almost ready to fly for their nuptials. Certainly these were not the brood queen herself because she would be huge and wingless. Queens, once their nuptial flight is successful, fly down and find a place of their own to nest. Eventually they have their wings chewed off as they are no longer required. I know a little about ant colonies, but not everything and I’m not entirely sure that these weren’t males awaiting the flight of the queens. But I am presuming that the males are kept away from brood chambers which this area clearly was. If you can shed some light in this part of the life of a tiny black ant, please comment.

 

The insect realm can be rather fascinating to observe. Truly another world…

Posted March 14, 2012
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A new day...

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The other morning I was roaming the lagoon early. I’ve found that Autumn is an interesting time and the varied weather conditions interesting.  The clouds were clearing and as the sun rose I thought the weather looked very promising this day. At least I hoped so. I can’t say we’ve had wonderful Summer weather.

I’m working on updating my website. It’s a bit of a slow process, but when I have it in place it will replace the current system of a separate blog platform. I see no reason why I can’t incorporate both into one. It will mean my Posterous blog account will disappear, but it can’t be helped. Like most things, especially technology and the internet, things change and it’s important to adjust to suit your current workflow rather than struggle with an old way that is far from ideal.

Posterous has served me well as a blog site. It’s been a great starting point. But there’s a new day dawning…

Posted March 5, 2012
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Kotuku Reflections

Brooklands is slowly emptying. Gradually people are moving as they find another home somewhere. You can see the empty abandoned homes as gardens are gradually being taken over by nature.

There are less people around now to disturb wildlife on the Lagoon. When I visited the car graveyard, nature was trying to hide it with tall grasses, a sure sign the local youth hadn't been there for some time. Along with the vegetation the birdlife is also increasing, and I was surprised to see the graceful Kotuku the other morning. Nature abhors a vacuum, and when people aren't there she finds plenty of inhabitants to take our place.

I've never seen the white heron here before. Such a treat to see it! But it certainly was shy and didn't allow me to come too close. 

Posted February 27, 2012
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