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(Message started by: Jz on Jan 23^rd, 2006, 6:10pm)

Title: NZ: Northern Royal Albatross
Post by Jz on Jan 23^rd, 2006, 6:10pm

NZ, Dunedin
02/11/2005
1D2+EF300/2.8+EF1.4x

1/1000, f8, iso200, +0.7EV
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y79/jzsfotografix/alba1.jpg
1/800, f7.1, iso200, +0.7EV
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y79/jzsfotografix/GZ2X8769edit.jpg
1/1000, f8, iso200, -0.7EV
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y79/jzsfotografix/alba4.jpg
1/1250, f9, iso200, -0.7EV
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y79/jzsfotografix/alba5.jpg
1/1000, f8, iso200, -1EV
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y79/jzsfotografix/alba7.jpg
1/1000, f8, iso200, -1EV
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y79/jzsfotografix/alba8.jpg
1/1000, f8, iso200, -1EV
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y79/jzsfotografix/alba6.jpg

Title: Re: NZ: Northern Royal Albatross
Post by Hendrix on Jan 24^th, 2006, 7:16pm

great :D :D :D :D :D

I want to go NZ too , better come on summer or winter ?

Title: Re: NZ: Northern Royal Albatross
Post by Jz on Jan 24^th, 2006, 8:54pm

i went on Jan-Feb and Oct-Nov period

Jan-Feb : more landscape to shoot as the weather is excellent but with occasional rains. The fields are greener with stacks of hays waiting to be collected. The sheeps are probably 'naked'. Temperature is a cool 20 degrees. For birds, the albatross chicks probably just hatched so cant get any good shots and weather at the Otago was very bad when i went, its hazy and visiblity was bad for the 3days i was there. Kaikoura was very good when i was there, can shoot white fronted terns real close, if you go on birding out in the sea, you can get the other species of albatross and petrels real close.

Oct-Nov : colder at 5-15degrees. I experienced more hazy days. The fields are drier, sheeps are in thick woolen coat.  The albatross just came back to nest, lots of flying, the stewart island shags, little shags, pied shags, spotted shags and reb bills gull will also be nesting. Lots of opportunities to shoot nests and chicks at Otago. A lot of raptors(NZ falcons and Australiasian falcons) sighted in the fields as well. The Spur winged Plovers will be nesting at most of the fields as well. If you are lucky can see the chicks running about. They are 1 pair in almost every field.

I will post the Spotted shags nests later

Generally, NZ is good all yr round.. lots of photographic opportunities be it landscape or birds ;)