Capture: Labour Weekend: Town or Country?
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Screw you, I’m Boba Fett – Armageddon Expo, Auckland
Like many nerds, geeks, cosplayers, bronies, trekkies and trekkers – I was at Armageddon this weekend revelling in geekdom.
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mark taslov, in reply to
Now that's a uniform!
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More costumes…
A walk on Dominion Road in the rain. -
JacksonP, in reply to
Wave pool.
I was at Armageddon this weekend revelling in geekdom.
Thanks for joining in Sim. We like having new contributors, particularly ones with an eye for capturing the world at large.
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mark taslov, in reply to
Mind-benders! I was always pretty meh about photography before the photo threads started, but the caliber, immediacy and virtuosity of the work posted has really opened my eyes. shutter? aperture? Thanks JP.
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Today I took three chitons back to the beach. I love these little creatures! The ones you can see here are ‘Noble’ chitons and I see quite a few of them as Rewi often unintentionally harvests them with his mussels. I always take them back, but this isn’t always easy since they prefer to go back to the same exact location, and this is only accessible at very low tide in some parts of the month! While they wait for me to be able to do that I keep them in a bowl of sea water with other sea creatures that are also going back – but they are energetic little locomotives and don’t always stay in the bowl! If they fascinate you too, you can look at what I’ve written about them before in “Chitons on the rocks" See if you can see them in the photo with the seaweed in it – nearly invisible – that’s (close to) where they belong!
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These are the second lot:
Chitons are surprisingly agile and flexible: -
JacksonP, in reply to
opened my eyes. shutter? aperture? Thanks JP.
Cheers Mark. I really appreciate the comment. I'm constantly amazed, inspired, humbled... etc, myself.
And now we learn about a chiton recovery programme! Awesome.
Thanks Leigh.
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The one photo that was taken of me this weekend that doesn't necessarily capture my best side (and there's a reason for it, believe me) is one I am going to treasure for a while. You see, I love rats. I absolutely adore them. I've never had one as a pet, and with a hunting hound in the house, now isn't the time to start, so I rarely get the chance for rat love. Well, yesterday was special for many many reasons, but one of the highlights was having this young man snuggled up to me for at least 3 hours.
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Leigh Russell, in reply to
a chiton recovery programme!
Hi Jackson, I'm pleased they interest you. I'm always a bit surprised when others share my enthusiasm for unusual subjects! You might enjoy my story about mussels too, but I won't go on any further!
Jackie, that's a charming photo of you all. :-)
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We spent the weekend in Raglan, where most of my ladyfriend’s family lived at one time or another. It was instructive for me, because I’d never been there, and she could point out various locations that her family had been involved in the history of (the former family farm, the house her great-grandparents lived in and where many of her ancestors were born, the old tavern her aunt and uncle had owned on the main street, etc) The weather on Saturday held long enough for dozens of kitesurfers to flock the mouth of the estuary.
We also caught up with friends on Saturday afternoon and sampled the local fare, and finished the day with a few quiet wines with French friends-of-friends in a van (complete with bed in the back) a few metres down from the police station.
The weather turned dramatically on Sunday, and we were far too soft to get out of the car for any more photos, but sitting at Manu Bay watching the waves break on the rocks while lightning struck the ocean a few kilometres out was quite something.
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Ian Dalziel, in reply to
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Nora Leggs, in reply to
shutter? aperture?
Debatable! Using a snappy-cam I don't have to worry about either of those : ) Having said that I used the 'Sunset' function on the picture of the Bazaar Shop to pick up more of the reds so that the picture was closer to what I was seeing.
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Nora Leggs, in reply to
Brill Jackie, great portrait : ) What about that Guinea Pig? Just trying to get your attention?
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Saturday nite – stillest harbour – bridge like a gold thread on black velvet ‘artwork’.
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JacksonP, in reply to
I re-opened that 15 minute window for you.
Yes, I just played Alannah Myles on PAS, in a non-ironic manner.
Mostly.
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JacksonP, in reply to
Manu Bay
Nice one Andre. Thanks for posting, and the associated story. Long time since I ventured to Raglan.
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This weekend, I have been scanning in old photo slides of my parents. This is one of my late father's slides from a box labelled "Hoar Frost" that seems to have been developed in July of 1994
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Gudrun Gisela, in reply to
Looking at this little wasp, you would not think it can have the power to set a house on fire. When deciding to build a nest on a protruding light switch and that nest growing in size to a football those little insects can do exactly that. they love electric wires.
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Islander, in reply to
What a gorgeous trio!
My Uncle Bill used to have white rats – intelligent cleanly adaptive beings. He trained a pair to sit in a child’s toy rickshaw while a second pair drew it…they seemed to enjoy it (they took turns at the play, anyway.)*
I respect the intelligence of introduced rats – but loathe the damage they do to bird/insect & frog-life. So, I cheerfully kill them.
Kiore is so rare that I dont think anyone in their right minds would kill them (besides, they truly are Rr. edulis – you can eat them. I have.)
* He also trained his cat/s (his dogs were kept outside, and not allowed in the house
while his mother was alive) to never attack the rats.** So, we'd arrive in Oamaru, and find the rats whee-ing up & down the kitchen floor-**Dunno how. Unca' Bill was a pro- animal man, and yet a very good hunter (and fisher). I still miss him.
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mark taslov, in reply to
I used the ‘Sunset’ function on the picture of the Bazaar Shop to pick up more of the reds
Thanks Nora, I trust that didn't break any magician's code. As novice, I'm a sucker for such tidbits.
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This was late afternoon on our Labour Day long weekend holiday on the south coast of NSW, Australia. At a place called Dalmeny. I do have to concede, they do quite nice beaches here in Aus.
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Nora Leggs, in reply to
late afternoon on our Labour Day long weekend holiday
Lovely, looks like the NZ Labour Day weather rule doesn’t apply. I had to make do with fake sunshine…..
Actually, there isn't much that is real in any of these three!
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And here we go, milking the old Silo park again – had an excuse – a visitor from Melbourne.
Silo ladder
Rusty slipway
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Jackie Clark, in reply to
Our friend Ngaire had four, Islander. Mr Ratty was the most social though. I was in heaven, I tell you. They are so snuggly.
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