The Xishuangbanna Edition: Black and whites

August 09, 2013  •  Leave a Comment
The moments for photography were fleeting, but I tried to keep an eye out for scenes that might suit a black-and-white photo. This is a rural area in China so there are still a lot of "rustic" or "vintage" scenes. These are the pics I got: Farm Building - near Mohang Farm Building - near Mohang Farm Equipment- Mohang Market Bor...
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A quick look at Xishuangbanna

August 02, 2013  •  Leave a Comment
Well, I'm still in China. I think the meeting on 'trans-boundary conservation' and 'combating illegal trade' in tigers went kind of well. What was also great was getting out of Kunming and down to Xishuangbanna- a region that shares a border with Laos and has wildlife moving between the two countries. It's also further south and lower in elevation...
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More pics from Monday

July 10, 2013  •  Leave a Comment
And we have three more photos from the hike along the Mokora Stream near Muriwai. As with all of these pics, an essential tool is the tripod. Generally speaking, the terms 'light' and 'stable' don't belong together. If a tripod is going to remain solid and unmoving in a stream bed or high winds, it needs to be well, heavy. I also use a geared head...
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Going feral again

July 07, 2013  •  Leave a Comment
Well students are turning up next week for the new semester. This motivated an escape back up to the Mokoroa Stream near Muriwai for some more photography. Things were going well until my filter holder on the lens broke. This limited what I could do with filter effects. Essentials remain a solid and stable tripod, a cable release for some of the...
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Native Crab Spider

June 26, 2013  •  Leave a Comment
New Zealand has two main genera of crab spiders. One of the common forest ones is Sidymella, whose drab appearance and cryptic lifestyle makes it easy to overlook. One of the distinguishing traits of this genus is the blunt end to the abdomen (opithosoma). Crab spiders are not web builders, but ambush predators. The lack of web means there's oft...
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