Easter 2009

As Easter approaches this seems more appropriate as a thing of beauty in egg form

than the 15 tonnes of chocolate celebration already adorning the isles of my nearest supermarket and just waiting for the glint of the unsuspecting Visa card.

Floating pier

(photo S5IS)

Powering-up Christchurch

(Photo 50D 17 -40 4L ISO 1600)

Native grasses on the Port Hills at sunset

(Photo 50D 17 to 40 4L)

Leo of Taranaki - died age 14

Leo - we all loved you and we will miss you.

Quintessentially Kiwi – sunset through the cabbage trees - Canterbury

Looking south from Summit Rd, ocean on left mountains on right


(as above but later)

Could not resist this moon shot

(Photos 20D and 50D 17-40 4L and 70 -200 4L IS)

Just waiting for that crumb from my lunch..

(20D 70 - 200 4L IS)

For Bonnie

The Pukeko is leaving the house


Regional Park on a wet and grey day

Trees - we often look at them but not up them

David James (Jim) Ertel

David James (Jim) Ertel
19/1/55 – 30/12/08

We met when we were 12 at primary school when my folks moved into Tawa , the headmaster sat me down next to this skinny blond kid with big ears and said “this is Jim Ertel, he will look after you”.

We have been looking out for each other ever since.

The joke always was that I came home with him to play after school one day in 1967 and never left.

Best men at each other’s weddings , sympathisers at each of our divorces, fellow photographer, co-founder of Hewtel Productions, co-conspirator on many adventures , father of four, always willing to listen at the end of the phone, brother of three, founder of Server Central (Brisbane) , my best friend for more than 40 years and the brother I chose.

I’ll miss you man – send me inspiration

One of Dads South Island mountain photos

Between the clouds approching Auckland at 10,000 feet

(Shore of the western coast near Manukau Heads at the bottom)

(photo 50D 17 -40 4L)

A little something from Mums garden ..in Christchurch (the garden city)

(Photo 20D 70 -200 4L IS)

Things that live in the fish pond

Its that frog again...

(photo 20D)

Frog de jour

Seen in the fish pond this morning

(photo S5IS)

Having just had a week in Australia

Bridge in Brisbane

Typically Aussie - gum trees (and decent weather !!)

Jacaranda

(Photos 20D 17 to 40 4L)

Old camera, old photo, old house

I took this photo using the camera below (still in good working order) ,
I think in my early teens .
I found a print in a in a broken picture frame in the garage.
Its been scanned and I’ve used Photoshop to remove the fly dirt !

I couldn’t remember where or what is was apart from it being in Christchurch but my oldest friend ( we were born three weeks apart) Ann who still lives there says :

“It is called the “old Stone House” and was the Indian servants quarters when the Cracroft Wilsons lived in the homestead in the front of the property-known as the girl Guide headquarters. The photo you have is what’s left after it burned down-one of three times it had a fire in it. Of course it was restored as a function centre in the late 60’s I think, maybe early 70’s. I remember it being restored when I was at G.G. camps. Apparently it’s haunted, but not on the weekends, cause I would have seen it while I was there all those late nights.!”

I'm pretty sure it is here :

http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=-43.574911,172.617295&spn=0.004345,0.008057&t=h&z=17

John Britten

John Britten's motorbike

in Te Papa (the national museum)

Lyttleton and the tunnel

Lyttleton Harbour
Jim took these with my 20D and the
17 - 40 4L while we were driving through
the Lyttleton to Christchurch tunnel , cool effects .

Porters Pass Southern Alps

Castle Hill (the book below is

a really good read with some great photos)

(photo Reena 40D)

(Reena and Jim watch their camera batteries

drain away in the cold)

Jim took this of Reena , he's way better
than me with his people shots

This is a big file but it's four 20D 17mm shots
joined by Photoshop.

Click on it for a better view