[Transit]

Your expressions of interest are noted

Nice to give the K-5 a run at iso80, very seldom use it, normally throw it up to 400 or someit

[Arpe]

Photowarehouse have K-30 kits on "sale":
Photo Warehouse ::: photography, cameras, accessories and other photographic products

[Transit]

$1398 with 18-55, 55-200 is a sale ?

[Arpe]

Apparently. I just saw it so thought I'd pass it on. I really don't know whether that's any good or not. I guess not!

[Transit]

Thanks for the thought
The probably should throw in the DA-L 55-300 for that

[Arpe]

Yet another giveaway: Does anyone want a hard plastic SD card case? Holds 6, clips shut. Vaguely like this, but 3 each side and the cards are round the other way.:


110x74x19mm by my ruler. White with brand name on it "King Best".
You can have it for the price of the postage. First in gets it.

[Frogfish]

I could hardly believe the depth of blue in some of you Kiwi guys' shots - however having been here for nearly 2 weeks I realise it's for real ! Amazing, it must be that same lack of ozone that's burning my skin from the bone !

I just can't keep up with the PP though. Too much to do / see ! Here's some of the 46 species so far :

NZ Dotterel* (flock of 30 in Waitangi and 1 in Tauranga).
NZ Green Pigeon
Caspian Tern
Blue Penguin
Eastern Rosella
Goldfinch
Greenfinch
NZ Scaup
Pacific Black Duck*
Grey Duck*
Sacred Kingfisher
Spur Winged Plover &
5 species of Cormorants (Shags).

* 'big' birds

[NZ_Ross]

I could hardly believe the depth of blue in some of you Kiwi guys' shots - however having been here for nearly 2 weeks I realise it's for real ! Amazing, it must be that same lack of ozone that's burning my skin from the bone !

We should have warned you - make sure you are wearing sunblock when out and about here in NZ, and a hat. The sun does burn very quickly - and fried Frog is probably not where you want to be...Pleased you are seeing plenty of birds - it has been one of the hottest driest summers here in years, so you have picked a good one

[GUB]

Amazing, it must be that same lack of ozone that's burning my skin from the bone !

Na it is just that kiwis have thick skins

[Arpe]

Yet another giveaway: Does anyone want a hard plastic SD card case? Holds 6, clips shut. Vaguely like this, but 3 each side and the cards are round the other way.:


110x74x19mm by my ruler. White with brand name on it "King Best".
You can have it for the price of the postage. First in gets it.

Gone.

[Transit]

I could hardly believe the depth of blue in some of you Kiwi guys' shots - however having been here for nearly 2 weeks I realise it's for real !

Yeah I was a bit worried those beach shots looked rediculous but it really did look like that

[Transit]

I just can't keep up with the PP though. Too much to do / see ! Here's some of the 46 species so far :

NZ Dotterel* (flock of 30 in Waitangi and 1 in Tauranga).
NZ Green Pigeon
Caspian Tern
Blue Penguin
Eastern Rosella
Goldfinch
Greenfinch
NZ Scaup
Pacific Black Duck*
Grey Duck*
Sacred Kingfisher
Spur Winged Plover &
5 species of Cormorants (Shags).

* 'big' birds

Leave the pp til later
Must insist on Maori names too though.
Kereru is much nicer than green pigeon
Didn't know our kingfisher was sacred but the kotare and I will take it

[Arpe]

I was wondering what the "green pigeon" was!

[Arpe]

I could hardly believe the depth of blue in some of you Kiwi guys' shots - however having been here for nearly 2 weeks I realise it's for real !

It's funny, I remember posting a scenic shot here of the Clutha River, and someone asking if I hadn't overdone the saturation slider. I went back to my raw file and saw that I hadn't touched that slider at all! The blue skies we've been having of late also help out with the blue reflections.

[pixelsaurus]

I have had similar instances where some,online, have suggested I have cranked up the greens. I guess we just don't know how lucky we are. We don't realize how propitious are our circumstances.