In this previous post I wrote about the gallery that had been added to the DiPHerenT Cafe in Murupara. While travelling in South Africa, I got an email from Christine to tell me that both the Blue Duck canvases I had printed for her gallery had sold. On returning home, I got a new batch printed up and we dropped them off on the way to the Whirinaki River this weekend. As always Christine’s welcome was warm and generous, with Peach tea being served before lovely coffee and fresh slices of apple!

Our trip up the Whirinaki with Richard was beautiful but the river low and no co-operation from the fish. A portrait of Edin with the Fuji X100 was the catch of the day – just love that f2 lens! Under-exposed the background (needed the built-in ND filter at f2) and popped some flash to get the correct subject exposure, to retain the background colours and accentuate the background/subject separation from the narrow depth of field with the lens wide open.

Slowly working through the 7500 images from our South Africa trip and will share them over the next series of blog posts, covering bird photography sites, some landscapes, accommodation options and adventures.