This very typical New Zealand shot was taken near Methven on the South Island. It shows Mt Hutt in the distance with a good cover of early season snow and a couple of very contented looking sheep. 
This vineyard shot was taken somewhere between Barcelona and Valencia in Spain earlier this year while I was there on my Nuffield scholarship. 
I have been neglecting this blog for some time now - that is about to change! I have recently spent 4 months travelling the world on a Nuffield farming scholarship. So I have quite a few photos to post to this blog. Check back regularly as I would like to post one new photo every week for a while. This photo was taken in South Africa in the Stellenbosch wine region. It shows (just) the dramatic mountains that dominate most of the vineyards in this dramatic landscape. It was taken using my trusty Nikon D70s with an 18-200mm zoom lens at 62mm (35mm equiv. of 93mm). Shutter speed was 1/400th F10 using an ISO equiv. of 200. It was shot in raw but has had only minor changes in Photoshop - it has been greened a little and sharpened.
This Photo was taken on a family holiday to Bali in 2005. It is a stone dragon situated in the temple complex at Pura Besakih on the slopes of Mt. Agung. It was a fairly misty, foggy day that we visited the temples, so I had to concentrate my photos on the statues and architecture, but I am quite pleased with the way this photo turned out. I do not have any shooting information, except it was taken with my Nikon D70s with an 18 - 70mm lens, hand held. It has been cropped, sharpened and a little saturation added.
This F111 was shot at the RAAF's Edinburgh airshow here in South Australia on the 27Th Oct. 2007. It is doing a very spectacular fuel dump. I spent the whole day at the show with my 2 young sons (3 & 6), they had a ball. As well as getting to see some things "blowing up" they also got to sit in the cockpit of several planes. The shooting details are:
This photo was taken in one of our Chardonnay blocks in Autumn 2007. The tractor in the distance is doing a trim before a hand clean-up is done.
This photo of the Cape Ottway lighthouse was taken while we were on holiday in 2006. Cape Ottway is along the spectacular Great ocean road in Victoria. 
This shot was taken here in the Barossa very early one morning when my youngest son woke me up before dawn, when I saw this unfolding outside, I didn't really mind (although I did go back to bed when it was over). Shooting details:
This shot is of Pip Borrman in his Edge 540 VH-PIP performing at the Barossa Airshow 2007 on the 15th of April 2007. It was taken with my Nikon D70s and brand new 18-200 mm zoom lens.
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This shot of a bunch of Chardonnay at about Verasion, was taken in our vineyard, in the Barossa Valley. The photo was taken late in the day in the middle of December 2006. Shooting details : 
This sunset was taken during grapepicking season in the Barossa Valley. It was taken with my Nikon D70s. Shooting details - 1/200th sec. (hand held) F11, 18-70mm lens at 70mm. It was taken in JPEG and -1ev exposure compensation was used. It has been cropped, some saturation added, highlights reduced and sharpened with photoshop.
This very tame deer was taken at the Hahndorf Farm barn in the Adelaide hills. It was taken with my Nikon D70s with a 18-70mm zoom. 1/400th F4.5 at 70mm (105mm equiv.). It has been cropped and sharpened with Photoshop.
This emu was taken at Healsville Sanctury in Oct. 2006 while we were there on holiday. It was taken with my Nikon DSLR it has been cropped & sharpened with Photoshop.
This photo was taken in 2005 outside our back door. It was a very spectacular gust front that came through very rapidly, in less than 2 minutes it had passed over us. It was taken hand held with a Nikon D70s, and has been warmed and a little more contrast added in Photoshop. 
