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Royal Spoonbill (Kotuku Kutupapa):
When tides are high silky white Kotuku Kutupapa perch sheltered and protected on the rock nugget pictured. Shy and graceful, they fly with the tide to spoon their bills in shallow Catlins estuaries (hence the name 'Spoonbill')
There are also several seals sunbathing (no sun) on the rocks, if you look carefully you can see them (it may pay to open the pic up to it max pixel size)
When tides are high silky white Kotuku Kutupapa perch sheltered and protected on the rock nugget pictured. Shy and graceful, they fly with the tide to spoon their bills in shallow Catlins estuaries (hence the name 'Spoonbill')
There are 4 fur seals lazying on the rock to the lower right. If you open up the image to full resolution you'll be able to identify them easier.
Nugget point lighthouse.
I haven't uploaded photos in quite some time, this doesn't mean I haven't been taking photos, it just means I have a vast backlog of photos to organise, edit and upload. I'm hoping to get a chance to upload some of these over the coming days...or weeks!
At Nugget Point in The Catlins, southern New Zealand, you walk along a high cliff towards the Nugget Point lighthouse. Looking over the cliff you often see sealions. This time I saw Royal Spoonbill (the white spots dotted over the rock) nesting on this rock way below the cliff They have chosen some precarious situations to nest on.
About:
Deep, relentless forces
buckle the layered land
Hiding bays and beaches between
long, low folds of mountains
With rugged rocky headlands
butting into the sea
Location:
Nugget point
This image is also geotagged
Technical stuff:
3 exposures HDR processed with photomatix,high pass sharpening. This time I choose to make a very dark result in photomatix and light it up later in photoshop to get the desired result
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On arival at Nugget Point in the Catlins, we saw this sea lion eating something in the water. A couple of tourists who were already there said it had separated the pup from its mother and chased it down and killed it.
Nugget Point is found in the southern east coast of New Zealand's south island. After an attempt to shoot at this photogenic location the night before, I waited in the howling wind and sporatic rain for the sun to rise and break through the thick storm clouds. My patience was rewarded with this spectacular scene.
Royal Spoonbill (Kotuku Kutupapa):
When tides are high silky white Kotuku Kutupapa perch sheltered and protected on the rock nugget pictured. Shy and graceful, they fly with the tide to spoon their bills in shallow Catlins estuaries (hence the name 'Spoonbill')
This capture also depicts sea kelp that makes for very good garden manure/fertiliser once it is becomes washed up on a/the beach.