A 30 second exposure taken just after sunset at Onehunga Harbour, Auckland. (Yes, I know, what an original title!)

A shot of Cable Bay Vineyard, Waiheke Island, Auckland.

A classic shot of the gannet colony at Auckland's Muriwai beach. About 1,200 pairs of gannets nest here from August to March each year. Each pair lays one egg and the parents take turns on the nest. A few weeks after hatching, the chicks begin to exercise their wings in preparation for the one-shot jump off the cliff. Once airborne, the young gannets leave the colony and cross the Tasman Sea to Australia. A few years later, surviving birds return to secure a nest site at the colony.

Canon EOS 40D, Sigma 10-20, Singh Ray Reverse GND, Adobe Photoshop CS3.

Sunset at Wattle Bay, Hillsborough, Auckland.

A dawn shot taken at a beach on Auckland's North Shore, with a view of Rangitoto Island.

I bought a new camera over the weekend (upgraded from a 350D to a 40D) and took it out for a test drive today. The sunset was muted due to the cloud cover, but I still got some amazing colours out of the camera (this image has very little post processing). Unfortauntely it was a bit windy so there's some motion blur in the foreground, but I'm still pretty happy with it. Taken at Ambury Park, Auckland.

I went back to Otuataua Stonefields, a regional park just a 15 minute drive from my house. The sunset was pretty good and I got a few shots (uploaded to my website). This one didn't quite make the cut but I thought it might make a nice wallpaper.

Canon EOS 40D, Sigma 10-20mm.

Sunset at Cornwall Park, Auckland, New Zealand.

Canon EOS 40D, Sigma 10-20, Hitech GND.

Playing around with fake tilt-shift miniatures with an old photo. This is a view of Auckland city from Mount Victoria, Devonport on a gloomy, overcast day.

This is a combination of 3 exposures manually blended. Taken at Half Moon Bay, Auckland.