I’m writing this sitting outside the hut on Antipodes Island, 870km southeast of New Zealand. The fact that I can write and post blogs from here is a bit startling, and it shows how much the world has changed since my last forays into the subantarctic. I am here for three months, December to March, […] The post Antipodean Summer 1 appeared first on Edin Whitehead ..read more

Kia ora! It’s been a while. Here’s an update from me: Dad also has a photo in the finals in the wildlife category (creepy crawly warning here if you’re not that way inclined). I think it’s a pretty unique case to have father and daughter both in the finals – which is something we did […] The post Two penguins and a PhD appeared first on Edin Whitehead ..read more

I’ve been looking for monochrome images while out shooting recently – paying more attention to light, shade, and contrast rather than colour. This photo – shot on an Albatross Encounter trip out from Kaikōura – was a perfect opportunity with a monochrome bird! Karetai hurukoko – Cape petrels are ubiquitous, southern ocean companions to any […] The post Slick appeared first on Edin Whitehead ..read more

On a windy, choppy afternoon at the Rotorua lakefront, Dad and I photographed this male pāpango – New Zealand scaup – hunker down in a pretty wet and horrible perch for a nap. There were constant splashes and spray from wavelets crashing into the shore around the fallen trunk that he had chosen, along with […] The post In the spray appeared first on Edin Whitehead ..read more

I posted this photo to Instagram a while back, but it’s a bad platform for landscape-orientation images. They don’t lend themselves to the scroll well. Here it is in all its wide-winged glory, with stormy clouds behind. I love a bit of rim-lighting in patchy cloud conditions, where it gives you the opportunity to pop […] The post Wings overhead appeared first on Edin Whitehead ..read more

I promise this is a wildlife photo! See if you can spot someone making the most of an abundance of pōhutukawa nectar in this image. I shot this from a moving boat in early summer as we returned to Marsden Cove Marina after a field-gear retrieval trip, so I couldn’t get any closer. Grey skies […] The post Summer bloom appeared first on Edin Whitehead ..read more

Happy New Year! As always, I spend the quiet period over the holiday break doing a bit of reflection on the year past, and preparation for the year coming. 2022 has been a bit chaotic for me, with ever-extending deadlines for my doctorate due to ongoing COVID-19 complications, and other hiccups. A PhD is never […] The post 2022 in review appeared first on Edin Whitehead ..read more

I’m busy writing up my Doctoral thesis, which doesn’t leave time for much else in life, apart from work. But here’s a few images from recent adventures, to let you know I’m still alive! The post Recently appeared first on Edin Whitehead ..read more

I posted this photo to Instagram a while back, but it’s a bad platform for landscape-orientation images. They don’t lend themselves to the scroll well. Here it is in all its wide-winged glory, with stormy clouds behind. I love a bit of rim-lighting in patchy cloud conditions, where it gives you the opportunity to pop […] The post Wings overhead appeared first on Edin Whitehead ..read more

I promise this is a wildlife photo! See if you can spot someone making the most of an abundance of pōhutukawa nectar in this image. I shot this from a moving boat in early summer as we returned to Marsden Cove Marina after a field-gear retrieval trip, so I couldn’t get any closer. Grey skies […] The post Summer bloom appeared first on Edin Whitehead ..read more