Hector's Dolphin

It has come to this... my best pictures lately have been video frame grabs. I even had to turn down a gig shooting a ministerial (possibly prime ministerial) visit to a local factory today. Not worth bellyaching about though. Last week I was shooting and presenting video on the Otago Central Rail Trail and tonight I fly out tonight for Adelaide to shoot a travel conference for the next few days. There are worse salt mines to be stuck in, comrade.



Meanwhile, here's one of those frame grabs from my Canterbury shoot. A rare Hectors dolphin from the mouth of Akaroa Harbour. Beautiful little creatures, about the size of the 8 year-old I was using for bait. The visibility was pretty low, so a 21 Mp still shot wouldn't have turned out much better. Fingers crossed for some interesting stuff from Adelaide!

Canterbury tour

The last week has seen me driving a camper van around Canterbury, filming a little travel series with Miss C(8). It's been a lot of work, so not too much time for stills. That's been very frustrating, because there have been some magic moments, like filming my little presenter hand-feeding lemurs, or swimming with Hectors dolphins.

I did, however, have a second camera on when we were filming on board Kaikoura's Whale Watch boat, and got this shot ticked off my bucket list - a diving sperm whale.




Kinda proud of that.