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RNZAF Texan 2<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Recently the RNZAF was based at Rotorua Airport for their Operation Wise Owl training exercise. This gave some opportunities to see (and hear!) the Texan 2 aircraft in flight. I made a couple of trips to the airport to try and capture some different “birds in flight\u201d images. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Air New Zealand Bombardier Q300 raising undercarriage just after take-off.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Aircraft photography has its own challenges. Initial reaction can be to set a fast shutter speed to freeze the motion of the fast moving planes. With propellor driven craft this freezes the propellor and gives a static feeling so a slower shutter speed to allow some motion blur is more pleasing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Air New Zealand ATR 72<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Being a relatively busy regional airport there was a regular traffic of domestic flights while waiting for the RNZAF flights. Conditions even suited some mechanical Birds on White<\/a> images.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Volcanic Air Eurocopter AS350 Squirrel<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

I seem to have been obsessed since childhood with flying things. My ceiling was littered with model aircraft as a boy and I spent a lot of time modelling and flying control line planes and dreaming of being able to afford radio-controlled models. A lot of time spent flying in C130 Hercules transporters and Puma helicopters in South Africa, Namibia and southern Angola in the 1980s gave me a special appreciation for the capabilities of these military aircraft. Sitting in a helicopter as it winds up is still a unique and exciting experience. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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RNZAF Texan 2<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

While exciting to watch and photograph these machines the experience is tinged with past traumatic memories so I could not help but photograph another bird on white without any negative feelings attached. It intrigues me how different my emotional responses are when looking at the 2 types of images. Both induce marvel and wonder but the bird image is wrapped in a feeling of peace and calm which I hadn\u2019t fully appreciated until juxtaposing them and writing this. Maybe that why I am driven to keep pursuing them. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Male House Sparrow embraced by twigs<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Photos with Nikon Z7 (Sparrow, Squirrel, lower Texan and Q300) and Nikon D850 (upper Texan and ATR 72) with Nikon 80-400mm lens.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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They started nest building a couple of weeks ago and now some are sitting and others still building. The birds nest in trees on a\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "birds"","block_context":{"text":"birds","link":"https:\/\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/archives\/category\/birds"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":10146,"url":"https:\/\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/archives\/10146","url_meta":{"origin":14223,"position":5},"title":"Rotorua lakefront photowalk","author":"tony","date":"May 26, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Little Black ShagFollowing on from last week\u2019s Okareka photowalk, this week we are on a Rotorua lakefront photowalk to explore bird photography opportunities there. 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