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Toutouwai\/North Island Robin<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

I’ve always had a fondness for little things and a recent experience reminded me of how much of a difference they can make in my life. I have been struggling a little over the past few months with life adjustments, physical niggles and concerns about people I care about suffering under unfair pressure. I have some exciting projects to look forward to but have felt in a rut with a lack of motivation for photography partly caused by a backlog of images offsetting any pleasure in making new images. My weekly blogging, instead of being a pleasure, has felt a bit of a chore that I’ve managed to keep going from a stash of prewritten posts that I had built up when on leave in November.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Toutouwai\/North Island Robin<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

One of my upcoming projects is the opportunity to help Edin<\/a> with one of her seabird research projects. This will have us camping on an island, clambering about and burrowscoping to assess breeding seabird populations. I decided that I had better put in some training so that I can enjoy the opportunity as much as possible. My main exercise is cycling on my mountain bike which I manage for an hour or two most days so have a reasonable base of aerobic fitness. My hill climbing walking muscles can do with a bit of attention so I have taken to hiking up a hill in the forest across the road. My plan was to just hike up a few times and then add a back pack to the routine.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Toutouwai\/North Island Robin<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Second trip up I encountered a North Island robin and had to make do with my iPhone to photograph it. This meant that the next trip had to include a loaded camera backpack in the hope I could do some justice to the memory. The extra load was a little sooner in the regime than planned but the risk of reward worth the effort.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Toutouwai\/North Island Robin<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Staking out the spot and waiting I found that my robin was a pair and I spent a lovely session watching them forage and photographing in the dim forest light. The delight of noticing and then spending time with these little treasures was priceless. It was a complete escape that took me outside of myself and all the preoccupations of the past few months. It was a great reminder of the benefits of exercise, slowing down and observing. The track I am climbing is one I cycle episodically but at cycling speed there would be little chance of spotting the birds. I often see or hear birds while cycling but it is more bird spotting than interacting and fully appreciating. <\/p>\n\n\n

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Toutouwai\/North Island Robin<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

I am also finding the hiking more contemplative than cycling where a degree of your attention needs to go toward not falling off! Walking can be done with the mind largely in neutral to process other worries. I used to find with distance running that it was quite hypnotic and I would process and resolve a lot of work problems while running and then have absolutely no recollection of parts of the run. Cycling is great for finding a flow state so I’m not giving it up but for now I am enjoying developing different enzyme pathways in my legs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Photos with Nikon Z8 and Nikkor Z 400mm f4.5 VR S<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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