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Monday, 27 November 2006
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The results are in. I picked up the pictures from Saturdays KAP maiden flight on my way home today. I'm pretty happy. I feel a whole new creative door just opened up for me. I'm rethinking every location I've ever shot, and a few new ones I've not considered before, all because I now have this unique new angle to shot from. I particulary like the straight down shots; they can be quite ambiguous simply because we don't often see things from up there. Can't wait for the kite festival now! I'll relish the challenge of getting close-ups of those gaint kites above Neale Park with all the little people below. 
6:46:36 PM 
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Saturday, 25 November 2006
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The Kite Aerial Photography rig I built ages ago, finally got its first flight today. I sent it up under my 15 square foot sutton flowform single line kite (above), with an old minolta 35mm film camera onboard the radio controled rig. I choose the Wakapuaka sand flats as a test area, where there was a stiff SW wind blowing this afternoon. With the help of Devon, who took photos and held the kite when I needed an extra pair of hands, I clicked through two 24 exposure films. There was nowhere I could get them developed today so I probably won't see the results until Monday. I was really pleased with the stability and lift of this kite, even with the camera rig on it. Next time I think I'll be confident enough to put a digital camera up there. The old minolta compact was a good 'saftey' camera to use first time up, in case things went wrong... but nothing did! Because I can't see through the viewfinder when shooting there's a lot of guess work going on. Being able to review the shots (between short flights) on a digital will really be a help in finding good pictures form this new viewpoint. 
Here I am bringing the rig in. It is attached about 30 down the line from the kite.
10:06:04 PM
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Monday, 20 November 2006
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I feel like I've lost a limb. My Canon 300D camera is dead. I was taking photos after the recent rain, when I decided to take one last shot using the flash. I heard the flash unit power up and as I pushed the shutter button... a sudden loud bangy shocky type noise. Not a good noise at all, especially when its less than an inch from your face. A drop of water from the tree above (still wet from the rain) had fallen right onto the flash connection on the top of the camera and shorted it out. That drop of water could have fallen anywhere on the camera body except there, and it would not have been a problem. If I hadn't decided to use the flash just then my camera would still be alive. Of course I've been seeing great photo oportunities every minute since then. I keep going for the camera, I even switched it on a few times, before realising once again that it is dead. Hopefully it will covered by insurance (still waiting to hear from them) and I'll be able to replace it, but until then I'm a little lost. The silver lining could be (assuming the insurance come through) is that there have been two newer models in the Canon SLR line since my 300D and a equivilent replacement would need to be the more up to the minute technology of the 400D.
9:28:42 PM
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Wednesday, 15 November 2006
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Sunday, 12 November 2006
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Saturday, 11 November 2006
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"I recommend everybody, at least once in their lifetimes, stop short in
their tracks and drop everything. Take a look around, and then pick a
new road.", Tonya Poole
2:03:24 PM
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Sunday, 5 November 2006
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I've bicycled 135km today. Devon and I rode our xtracycles in the 90km Rotoiti to Renwick fun ride. I also rode to Devons house early this morning, a distance of about 25km, and add to that a fun 10km downhill on the Wangamoa Hills on the way home. I feel better than I thought I would (having never done any rides of that distance before) but I do wonder how my legs are going to feel when I start my ride to work tomorrow morning...
It was an overcast day up at Lake Rotoiti this morning.
This is us after the finish. I finished
in a little under 3 hours (the course record was around 1 hour and 43
minutes!) There were about 189 riders in the field but we were certainly the only Sport Utility Bikes there. I think a few of the racier riders wondered why we were there, but hey, it is called a "fun ride".
7:33:37 PM
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Saturday, 4 November 2006
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Rabbit island turned on some perfect weather this afternoon. The photo above is me in my five-wheeler, cruising with my 5.5m PL Pepper kite (photo by Mark)
7:38:29 PM
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"Who would have guessed it possible that waiting is sustainable. A place with its own harvest." -Kay Ryan
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Murray Neill
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Last update:
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