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With it's mountains the South
Island is the more dramatic of the two islands, very large and
quiet. Sometimes I drove for an hour without even seeing another
car. The west coast reminds me a lot of the northwest coast in
the United States. A mountain chain runs north and south along
the coast bottling up the clouds coming in from the Tasman Sea
and forcing them to dump their moisture into the rain forests,
but as soon as I reached the ridgeline I found it it quite
sunny with more of a desert climate. As a photographer I have a
passion for fall colors, so I explored New Zealand in March and
April, which on the upper side of the globe would be the equivalent of September and October. But
like
many other places I have ventured, I found for my camera's
appetite some good yellows, but very few reds. What I did find
was lots of wildlife, especially along the coast with it's
penguins, seals, sea lions, and even albatross. I am currently
thinking about seperating the birds out of my
"Wildlife" gallery and creating
a new gallery just for the birds (no pun intended.) For those of
you who love animals, this gallery will always be another place
where you can find some of my wildlife art. |
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