Seagulls near auck harbour

[David]

Anyone been able to capture some decent looking animals apart from crappy seagulls :P

its quite easy to get these guys cause they dont really do anything, just glide around...

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3385/3623586383_315716e18d.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3353/3624406188_f6decf0d61.jpg

actually, the things that impress me about these shots are the big wheel, the seagulls can just go and die lol

[weka2000]

We have a zoo in Auckland ;)
Dont knock shooting seagulls, they are great for motorsport trainning.

Where were those taken?

[David]

Hamer or Harmer St around Auckland harbour area, you can see that big wheel thing on street view in google maps (http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=auckland&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=55.543096,114.257812&ie=UTF8&ll=-36.83654,174.759253&spn=0.003469,0.006974&z=18&layer=c&cbll=-36.836596,174.75934&panoid=ZcutVEjePrHR7MdZBQJG1w&cbp=12,325.77,,0,2.99) but its raining :/

we should try set up some kind of set on google maps for scouting locations hehe

[weka2000]

We all to to get out more :)

[David]

hrm actally its really hard to put photos up on google maps unless you have a picasa account or something... i managed to geotag my photos on flickr (http://www.flickr.com/photos/fleagan/map/) though :)

would be cool if we set up a group on flickr for location scouting and geotagged photos in there ;)

[angelb]

Seagulls are good for practicing on -that is taking photos of them not shooting them - as most other birds are to fast and fly away before I get a decent focus on them.

Here is one I took in Auckland
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2441/3832457243_85c9c7de06.jpg

Waihi Beach
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3491/3761311890_ab7fa8f04e.jpg
Rotorua lake
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3434/3705648522_6262182eac.jpg