Author: Peter Peryer

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Bats



Here is a photo I took from a boat in a river near
Darwin in the very north of Australia, when I was
fishing for Barramundi. It was about 5 or 6 years ago.

Directly underneath this tree
was a scarily large crocodile patiently
waiting in the hope that
that one of these large bats
was going to plop on to the ground. I was glad
that I was in a boat with a big engine.

If I had had a longer lens on my camera I think
that I could have taken a better photo than
this.

For many years I’ve been wanting
to do a close up portrait of a bat.
as it hangs upside down. It’s not
a photo that I have given up on.

Waves at Riverton



Today I have been trawling through some
photos that I have taken but not done
anything with. This one, from Riverton,
close to the bottom left corner of the
South Island is almost 2 years old.

The weather in this region can be so bleak
that on days such as this it can
appear very monochromatic.
This photograph is actually

in colour.

The Necklace


I bought this necklace, not for wearing
but because I was interested in the way in which
the beads were of different sizes
and distributed at irregular
intervals.

Plant Study

Ever since I took up the camera
over 30 years ago, I’ve been
interested in photographing
plants. It is a subject area that I
suspect will stay with me
for the rest of my life.

Here is a specimen that I saw
recently. Oddly I took this
photo largely because I thought
that this could make a
interesting drawing
and I might use the photo
as a form of sketch notes.

I’m not sure whether it should be a pencil
drawing or an ink one. I have recently
set myself up with charcoal but this
is not going to be a good subject
for that medium. Not in my hands
anyway.

Three New Plymouth Views





These are not great photos but they
do give you an idea of some of the structures
that are in my vicinity.

The building in the middle photo is
an old hospital, no longer used as such
unfortunately for it is one of my favourite
buildings in this city.

In the top photo Mt Taranaki is just visible on the
right of the tank.

The clock tower is a reconstruction of an earlier tower
that was controversially demolished. The building behind
it, 60’s perhaps is another one of my favourite buildings,
from the outside anyway. I haven’t been inside but have
been told that it is not that great to work in.

The Fernbird

Recently I visited the Auckland Museum and wandered
through some parts of it, on the hunt.

I managed a few snaps but this was the only one that I wanted
to keep, for further study, if that is not
too strong a word.

It is the composition that draws me. The triangulation
of the rushes. I want to live with this picture for a while.

The diorama is really featuring the Fernbird (I’m fairly sure
that’s what it is) but for me, while the Fernbird is part of the composition,
the subject lies elsewhere.

Passion Fruit



When in Auckland recently
I bought some Passion Fruit
for 95 cents each.
I love so much about the fruit
that I thought it worthwhile,
as indeed it was.

Imagine my glee then,
when a couple of hundred
metres away from my studio here
in New Plymouth I found a source
where, as long as they last,
they are $2 per dozen.

I

Roller



For about 2 years I have admired this roller
which sits outside a museum on the outskirts of
New Plymouth. The museum is similar to MOTAT
in Auckland because like it, it is a
repository for a lot of this sort of machinery.

There is something about this roller
that always captures my attention.

The Baby’s Bottle.



Late on Friday I was walking along a street
in New Plymouth and came across this
arrangement.

The bottle is exactly where I found it.
No adjustment was necessary.

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