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Aperture Priority NZ - a collection of photographs and stories by Rick Harvey

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Snapshots From The Road
Motorhoming | Post Processing

Snapshots From The Road

ByRick December 5, 2024December 7, 2024

Back in August, I wrote a story about why I had deleted On1 Photo RAW from my computer. Three months on from then I have done a 180-degree about-turn and…

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postcards from the north island pohutu geyser
Motorhoming

Beautiful Postcards From The North Island – Part 2

ByRick August 8, 2022August 15, 2023

Is it really two months since I posted my first collection of Postcards From The North Island? Mmmm – yes it is! The first collection was published here on June…

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ferry reserve as seen from the old manawatu gorge bridge
Motorhoming

Ferry Reserve Freedom Camping Area

ByRick June 22, 2022October 10, 2024

Back in April I wrote a story called Our Favourite Freedom Camping Sites – Part 1. This isn’t Part 2 – that is still to come – probably after we…

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Postcards From The North Island
Motorhoming

Postcards From The North Island

ByRick June 12, 2022October 10, 2024

Postcards From The North Island Growing up I remember listening to a radio programme by Alistair Cook called Letter From America. I loved his mellifluous voice, and the stories he…

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overlooking the catlins river at hinahina reserve - the best parking spot one of our favourite freedom camping spots
Motorhoming

Our Favourite Freedom Camping Spots – Part 1

ByRick April 22, 2022October 10, 2024

Freedom camping in the South Island of New Zealand This is a story about some of our favourite freedom camping spots – or at least about five of the 26…

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Roads Less Travelled - A tui feasting on flax at the Bluff Hill Lookout
Travel

Roads Less Travelled

ByRick December 28, 2021October 10, 2024

As we spent Christmas at home this year, and as the weather was really kind to us, we decided to do a few day trips on roads less travelled (by…

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Jackson Bay Sandflies Are Huge!
Travel

Jackson Bay Sandflies Are Huge!

ByRick November 25, 2021October 10, 2024

The Jackson Bay sandflies are huge…. But this is not actually a sandfly. It is a urepetala carovei…a New Zealand bush giant dragonfly. This incredible flying machine can grow up…

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Oamaru – More Than Meets The Eye
Travel

Oamaru – More Than Meets The Eye

ByRick November 6, 2021October 10, 2024

More than meets the eye We’ve been back from our last motorhome trip for over two weeks now, and it was only yesterday that I finally got around to checking…

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I’ve Gone Full Circle With Lumix
Travel

I’ve Gone Full Circle With Lumix

ByRick August 25, 2021November 14, 2022

Well, it seems that with the recent purchase of my new micro four-thirds Panasonic I’ve gone full circle with Lumix. Eight days ago New Zealand went into Covid-19 Alert Level…

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kakapotahi views
Travel

Mist Opportunities

ByRick August 1, 2021November 14, 2022

You may think that mist opportunities is a miss-spelling, and should be missed opportunities. In fact, it’s not wrong. Whenever you travel up or down the West Coast and back…

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