Moonrise over Kawau Bay

Today has been a good day. I had the last appointments for the year yesterday, and can relax now. I still woke before dawn and went out on a gentle run along the edge of the beach. Took a couple of pictures of the sunrise from the Highfield Garden Reserve, which pleased me.

A day of organising for the family gathering over the weekend; mainly dealing with the leaves and general garden chaos from months of minimal attention. Ably helped by the son. In the early evening I heard one of the many local tui in a nearby tree, and went hunting with the telephoto lens. Got some good pictures of a classic "parson bird", with his white collar.

And in the last half hour or so, I have watched the most fabulous moonrise over Kawau Bay from our deck. The colour changed from deep red through yellow to gold and finally silver. Of the many shots I took I like this one the best. I used the smaller lens for this one, and then cropped the image with slight adjustment to emphasise the pohutukawa trees framing the image. I am delighted that the lights of houses on Kawau Island can be seen, as can the darkness of Tauwharanui Peninsula on the left.