Tony Whitehead

Moving Through a Mirror World Moving Through a Mirror World - a calm sea offers endless photo opportunities

Moving Through a Mirror World - endless options with reflected subjects and backgrounds suspended between sea and sky

Polar Bear Hunt Continues Polar Bear Hunt Continues - frustration for our guides as many bears located but none as close as we would like

Polar Bear Hunt Continues - frustration for our guides as many bears located but none as close as we would like

Ivory Gull Ivory Gull - a polar bear kill provides our best opportunity to photographic this small, all white high Arctic gull

Ivory Gull

Ivory Gull - a polar bear kill provides our best opportunity to photographic this small, all white high Arctic gull

Polar Bear Polar Bear. Days of searching in difficult conditions finally rewarded with a great sighting.

Polar Bear. Days of searching in difficult conditions finally rewarded with a great sighting.

Hunting Polar Bears in a Low Contrast Landscape Hunting Polar Bears in a Low Contrast Landscape - as visual hunters we struggle where bears succeed by following their noses. Post processing yields images closer to our recollection.

Hunting Polar Bears in a Low Contrast Landscape - as visual hunters we struggle where bears succeed by following their noses. Post processing yields images closer to our recollection.

Nikon Z8 Better than Z9 for Bird Photography (again) Nikon Z8 Better than Z9 for Bird Photography (again). Firmware version 3.0 adds in-camera focus limiter so Nikon Z8 jumps ahead of the flagship Nikon Z9 for bird photography

Nikon Z8 Better than Z9 for Bird Photography (again)

Nikon Z8 Better than Z9 for Bird Photography (again). Firmware version 3.0 adds in-camera focus limiter so Nikon Z8 jumps ahead of the flagship Nikon Z9 for bird photography

Arctic Pack Ice Arctic Pack Ice - we reach our destination to begin our Polar bear hunt

Arctic Pack Ice - we reach our destination to begin our Polar bear hunt

Still Water Still Water offers opportunities for some different images

Still Water

Still Water offers opportunities for some different images

A Surfeit of Swallows A Surfeit of Swallows - a prolonged hatch of aquatic insects provides a conveyor of swallows to practice flight photography.

A Surfeit of Swallows

A Surfeit of Swallows - a prolonged hatch of aquatic insects provides a conveyor of swallows to practice flight photography.

Spitsbergen Spitsbergen - dramatic landscapes and ice formations on our voyage north

Spitsbergen - dramatic landscapes and ice formations on our voyage north

Inka Pleiss provides a crash course in stable isotope analysis for dietary studies across populations in the ‘champion migrator’ Tītī | Sooty Shearwater. #seabirds #BirdsNZ2025

Isabella Brown is using accelerometry data to understand at-sea behaviours and energy expenditure associated with those behaviours for Kuaka | Common Diving Petrels. #BirdsNZ2025 #seabirds

Edin Whitehead presents an overview of 10 yrs of work by the Northern NZ Seabird Trust. Longevity estimates, genetic relatedness, and lots of work to try to count NZ Storm Petrels are giving us new insights into this little known species, among others. #BirdsNZ2025 #seabirds

Sebastião Salgado Sebastião Salgado - the world loses a great photographer and a great human

Sebastião Salgado - the world loses a great photographer and a great human

Heading North Map showing context of our Arctic exploration from Svalbard. North of Scandinavia and Iceland, east of Greenland Having boarded Polar Front it was great to finally be heading north. It is always exciting heading into wild places and more so when it is a new environment with new discoveries awaiting. The primary goal for this expedition was Polar bear so the Arctic pack ice north of Svalbard was our target.

Heading North

Map showing context of our Arctic exploration from Svalbard. North of Scandinavia and Iceland, east of Greenland Having boarded Polar Front it was great to finally be heading north. It is always exciting heading into wild places and more so when it is a new environment with new…

On Board Polar Front On Board Polar Front - a day late but worth the wait

On Board Polar Front - a day late but worth the wait

Blue Mushrooms – Trying to Photograph the Feeling Blue Mushrooms - Trying to photograph the feeling of seeing a fabulous flush of blue forest fungi. Adapting perspective and lighting

Blue Mushrooms - Trying to photograph the feeling of seeing a fabulous flush of blue forest fungi. Adapting perspective and lighting to find an image.

Nictitating Membrane Mitigation Nictitating Membrane Mitigation - burst mode gives options to choose the best image

Nictitating Membrane Mitigation - burst mode gives options to choose the best image

Moving Over to the Dark Side Creates a Brighter Mood Moving Over to the Dark Side Creates a Brighter Mood - moving your viewpoint creates a polar opposite image

Moving Over to the Dark Side Creates a Brighter Mood

Moving Over to the Dark Side Creates a Brighter Mood - moving your viewpoint creates a polar opposite image

Why Rotorua is Great for Bird Photography Why Rotorua is Great for Bird Photography. Plentiful birds bring plentiful opportunities in the Bay of Plenty.

Why Rotorua is Great for Bird Photography. Plentiful birds bring plentiful opportunities in the Bay of Plenty.

Rainbows Require Clouds and Rain Rainbows Require Clouds and Rain. Even if it seems initially that conditions aren't ideal, good things happen.

Rainbows Require Clouds and Rain. Even if it seems initially that conditions aren't ideal, good things happen.

Lakefront Sunrise Lakefront Sunrise - there's always something good happening at the start of the day

Lakefront Sunrise - there's always something good happening at the start of the day

More Little Things and a Bigger Thing More Little Things and some bigger things. Revisiting little friends and a life change.

More Little Things and some bigger things. Revisiting little friends and a life change.

It’s The Little Things That Make a Difference It's The Little Things That Make a Difference. Sometimes something small and unexpected can change the way you feel about the world.

It's The Little Things That Make a Difference. Sometimes something small and unexpected can change the way you feel about the world.

Blood Moon Blood Moon - total lunar eclipse photographed from New Zealand14 March 2025

Blood Moon - total lunar eclipse photographed from New Zealand14 March 2025

Back to the Longyearbyen Dog Yards Back to the Longyearbyen Dog Yards - another visit to a convenient bird photography location while awaiting the arrival of our ship, the Polar Front.

Back to the Longyearbyen Dog Yards - another visit to a convenient bird photography location while awaiting the arrival of our ship, the Polar Front.

More Longyearbyen Wildlife – Part 3 – Dog Yards More Longyearbyen Wildlife - Part 3 - Dog Yards. An excellent bird photography spot within an easy walk from town.

More Longyearbyen Wildlife - Part 3 - Dog Yards. An excellent bird photography spot within an easy walk from town.

Wingspan National Bird of Prey Centre Wingspan National Bird of Prey Centre. A great opportunity to see and photography falcons up close and in flight while supporting an excellent conservation cause.

Wingspan National Bird of Prey Centre. A great opportunity to see and photography falcons up close and in flight while supporting an excellent conservation cause.

Svalbard Museum Svalbard Museum. NOK160 is a good investment in understanding the history and biology of Svalbard.

Svalbard Museum. NOK160 is a good investment in understanding the history and biology of Svalbard.

Simplifying Exposure

Simplifying Exposure - an easy approach that can save a bit of confusion