NZ Crab Photos

Photograph of a Purple Rock Crab, Tiritiri Matangi Island, Auckland, New Zealand.

[purple rock crab photo]

Yay! Another photoblog post already!

This photo was taken last week on our trip to Tiritiri Matangi Island. This was around Fishermans bay if I remember correctly.

I really cannot recommend a visit to the Island enough. It is so worth while. Also if you can swing an overnight stay you won't be disappointed. All going well there will be more photographs from Tiri soon. I have yet to sort through all my pics. About the Purple Rock Crab. Actually its been difficult to find any serious amount of information about this crab. They are found in many countries, in particular Australia, and New Zealand. In Australia different colour's have been know to crop up from time to time. Interestingly I've seen it stated in several places they grow up to 50mm (across the shell). Yet This one was easily twice that. Unfortunately I didn't think to place something else in a frame, so I could more accurately compare sizes. So : Photo Tip : Take a metal machinists ruler out with you in the field. The Wikipedia article is only a stub. Hopefully someone who knows what they're talking about will update it.

Purple Rock Crab photograph information.
Image Description:	Purple Rock Crab, Tiritiri Matangi Island, New Zealand.
Camera Make:	Nikon Corporation.	Camera Model:	Nikon D300 Digital SLR (DSLR).	Date:	13th April 2009.
Focal Length:	105mm	35mm Equiv Focal Length:	157mm	Aperture:	f/5.6
White Balance:	Auto.	Flash Used:	No.	Exposure Time:	1/200th of a second.
Light Source:	N/A	Metering Mode:	Spot.	Exposure Mode:	Manual.
Software:	Editing with The Gimp 2.4.
Accessories Utilised:	Nikon MB-D10 battery grip, Scandisk Extream IV CompactFlash. Nikon EN-EL3e Li-ion battery pack.
Photographer Comments:	I like this little crab photo.		Lens Used:	Nikkor 18-105mm VR DX lens. Yes the "kit" lens from the D90. Yes its a good lens.
Model Credit:	Purple Rock Crab.	Photograph Copyright: ©	Glen Webber 2009. All rights reserved.

Yay 2 pics up this year. More to come.
Cheers,
Glen.

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In the wildest darkest depth lurks a monster!

[crab in black]

.... or perhaps not. Its still a cool crab in the black pic though.
Yes a new picture for today also.
Photograph shot the Sunday of the Easter '08 weekend, with my Nikon D300 digital SLR camera.

Check out the jet plane wing posted earlier today.
Yes I'm still doing the double post thing.

L8Rs,
G/