I was born in Zimbabwe on 03/06/88. My family, consisting of parents, older brother and sister, migrated to South Africa when I was six months old. We moved back to Zimbabwe six years later, to help my grandparents on their farm - a career change for my father.
After a measly eighteen months we upped sticks and went farming on our own. This led us to Kwekwe, in the heart of Zimbabwe, to farm tobacco! Borrowdale farm which is part of the "Midlands Black Rhino Conservancy" is where we settled . This was the most incredible experience, living with such an abundance of wild life ........... of which we became a part of during the school holidays! Due to the "land redistribution policy" we had no option but to move on.
10th November, 2001 saw us arrive in New Zealand with our former lives packed into a suitcase each, ready to start our new lives. Our first three years were spent on the South Island and I nearly froze!!!!!!! A great employment opportunity for my father had us move up to the North Island. I now live on a farm just outside Matamata aka "Hobbiton" (defrosting).
Yep that should sum it up ha!
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Comments (22)
Zeldie
I think it's awesome! Poor butty - looks like it just about survived a war! ;0) Excellent work Kai! Yeah, the dust is growing on this side as well. I'm starting with my course tonight though, so it should be remedied soon ;0)
Cosme..D..Churruca
Excellent photography !
MaydaMason
poor butty :( so beautiful and so broken... perfect focusin'
Zacko
ROTFLMAO!!!! HAHAHAHAHA!!! You crack me up buddy!! How do you manage to sound so depressed and yet so cute? LOL! And hey....if anyones rambles are useless and pointless...its mine. Okay? Your ramble is at least amusing, lol. And you did spam some amazing photos that Jinet uploaded. They were freaking awesome indeed! And so is this one! The selective coloring is perfect and the texture of that wood also looks gorgeous. And the final touch....the nail!!!! The poor butty could use a make-over though. That poor thing seems to have been through alot. Maybe he accidently happened to fly through some cross fire or something. LMAO@your incident with the dust, lol. Hey...how ya like this ramble by the way? YOU SET ME UP FOR IT!!!!!! AAAAAAARGGGH!!!! Now i better walk ms Doggie. See ya later!!! #:O)
PeeWee05
Why a B Class one...?
BorisB
A pretty composition with a nice idea!
busi2ness
This is a beautiful butterfly and an old lady if looking at the deteriorating state of the rim of the wings. She has spread her glory far and wide... Nice colouring.
nattarious
OMG Kai!! :)) Yes, you crack me up too bro :D First, i wanted to say, welcome back and hey!! Welcome back :)) :P This is a very good shot, it is sharp, clear, pure and full of details.. Love the colour extraction you did (Selective Colouring)The texture and the shadow came out perfectly! So very well done my friend.. Now i am not following by the way! What did you find on or in your cam and you had to google it! dust or fungus!! and why it took you so long? did you fix/clean it your self or the company! let me see you ID buddy! Do you have an ID? :)) Sounds like a cop eh! :P Oh well.. I really need to know, its kinda interesting.. Thank you again and smile now, you are back and no more thinking after your cam is working ;) JOE
Trepz
WOAH! Poor fella looks as if he has ran into a ceiling fan or 2:D Nice colours though(;
Valentin
Wonderful contrast between the colorful butty and gray background, really adds to the image!!!
RH_Shutterbug
Welcome back!:) Its not the same here without your beautiful images!:) Glad your feeling better and you have your camera in hand again:) Dont let that stuff grow on your camera again. Because your images are fantastic and this one is beautiful!:)
TwoPynts
Perfect use of selective color here and it really stands out against the vertical textured patterns of the wood. Well done and welcome back! =]
Emberhaze
Great capture!! He looks like he's had a rough day, love the selective coloring!
Ger50
lovely catch against the wood, I love butties, well seen
Cosine
Love the selective coloring; he really stands out against the background.
Chaos911
super work!!! excellently done!!! :)
Hidinthesierras
Nice focus on this guy, and nice gallery also! 8-)
sharky_
Interesting face for this butterfly and a colorful one it is. Excellent shot. Aloha
Onslow
I like it ! The composition is great and I like the selective colour use. The butty is a bit battered which seems to go well with this old wood for a background - excellent image !
Margana
Ditto Richard.I was thinking the same thing.The weathered wood perfectly compliments the weathered butterfly.Nothing 'B' class about this shot,Kai.
erskogly
Like it? I love it! Beautiful butterfly, and the selective coloring works perfectly in this image - the wooden material (wall?) it's sitting on looks great in and of itself - the structure/texture lends itself well to b&w. And then you have this wonderful splash of color as a bonus:) Excellent work!
LillianaSapphire
nice texture and colour variations