NorthShore Success.

Entry into the 2011 NorthShore Salon of photography has netted me a Gold Medal for Open Colour Prints. Last years comp saw a silver medal come my way so the Gold was a definite goal for 2011. The image below was the winning image and is a statement about conservation. This was part of a small series as part of the "Birds A Plenty Festival" exhibition here at the Whakatane Museum Gallery. The inspiration was the story of the Huia (now extinct) and a passage I read from Perrine Moncrieff, an old time conservationist

"One feels inclined to write an indignant protest at the ghastly manner in which lovely birds have been twisted into grotesque shapes to adorn women throughout the ages...
For every bird killed to provide warmth, hundreds have been slain merely to trim dresses , or worse still, stuck on hats".

This image is also part of the Birds A Plenty" collection and received Hounors.

I am stoked with the results this year and have to thank the model "Tasha" for the stunning look she gives to each image she contributes to.