Roger Smith's winning photograph of two pukekos and their chick. Photo / Roger Smith
Roger Smith's winning photograph of two pukekos and their chick. Photo / Roger Smith
A cute photo of two pūkekos and their chick has won Waikanae-based photographer Roger Smith a major international award.
Smith is the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust London Urban Wetland Photographer of the Year 2023.
The photo that earned him the honour was a photograph titled ‘Feed me, feed me’ oftwo pūkekos and their chick in the Waimanu Lagoons at the Waikanae River estuary.
“I crawled through a patch of agapanthus and flax to a place where I could watch them without being noticed.
Smith said the British competition introduced a category for overseas photographs this year which his photo won before going on to win the overall competition.
“It’s great because my wife Mavis and I are going to England next year.
“And what the trust has agreed to is that when we come back to New Zealand, they will transfer the membership to my daughter’s family in the UK so they will be able to visit different places.”
Meanwhile, Smith is having his third photographic exhibition Paraparaumu Library’s Roderick and Gillian Deane Community Art Space.
Roger Smith is having his third photographic exhibition at Paraparaumu Library. Photo / David Haxton
“I’ve got a variety of colourful prints.
“Some are matted photographic prints, some are acrylic-faced prints which are very glossy, and some are floating canvas prints.
“It ranges from birds, aircraft, trains, flowers, scenery and lots more from around New Zealand and the world.
“There’s something for everyone.”
He said the exhibition was “going extremely well”.
