Testing out the 400mm lens, Sydney skyline as seen from Qantas lounge
coming into land 
400 mm detail of Emirates A380 
not as pin sharp, but I wonder if it has something to do with shooting through thick glass 
ok, boarding delayed 20min, due to late plane arrival, and then this is a first for me at Sydney international airport, boarding via bus as opposed to gangway, slowing things down even more, and I am worried as I have only a 1 hour connection time in Auckland airport. Minus 20 min, minus the boarding… 
and now, like this ground crew, still waiting. Missing one passenger who came in from another flight, and is apparently lost in the airport ???
finally, good to go , but I am worried
let’s go 
cleared to go 
take off 
boat harbour through the clouds 
crossing the ditch 
New Zealand West coast 
Waitakere ranges 
beaches north of famous Piha 
looking pretty bloody windy 
no surfing today 
Avondale industrial area just outside of Auckland 
South and West great motorway meet up 
oh cool, auckland CBD through the clouds 
Browns Island, looks like a mini crater 
banking over Saint Heliers bay 
Whakakaiwhara Point, Duder park
that green again 
and again, low tide
And as we landed, my connecting flight took off, Tahiti Nui to Papeete, bastards only fly out of Auckland 3 times a week, so you would think they would wait, turns out there was 12 of us on this flight.
So qantas does the right thing by one passenger which then totally inconveniences 12 passengers because Tahiti Nui did not want to do the right thing. So I am spending my birthday night in dingy airport motel
