Well, the print proof copy has arrived and it looks great, if I do say so myself. Although my husband and a friend, Liz, agree. So excited with how it’s come out! I sat on this one for a few months, and then finally decided just under 3 weeks ago (during another Melbourne lockdown) to…
Category: Australian landscapes
When a photo needs a caption
Just sometimes, I take a photo and when I view it on my computer, it obviously needs a caption. And this was the case when I recently took some photos of a Darterbird at Birdsland Reserve. The series is below but it’s the middle one that stood out to me. And this is what I…
Lyrebird sighting
My husband, a friend and I had the most amazing thrill of a lifetime today. We got to watch a male lyrebird, out in the open, dance, sing and display as there was a female lyrebird nearby. Often they can be heard in the bush and shadows but it’s not often you see one out…
Visiting Blue Lotus Water Garden
This place, for me, is a must every year – and I go more than once, if possible. 2020 made that a bit difficult but this year I’ll make up for it and have gotten a season pass so I can go a few more times. The Blue Lotus Water Garden is on Warburton Highway,…
Purple Swamp Hen and Chicks
Visiting my favourite local park and lakes recently, I finally got to see, first-hand, some Purple Swamp Hen chicks with their mums. One single and then two chicks with another mum. They are quite ugly but in a cute way. My favourite pic is this one below – a young chick ‘talking’ to its mum….
Wattlebird feeding time
Recently I’ve discovered that the Wattlebird that hangs around our property has a young one. I heard the cheep cheep a couple of days ago and went in search and was stunned when I got a great shot (for me anyway) of her feeding her young. And then I scored another shot, a day later…
Your camera takes really nice pictures
If you’re a keen photographer, and a reasonable one, you have probably had this said to you many times – I know I have. People see me walking around with my camera and huge lens and go ‘whoa, that’s a big camera!’. Mind you, it’s the lens that’s big, not the camera, lol. And it…
Been waiting years for this shot!
Many know that I frequent Birdsland Reserve, often. There’s always so much to see and enjoy there and I very much love to just wander along (getting some exercise) and always scanning for something new to shoot (with my camera that is). One day in July, my husband and I were walking together and just…
Chestnut Teals visit Birdsland Reserve
I love to visit Birdsland Reserve regularly and never tire of visiting it. Almost every day I visit, there’s something else to see. Today it was 3 Chestnut Teal Ducks, 1 male and 2 female. I don’t see them there often, just now and then, but it’s always exciting to see them there. Today I…
The Amazing Birdsland
I took this photo recently, while visiting this beautiful parkland, with my photography club, Hills Photographic Society. I nearly always carry my long lens, 200-500mm, for those close up birding shots, and in hope of seeing the eagles above, but it also means that I don’t usually get many wide shots – unless taken on…
Amazing cloud formation
Thank goodness these is a local park I can visit regularly during our lock-down phase here in Victoria, Australia. I am, however, looking further to traveling further afield, as our my photography group – as soon as it’s allowed. In the meantime, saw this amazing cloud formation at Birdsland Reserve recently. I’m told it’s a…
Amazing Web Site
Here in Victoria we’ve had a lot of rain, and in particular, the Dandenong Ranges. Over 600mm this year already – more than half our average rainfall and May has only just begun. But, gladly, we’ve got a few days of reprieve and I’ve been able to go back out to my favourite park for…