I love using my P950 at full zoom to get really good close ups of my subjects – usually birds. I get some asking how I hold the lens so still? It has taken practice. It is a light lens, doesn’t weigh a lot, so does sway after I’ve pressed the button but by then…
Category: Australian wildlife
Emblem of Victoria endangered
Did you know the emblem of Victoria, Australia is the Helmeted Honeyeater? And, did you know that bird is a critically endangered species? Often nicknamed as HeHo (I didn’t know this till I went along to a volunteer event), the honeyeater is an endemic sub-species of the Yellow-tufted Honeyeater. As you know, I live in…
Using the P950 and Birding
I was reading a post in a birding forum on Facebook and the poster had shared she’d used the P950 and was just learning bird photography. Lots of discussion, people making suggestions and so on. I thought I’d share with them about my experience, and here is what I said: Noting the post re using…
Birds of 2024 Challenge
I’ve taken on a new challenge, spurred on by another bird photographer, to see how many different species of birds I can photograph this year. I’ve created a page for it and will probably have to do a page a month as they will get long in themselves – assuming I get photos of different…
Surprise in the Paddock
Went out to feed my chickens and thought I’d wander down to the paddock, just to see if there was anything worth seeing. I had my camera with me – I always do and so glad I did! I saw movement in a tree branch, only very slight and whatever was there, was quite small….