I was walking at Birdsland Reserve yesterday and watching some Blue-banded bees, so was standing still, camera focused towards the ground, when a cyclist came to a screeching halt, sliding on the path nearby and then turned his bike and rode down the path towards me. He’d seen a ‘spiny anteater’ and wanted to tell…
Using Bird Mode with the P950
I’ve been getting a few questions about this so thought I’d share a post on it. I’ve been using the P950 for 3 years now, having bought it at a Black Friday sale in November 2020. I’d done research, read reviews, even got to test a P1000 that someone had before the purchase and was…
2024 Calendars – order yours today
Almost mid November – not long before Christmas now. I still have calendars available, both the Dandenong Ranges ones and the Birds of the Dandenong Ranges. I have one market left on Saturday 9th December, however it’s possible my stocks will be low then – don’t leave it too late! Some interesting facts that you…
Amazing nature rescue
Most amazing thing happened today at Birdsland Reserve. I was watching two Spotted Pardalotes dancing in the air and flitting from tree to tree. Then they dive bombed towards the lake, both hitting the water. One flew off but the other couldn’t, it tried really hard and kept moving along, then stopping and panting,…
How did you get into photography?
When I was young, in my early teens, my uncle would show me his camera and some of the photography he’d been doing. I was very interested in what he could do with his camera. So much so, that on my 14th birthday, my parents gave me my very first camera. It was a Kodak…