Tag: Queensland
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Pic of the Day – Sunrise
Read more: Pic of the Day – SunriseIn what seems like forever I have managed to get out at sunrise and do a photo shoot. It felt good to get back to what started getting me into photography in the beginning. But like everybody else, life/Covid gets in the way. It also helps to be on holiday in the Sunshine Coast, staying…
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Pic of the Day – Red-bowed finch
Read more: Pic of the Day – Red-bowed finchIt has taken me awhile to have a good opportunity to get a clear shot of this bird. A common bird but in my experience an elusive one when it comes to photography. Plenty of times I have seen them around, but never able to get a good shot. Taken a Oxley Common Creek, and…
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Pic of the Day – Red-backed Fairywren
Read more: Pic of the Day – Red-backed FairywrenThe venerable Red-backed Fairywren, a common bird around eastern and northern Australia. It has been a long time between updates on this website, life has a habit of getting in the way, as does Covid. Hopefully moving forward, I can get some regular content happening. Today I managed to get to my favorite birding spot…
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Pic of the Day – Striated pardalote
Read more: Pic of the Day – Striated pardaloteA trip to Eagleby Wetlands today yielded one of the pardalote family of birds. I went back a couple of times, and this little fellow was there both times. The striated pardalote (Pardalotus striatus) is the least colourful and most common of the four pardalotespecies. Other common names include pickwick, wittachew and chip-chip.[2] It is a very small, short-tailed bird that is more…
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Pic of the Day – Brahminy kite
Read more: Pic of the Day – Brahminy kiteMorning walk at Oxley Creek Common, not much in the way of bird activity, but did manage to capture a new bird for my collection. The brahminy kite (Haliastur indus), formerly known as the red-backed sea-eagle in Australia, is a medium-sized bird of prey in the family Accipitridae, which also includes many other diurnal raptors, such as eagles, buzzards, and harriers. They are found in the Indian…
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Olive-Backed Oriole
Read more: Olive-Backed OrioleIt’s been a while since I have gotten active with my camera. Now that the home reno is done, Covid and the lockdowns are hopefully going away I’ll be able to get out a bit more.
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Holiday 2020 – Surat
Read more: Holiday 2020 – SuratPart one if our outback adventures. Brisbane to Surat.
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Holiday – Brisbane to Surat
Read more: Holiday – Brisbane to SuratPart one With a 5 hour drive ahead if us, we set off from Brisbane at 8.30am, hoping to get to our destination by 2pm Google says allow about 5 hours for the drive. As is usual for us, a few stops along the way happened, with some pleasant surprises. Our first pit stop was…
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Pic of the Day – The Spit
Read more: Pic of the Day – The SpitFujifilm X-T3 10mm, f10, iso 160 20 sec Fist sunrise shoot with my X-T3, I must say I am very happy with the image quality. Great sunrise with the lady standing still in the frame was a good piece of luck.
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Holiday – Road Trip 2019 Pt 1
Read more: Holiday – Road Trip 2019 Pt 1A series of posts about our journey around the outback of Australia. Pictures and a few words about our experiences, the good and the bad.
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Pic of the Day – Kookabarra with Breakfast
Read more: Pic of the Day – Kookabarra with BreakfastCanon EOS 6D 1/500 sec. f/5.6 451 mm, iso1600 This was shot a few years ago, with my old camera. When you go back through your old catalogue you never know what you may find.
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Pic of the Day – Spangled Drongo
Read more: Pic of the Day – Spangled DrongoCanon EOS 6D Mark II 1/1000 sec. f/5.6 400 mm iso12800 I was lucky to get this one. It was very early in the morning, hence the high iso. If I had more time I could have played around with shutter speed and the iso, but birds generally don’t sit around for long.