Wednesday, 23. December 2009, 21:16:05
nature photos, bird photos, sony alpha, gray warbler
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This is a collection of some the photos that I felt most pleased with this year. What with this being the middle of summer and our Xmas break, I'm not on the web much at all. I'll do some followup collections as the days progress.
"Flies like flowers too"
"Gondwanaland Relic Pill-Millipede"
"Stout-legged Harvestman"
"Miniature long-legged Harvestman"
"Rainbow Lorikeet"
"Sirocco- the Kakapo"
"Gray Warbler"
Tuesday, 15. December 2009, 21:04:24
sony alpha, bird photos, ibis photo, Australian ibis
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I tried for several days to get in some decent photos of the ibis, but was often just too far away to really get a adequate shot in.
It was not until we got onto the water that the opportunity for some closer shots arose (of course, that then means having to cope with boat motion and engine vibration).
Here's what I managed:
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Tuesday, 15. December 2009, 20:20:34
Australian bird, egret, sony alpha, bird photo
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Title says it all really.
"Coming into land"
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Monday, 14. December 2009, 22:22:42
sony alpha, Environment and Ecology, Australian snake bird photo, bird photos
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The Australian darter (or snake bird) is another common species of the wetlands of the NT. It's scientific name is
Anhinga novaehollandiae. Females have lighter plummage than males. The species is not considered endangered or threatened.
The birds are like cormorants, in the sense they need to dry their feathers off after an aquatic expedition. These shots are from the Mary River. There were not a lot of opportunities along the river, so that frustrated attempts to get a range of shots.
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Sunday, 13. December 2009, 21:15:26
Australia, bird photos, sony alpha, pied heron
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One of the more common birds up in the wetlands of the Northern Territory is the Pied Heron.
I had several shooting opportunities, but the best spot turned out to be the ponds near Crocodylus Park.
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#2 Pensive
#3 Stuck at the Shallow End
Monday, 7. December 2009, 23:43:35
sony alpha, lizard photo, skink photo, Environment and Ecology
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And today, we have a couple of photos of a female, garden skink.
Not nearly as scary as a crocodile I guess
Monday, 7. December 2009, 00:40:47
macro photo, Environment and Ecology, insect photo, insect
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A slideshow of five insect photographs I've taken over the last few years:
Saturday, 5. December 2009, 23:43:22
Environment and Ecology, sony alpha, cicada photo
It's not exactly feeling like summer at the moment in Auckland, but here's a taste for what we should be in for
Wednesday, 2. December 2009, 20:10:18
stock photos, sony alpha, saltwater crocodile, Environment and Ecology
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I've just put together a slideshow of some of my favourite saltwater crocodile photos.
I hope you enjoy them
Sunday, 29. November 2009, 22:10:14
lizard photo, sony alpha, skink, skink photo
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Going from saltwater crocodiles to NZ garden skinks is a bit of a change. One is the largest living reptile on the planet. The other is small and harmless.
I've been wanting to get some good shots of skinks taken for a while. The problem really is just the lighting. With a standard hot-shoe flash (even fired off-camera) you really get a lot of harsh shadows forming that envelope the detail.
This time round, I was using my ringlight flash with the macro lens to diffuse and spread the light more evenly. Hot spots are still inevitable because of the very shiny nature of the scales.
One of the interesting things about NZ lizards, is that almost all of them are viviparous. That means, they give birth to live young. It's thought this was an adaptation to the various ice-ages in NZ. Being on island, the lizards didn't have the chance to migrate to warm areas, then recolonise the cold areas when temperatures swing back. So eggs are developed within the body of the skink. This does tend to mean a low fecundity rate however.
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