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Red Wattlebird
Fairly common across southern Australia, the name comes from the red wattles (akin to ornamental ears). They love flowering trees.
15 Sep 2013
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The headland
My entry for the Prime Lenses (fixed focal length) group monthly competition for September 2013. See the discussion thread for details and enter! Lens was a Vivitar 135/2.8 (Komine).
14 Sep 2013
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Visiting Purple Swamphen
These wander around constantly in our area. My neighbour calls them "Darth Vader Chooks" , though I doubt that's the scientific term. LOL
Ignore the 400mm in the EXIF info, I forgot to reset the camera (manual input), this was taken with the 200mm/3.5 RMC Tokina.
01 May 2013
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Thistle crystal ball
This was a fairly standard macro of a thistle, before I tried some editing. :) Thanks very much indeed to Pam J ( www.ipernity.com/home/pamj ) for the details of the technique.
SMC Pentax M macro 100/4.0
01 Apr 2013
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At the liquorice factory
Out in Junee, western NSW, there is a very pleasant liquorice factory which also happens to have some very pleasant gardens and coffee shop. That was where I found this. HFF!
Midnight sun through Weasel Gap
From an old slide. Recently arrived tractor trains at what became our depot, about 1500 metres high on the Antarctic plateau, looking due south at midnight in the northern Prince Charles Mtns.
To see the location of this photo, go to "Location" at right, click on "Antarctica" and change the view to Satellite. Taken with Minolta SR1, Auto Rokkor-PF 1.4/58mm.
07 Sep 2013
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Darkness has fallen...
but lights still shine.
(Best viewed on black, press "Z")
06 Sep 2013
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Somewhere there's a fence...
Behind the passion fruit vine. HFF!
Vivitar 28/2.8 Close Focus Wide Angle.
05 Sep 2013
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Tiny leaf insect
Today I was watering the garden and found this tiny (about 10-12mm) leaf insect. Every time I tried to take its photo, it would shuffle around the stem away from me! Taken with reversed SMC Pentax M 50/1.4.
