Alison Meier's photos with the keyword: nikkor70300mmvr

I looked out at that same tree this morning and it was swarming with wax-eyes. These fragile wee birds disappear if great, gallumping sparrows come near. The wax-eyes were my original "hope for" yesterday, but they quickly flew away when the sparrows arrived. Wax-eyes are hard to catch - they move very quickly and "flitter" their wings often when feeding, like babies. There was a bit more light today, and less noise than the sparrow image yesterday. This wee one stayed on the apple long enough for me to catch her. Notice that the apple is much more hollowed out than yesterday and there is some light shining through the skin. Creation date: 2/07/2010 12:11 Camera: NIKON D80 Focal length: 230*mm*(equiv. 345*mm) Aperture: F5.6 Exposure time: 1/400" ISO speed rating: 400/27° Program: Aperture priority Metering Mode: Center-weighted average White Balance: Manual Flash: Flash did not fire

We were in the Waikato, beside Lake Karapiro, which is a hydo lake. The sun was shining on the hills around, but rain-cloud was looming up behind them in the south east. The hay barn looked small and vulnerable beneath the towering, dark clouds. I like the simplicity of this image, with the few elements telling a story.