Tuesday, 15 November 2016

October - November 2016

Recovery underway - being slowed by an extended hay-fever season.

We had a very enjoyable drive out through Sutton, Gundaroo, Gunning and Dalton to Boorowa and return.

Royal Hotel at Gundaroo

Downtown Gundaroo
Abandoned harvesters

Canola fields



At the end of the month we had five days at Mollymook travelling down via Kangaroo Valley.  Not much in the way of fishing, but enjoyable nonetheless.


In the mist

Fitzroy Falls

Hoverfly

Kookaburra

Three waders in Narrawallee Inlet

Motionless Heron

Waiting for a summer's day

Whale playing off Bannister Head

Narrawallee Beach sunrise - Day 2

Narrawallee Beach sunrise - Day 3

Narrawallee Beach sunrise - Day 4
Sunrise Narrawallee Beach - Day 5

Washerwoman Bay - Bendalong (southern end)

Washerwoman Bay - Bendalong  (northern end)

Green Island - Cunjurong Point

Entrance at lake Conjola


Narrawallee Beach - Day 5

Sacred Kingfisher on my morning walk

Willie Wagtail on nest

Australian Reed Warbler

Across Lake Ginninderra
 The above photo had a horrible grey sky, so I experimented with a textured overlay to get this result.


I spent a couple of hours at the local zoo - and it seemed as if it was the tiger day.


Observing the observer

A kiddie ran past, which attracted the attention



The above photo had a horrible blue cast, so again it was looking at an overlay and some post processing magic to get his shot.

One of the giraffes


Circus in town

Eastern Grey Kangaroos at Lake Ginninderra

White-winged Triller with nesting material


These last three were all I could get of the sky while waiting on the supermoon.  Any change of a moon photo was blotted out by clouds until about 9.0pm when the moon was well up in the sky.






Sunday, 16 October 2016

September - October 2016




It hasn't been a good month - I have been fighting pneumonia for three weeks, but I now think I am on the mend.

Have had a few photographic outings and I have also started reviewing some of the photos I took in Kenya in 2013 - seeing if I could improve them in post-processing.  This will be an ongoing project as there are over 1,000 in that folder.

Anyway - for this month ....

The first three days in Kenya were spent in Amboseli Park.  Amboseli is noted for its elephant herds and views of Mt Kilmanjaro (if the cloud clears).  Kibo camp was comfortable and only a short drive to the park entrance.

At the entrance to Kibo

Kibo Bar - Tusker beer for me and a G&T for Des


Less than 5 minutes from the Park Entrance

Waterbuck resting
One of two male lions
Cheetahs on the hunt

Fast forward to this month ....


Molly framed by the flying fox at Lake Ginninderra

A flooded backwater along Ginninderra Creek

Flooded Ginninderra Creek

Brush tail Possum watching Molly

Sunlight and WIllows

Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo ripped into this branch to get the grub in the middle

Lake George - with water

Lucern Tree in bloom

Green and Gold - looking towards the Brindabellas near Uriarra

Curries Flat - Brindabella Range

Banksia cones with a pine cone

Sulphur-crested Cockatoo at the seed tray.

Rainbow Lorikeets - these are a recent visitor to my garden.

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