Author: glenys mahler

I live in Patho, Australia.

On a rainy day

May 5, 2021

One of the few, so I’ve been confined inside and I was tidying up my pics when I came across this one. It is interesting on lots of different levels. There’s a lot going on. It was taken by my husband who picked up the camera while I attempted to take a photo with my phone. I was inside an old wreck surrounded by spiders, taking a photo through the window. Later on a managed to slowly open the window without disturbing the amazing web.

Today, I noticed the two reflections in the window; the paddocks and if you look carefully you can see the reflection of the spider in the phone. Click here and here to see the photos I took.

Found you too.

May 4, 2021

Just along the track I found a few more ducks. They are also way too beautiful to be shot for ‘sport’. It is against the law to shoot this species. I hope the shooters will respect the law.

Sorry guys. Keeping your heads tucked away won’t save you either.

Can you spot the odd ones out?

Time to go

May 3, 2021

Duck shooting season is fast approaching. I hate it. These ducks are so defenceless. They were in an area that can be seen from the road and that makes them an obvious target when the season opens. Poor little things stand no chance.

Flying off interstate would be a better idea.

Instead they’re hanging around, even perching in trees, oblivious.

Looking back on April

May 1, 2021

Today is the beginning of May. Here are some sunrise pictures taken across the lagoon/creek in front of my house.

Now it’s May I’m looking forward to some dramatic changes in the scenery. The water level of the creek will drop. It is controlled for irrigation purposes and in Winter the banks become exposed. Also in the morning, typically a mist/fog hangs over the water, creating some great conditions for sunrise photos.

Where’s the subject

April 29, 2021

I was looking over these photos and wondering about the importance of a subject. Does a pictures always need something to draw the eye in?

The bird in the first picture wandered off into the bushes. You can still see it, but you have to look. You can easily see it in the second pic.

Is there a bird in the third picture? Too much other stuff to look at…

And the last picture. Is the subject interesting enough to make it a good picture? It’s fascinating to me, how the tree is almost gone, yet there is still all sorts of life emerging from the stump.

Turtle

April 28, 2021

We’ve just sown in some seed and my husband came rushing in, telling me to get the cameras, there was a turtle in the back paddock. It must have been attracted by the water and decided to lay some eggs. We took some photos from a distance being careful not to disturb her. My husband made a great effort to lie in the mud to get a shot. Perhaps the turtle thought that to be normal behaviour, because it wasn’t bothered.