Category: photography

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.