NZPhotographer Issue 55, May 2022

Having begun photography in my late teens by completing a course
that included darkroom development, I subsequently seemed to get
‘too busy in life’, and photography simply became snapshots of the
kids and holidays. Over the last few years, I’ve become somewhat
immersed again - and wow, how it’s changed! Nature is my interest.
Just getting out there in amazing landscapes, I’m rediscovering that
sense of wonder as I attempt to create a capture that will provide a
personal recollection of a fleeting moment in time.
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GARDEN RESIDENTS
This series represents my venture away from my usual landscape/seascape focus.
These shots were recently taken in our garden in the Perth Hills, Australia, where
we have three acres backing onto a National Park. With an array of trees and
plants, we are lucky to attract quite a few “residents” with numerous seasonal
visitors as and when the trees flower or produce fruit. It’s fair to say that some
visitors are not quite as welcome as the birds, for example - snakes!
Here, I’ve simply tried to capture a few of these wonderful birds in their day
to day surroundings. A fast shutter speed is required for the New Holland
honeyeaters and splendid fairywrens, whilst the red-tailed black cockatoos are
far more chilled.
The birds are:
In silhouette: splendid fairywren
In olive tree: forest red-tailed black cockatoo
In red/yellow flowering gum: New Holland honeyeater
In white bougainvillea: splendid fairywren
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