I managed to convince a wombat in a local animal reserve to stand still and pose for this photograph. At least, that’s how it felt. Photograph taken on the Canon PowerShot S2 IS.
Category: Photography
Scarebear’s photography including guitar, nature, architectural and macro themes.
Possum strangely on the ground
Possums on the ground during the daytime are unusual. They are easier to photograph, but shouldn’t otherwise be seen this way. Photograph captured and possum captured as well—safely by local wildlife rescuers who restored the possum to health before releasing it back to the wild.
Photograph captured using a Canon PowerShot S2 IS.
Mushrooms
Mushrooms growing wild in a local nature reserve. Photograph taken on the Panasonic DMC-FZ1 digital camera.
Parrot in the aviary at Queens Park
I find the aviary in Queens Park—Ipswich, Australia—to be a bittersweet experience. It’s good to see so many species of birds in trees and with flowing waterways inside a zone that keeps them predator-free. It’s also sad to think of these birds not flying outside allowing them to spread their wings for hours on end.
Either way, I’d never have managed this close-up photograph of a parrot without the aviary access. Photograph taken on a Panasonic digital camera which tried to be somewhere between a simple point-and-click and a DSLR.
Kookaburra on the Sunshine Coast
On a Christmas morning, I managed to capture a kookaburra in a tree in our family’s back yard. Unfortunately, I do not recall the camera make or model for this photograph.
Bee vs. ant on a wheelie bin
To this day—it doesn’t matter when you read this—this photograph remains as one of my favourite photographs. I was sitting on my own front deck stairs with my Canon SLR—which I’m still convinced was an AE-1—when I noticed a bee on the wheelie bin beside me. The bee appeared to be struggling.
As my eye sight hasn’t been the best up close for a few years now, I used the camera’s telescopic lens to see the bee in greater detail.
The bee had an ant on his leg and the ant refused to let go. I still don’t know how or why, but I decided to try and gently separate bee from ant. I did just that without killing either animal. Right after I captured this photograph to film forever.