Category: Wildlife

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12/9/2012

Below are a couple of photos I'm often asked about.It's the perfect time of the year to put them on the blog as Magpie season
is in full swing.I took these photos a couple of years ago with a $300 Olympus point and shoot camera.The first photo is now hanging proudly in France, on the wall of my cycling friends holiday unit.It also featured in my first Cycling Photography Calendar and a black and white version even made Cyclingtips photo of the day for 2 days.

One of my most popular photos and taken with my cheapest camera.

This image has not been seen as often as the first but was taken around the same time.

Surfing Safari. Part 1

18/4/2011

I've just got back home from Queensland from a short 2 week Surfing and camping holiday. My nephew Tim flew down from Queensland for a few weeks and then we did a road trip up the East coast surfing at least once sometimes twice every day. After staying a night on my brother's farm near Humula NSW we headed out through Tumbarumba,through the Snowy mountains and some beautiful country winding up at Tathra on the South East coast of NSW. We were dreaming of a camp site close to the beach where we would be able to have a camp fire
and the universe did not disappoint. The 2 photographs below are of the beach directly in front of our camp and also our camp site with fire still going the next morning and a couple of very contented travellers.

We had Kangaroos and Wallabies hoping around the ute who were obviously used to having humans around.
The only thing lacking were good waves but we still had a splash around with the boards. Mine hadn't been in the water for probably about a year. From here we drove North up the coast and Tim had a surf at Ulladulla around lunch time. It was right in front of a heap of rocks so I decided to take some photographs of him in action instead of braving it near the rocks.Below is one of the photos I took getting my eye back into surf photography.

That afternoon we called in briefly on some good friends of mine who shared house with me a few years ago and I have a very fond memory of the time we spent together. That afternoon I had my first decent taste in the surf which was pretty nice and Tim helped me out getting onto a few waves. It was at a little place called Gerroa and we camped just a little to the South of town pretty close to the beach and had Kookaburras join us to see what we were having for breakfast. Below is the beach near our camp(Tim doing the dishes) as well as the boldest of the Kookaburras.

The next day we did a big drive and after Tim surfed the Bone Yard at Kiama whilst I got behind the lens again and we met a crusty fisherman who kept talking to us even after we had gone,he could be still there talking as I type. We circumnavigated Sydney and headed North for Seal Rocks which will be included in the next instalment of "Surfing Safari Part 2"

Birds of a Feather

2/3/2011

Well just for a little change on the house renovations that seem to be the main focus of my blog lately I have been out and about taking some photographs of the local birds. I am thinking of possibly doing a bird calendar for 2012.
I have done a Landscape Calendar, Cycling Calendar so it might be time for birds. I'll have to wait and see if I can come up with 12 decent shots, here are a couple I took tonight.

If we cant watch the cricket then nobody can.

15/1/2011

Summer,cricket on the tv, Galah's around the house that's my Australia

Dinner Time

29/9/2010

These Restless Flycatchers have a nest right outside my kitchen window.

Birds

28/9/2010

The Birds are active at the moment and there are lots of young ones just learning to fly.
The parents are busy catching insects etc. to feed their young. The Kookaburra seems to
be just chilling out.

Cattle Portrait

12/7/2010

Whilst walking up the Black Dog creek which runs along the edge of my property these inquisitive cattle decided to see what I was doing. I was walking with my 2 dogs whom I had borrowed back from my neighbors (I gave the dogs to my neighbors when I leased most of my farm 18 months ago). I had taken my camera with the 400mm lens thinking I might see some birds, instead I turned my lens on this Brahman cow and calf for a quick portrait before they had had enough of us and ran off.

Birds

9/7/2010

I recently purchased a second hand Canon EF 400 f5.6 L series lens. I am pretty happy with the lens it's just a pity it's only f5.6 meaning you need pretty good light or you have to wind up the ISO. Unfortunately the budget doesn't allow for a f2.8 model. I seem to be using the lens for photographing wildlife, mainly birds, at this stage.
In this image some grain has been spilt on the ground so the birds are having a free for all. I've also added a new image to the "Wildlife" gallery of 2 Red-rumped Parrots.

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Surfing Safari. Part 1

Birds of a Feather

If we cant watch the cricket then nobody can.

Dinner Time

Birds

Cattle Portrait

Birds

Tony Reeckman

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