Spent a week camping along the Pallinup River. Great canoeing as the river is very full from the recent rains. With grey skies and very strong easterly ‘s it was tough paddling down but surfing on the way back, it was not brilliant for photography but sometimes its nice to just sit back and enjoy….
For new year I went to Molloy Island, if you want a complete break and love boating or canoeing then this is a must. Molloy Island is located on the Scott River and Blackwood River and about a 10km drive from Augusta. If you have accommodation you can take your car across on the…
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You are da bird girl Peta!
Nicely done on on shots!
Thanks Merv, I could sit for hours just watching the Wrens, the male always seems to have four or five females in tow….
Good stuff Peta.
Really like those top 2 Robin shots and the Red Winged Wrens ( 3&4), and the parrots look ready to cause havoc on some fruit.
Merv.
Thanks Pete, yes all the birds looked really healthy.
A nice little collection of bird pics Peta, I particularly like the wrens and I have never seen a 28 parrot looking so good.
Cheers Pete.
Well another year is coming to a close so I thought I would post a series of photos that have a special meaning to me. I was out snorkelling with the whale sharks and it was the last one for the day and only a few of us jumped in. The whale shark was slowly…
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Hi Colleen
Not sure but we know he is a young male, so it could be he was just curious. As far as I know this is very rare occurrence.
Do you know why it was swimming upside down? Is it unusual?
Thanks Nigel…I would love a housing for the D3
Nice sequence of shots oh for 3200 iso under water!
Thanks Jamie, he certainly did put on a show. he was around 7m, it was an incredible encounter…. yes that is on my wish list to do…
Wow Peta,
This is so cool. I just love the fact that it has put on a show for you. I’d love to head over to Tonga one day where they let you swim with and photograph the Humpbacks.
Have a great 2011.
Jamie
Thanks Sandy, yes it will stay with me forever.
The experience is the thing you’ll remember, these images will always jog that memory! Truely awesome creatures…Happy New Year!
Thanks Mark, it was an amazing experience.
I can see that would have been a very cool experience Peta and I can also relate with having to work with the settings you have when things happen fast!
Have a great 2011!
Here is a selection of birds. Pelicans would have to be be one of my favourite birds, the way they come into land can be very graceful or so awkward that you think they were landing for the first time. The Black-Tailed Pacific Gulls have huge wingspan and are very graceful riding the thermals along the…
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Thanks Mark, and the border collie is such a clever dog.
You’re good at your birds Peta…I’ll give you that!
Love the shots of the dog rounding up the ducklings!
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Thanks Mark
A great range of shots again here Peta and particularly like the Sunset Sand Dune shots
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Sandy@Shots - Wow Peta…loving these Pelican images
especially given the conditions in which they were shot! Congrats on the awards too.
Peta - Thanks Stuart.
Peta - Thanks for that Pete. Yes I agree Nikon do have fantastic glass. I think sometimes my old 80-200 is sharper than my 70-200VRII.
Pete Hodgson - Great stuff Peta, the detail is pretty good for a zoom with a 2x but I guess thats why I love Nikon glass. (-:
Peta - Thanks Charlene, no I didn’t use my big lens as I was in a canoe in very strong winds, in fact I used my old trusty D2X and 80-200mm and a 2x convertor. I set myself off to drift into the take off path of the Pelicans and because the wind was so strong they cruised past really slowly. It was a challenge because my canoe had a mind of its own and thought I was going to capsize a couple of times.
Charlene - Wow Peta, my eyes are falling out at the detail on those pelican shots. Were you using some big guns (i mean, a 600mm or similar) to get them?
Stuart - That middle pelican shot is a pearler.
Peta - Cheers Mark, it was difficult taking photos from a canoe in 20 knots winds once you stop paddling the canoe always wants to swing side ways.
True North Mark - Crackin black and white Peta and also crackin Pelican shots…you nailed em again girl!