Changing Seasons - Autumn Colours

"Heaven is under our feet"

It is mid May here (Adelaide, South Australia) and the season is changing from summer to autumn and almost winter.

I love the colours of the leaves as the cool winds blow and leaves change from green to gold and reds to rusty brown and all shades in between.

I read "Heaven is under our feet as well as over our heads" somewhere and it rings oh so true this time of year.

Autumn Red

Autumn colours as the leaves turn to red in the Adelaide hills.

Eastern Yellow Breasted Robin

Eastern Yellow Breasted Robin

Story Boards

Trying some storyboard techniques in Lightroom and Photoshop. I used a couple of Kim Klasson's templates for CS and one of my own. Not really storyboards in the true sense of the word - rather a collection of like images.

I found lightroom a little cumbersome and not able to vary the size of the actual image in the box.

Once I understood about vector masking the process in photoshop seemed quite quick.

Refining the look and getting the boxes to look balanced might be another problem.

Lunch

Superb Fairy Wren with lunch in his beak

Grey Fantail looking for his grub but keeping an eye on me all the same.

Black Shouldered Kite

A Black Shouldered Kite on the way back from St Kilda, South Australia.

Olde Rose

Musk Lorikeet

A Musk Lorikeet (Glossopsitta concinna) very prevalent around the south and south eastern states of Australia

Little Birds

I have been trying to capture images of the Superb Fairy Wren (Malurus cyaneus) for a little while now. Getting close was the problem - the lens is never long enough and these little birds move so quick.

Well I solved some of the problem, I purchased myself a 300mm prime lens and a 1.4 teleconverter giving me a combined focal distance of 672 mm - long enough most of the time. Now the problem is holding the lens still enough and getting a fast enough shutter speed to get the image sharp.

Kites

I have always marvelled at image of birds of prey etc. I photographed this bird resting in some trees some time ago with my 75-300 Canon lens. I was not happy with most of my shots from this lens (could not hold it still) but very pleased with this image - even if the bird is a little static.

After purchasing a Conon 300mm F/4 L prime lens and was fortunate enough to come across this Black Shouldered Kite (Elanus axillaris) near the Mannum Falls in South Australia. With the prime lens on a Canon 30D I was able to capture these two shots.

Perched

Take Off

Lone Tree at Sunset

Wymah, just outside Albury, NSW. A lone tree stands in a paddock of salvation jane as the storm approaches.

Lone Tree at Sunset

Eastern Beauties

Sacred Lotus – Botanic Gardens, Adelaide, South Australia

Nelumbo nucifera

Aussie Icons

Taken at different times and different places the Grey Kangaroo at the top and a wallaby at the botttom.


Looking over some old images from Victor Harbour shot some time ago I rediscovered this image of a grey kangaroo.


I was walking in the bush at Warrawong Sanctuary in the Adelaide hills. I could see this wallaby coming towards me oblivious to my presence... but not for long. Although it is not very clear in these images she is carrying a joey.