Evening Escapee

I swear this Bassian Thrush was asking me to look the other way before it flew through a gap in the fence of the Botanic Gardens.


Evening escape by RobGeraghty, on Flickr

Evening drink

The Gang Gang cockatoos were drinking from a pool of water in a tree hollow.


Evening drink by RobGeraghty, on Flickr

Evening meal


This Crimson Rosella was stuffing down a little bit more before looking for a place to roost.


Evening meal by RobGeraghty, on Flickr

Evening calls

A New Holland Honeyeater was laying claim to his territory before darkness fell.


Evening Calls by RobGeraghty, on Flickr

Evening falls


There have been some extraordinary colours recently, which I believe are caused by the Samoan volcanic eruption.


Samoa sunset in Canberra by RobGeraghty, on Flickr

Evening falls slowly

Half an hour later, it still wasn't dark, but the light had faded to a deep purple (a fire in the sky?).


Deep purple by RobGeraghty, on Flickr

[ToddK]

Fantastic series Rob, all fitting your theme perfectly! The Honeyeater shot is amazing, 1/125 second, 450mm, at 10,000 ISO. Wow!

[Sailor]

Marvelous group of photos, Rob.

Jer

[MikeNArk]

Wonderful collection of images. Those Botanic gardens are a great area for area for viewing and photographing Australian birds. Nice shooting. The sunset photos do have have a different color. Dust storms and fires out west give a different tint to our sunsets.

[RobG]

Fantastic series Rob, all fitting your theme perfectly! The Honeyeater shot is amazing, 1/125 second, 450mm, at 10,000 ISO. Wow!

Thanks! The light was getting poor - the gardens are shaded by Black Mountain in the afternoon.

Marvelous group of photos, Rob.

Thanks Jer!

Wonderful collection of images. Those Botanic gardens are a great area for area for viewing and photographing Australian birds. Nice shooting. The sunset photos do have have a different color. Dust storms and fires out west give a different tint to our sunsets.

The gardens are great for finding a variety of birds in a relatively small space - I walked about a mile (1.6km). That huge explosion near Samoa has put a lot of material into the atmosphere; a similar thing happened years ago with Mount Pinatubo. A friend sent me photos from Fiji of even more amazing colours in the sky. Unfortunately the camera doesn't seem to be able to get sunset tones right - I wish there was a sunset colour balance mode!