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Forum: Lens Clubs
04-30-2022, 04:13 AM
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Yeah, I think the key to all sports is to understand them. Predicting what's about to happen is all important, so the more we understand the sport, the better our pics will be.
And yes, wicketkeepers are great for their expressions, as are bowlers after a wicket or beating the bat. :)
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Forum: Lens Clubs
04-28-2022, 06:34 PM
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In a suburban cricket grand final, a batsman thrashes the ball through the off side in the victory against the cricket team I used to captain.
It was all a bit hard to watch, but that's sport - you both win and lose. It was a warm day, so consoling beers were consumed afterwards.
K-1, Pentax F*300 f4.5 with the HD x1.4 DA teleconverter.
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Forum: Lens Clubs
10-30-2021, 03:37 PM
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Pair of lorikeets - it's spring, Down Under. K-1, Sigma 150-500mm.
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Forum: Lens Clubs
06-29-2021, 05:17 PM
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Eastern Spinebill Honeyeater. K-S2, FA*300 f4.5 plus HD 1.4x TC.
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Forum: Lens Clubs
07-15-2020, 04:16 AM
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You need to get to a river. My wife has seen three in the same tree!
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Forum: Lens Clubs
07-15-2020, 12:46 AM
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Love that Pardalote, Craig!
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Forum: Lens Clubs
07-15-2020, 12:41 AM
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The Powerful Owl is an eastern seaboard resident of Australia. It gets to 60cm of length and this one clutches the leftovers of its catch - a ring-tailed possum. It is said that cats and small foxes have been carried off in the past. You can see the possum's tail wrapped around the branch, the rear two legs, and dangling bits the owl didn't care for. K-1, FA*300 f4.5 with the Pentax HD 1.4x TC.
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Forum: Lens Clubs
06-15-2020, 10:27 PM
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Eurasian Coot, Pentax K-1, FA*300 f4.5 and Pentax HD 1.4x TC.
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Forum: Lens Clubs
11-14-2019, 09:28 PM
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Sure have, Swip!
But of course, it's all about the feet. :)
Owls like hawks grab mice or whatever with their claws, these things use their beak on insects like most other birds.
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Forum: Lens Clubs
11-14-2019, 07:15 PM
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Well, all suburbs are in cities, Craig! :D
I've seen them in Royal Park, North Carlton, along the Merri Creek in Fitzroy, Fawkner Park in South Yarra. They just need the trees.
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Forum: Lens Clubs
11-14-2019, 03:54 PM
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They do okay in cities, too, you can see them occasionally up on power lines, just watching. Nocturnal, but they're not raptors, they're more like flycatchers/nighjars.
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Forum: Lens Clubs
11-13-2019, 05:07 PM
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Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo, K-1, FA*300 f4.5:
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Forum: Lens Clubs
11-11-2019, 09:18 PM
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Brown thornbill, K-1, DA55-300:
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Forum: Lens Clubs
06-27-2019, 06:38 PM
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Singing Honeyeater, Altona Beach. K-S2, FA*300 f4.5 with 1.4x HD TC.
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Forum: Lens Clubs
11-13-2018, 04:16 PM
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FA*300 plus 1.4xTC , young Powerful Owl (blood of its recent victim down its front, either a possum or a sleeping parrot) by the river in my neighbouring suburb of Heidelberg in Melbourne.
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Forum: Lens Clubs
09-02-2018, 07:00 PM
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Ibis with an old FD Canon 300mm f2.8 on a Sony A7, there's still life in that lens:
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Forum: Lens Clubs
05-01-2018, 02:02 AM
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Wow ... I gotta get over there. It doesn't appear to be a big area. Where would the Wedgies nest?
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Forum: Lens Clubs
04-30-2018, 10:45 PM
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G'day, Alfa, is that kite at Point Cook? Think I've photographed the same one/pair.
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Forum: Lens Clubs
04-30-2018, 10:39 PM
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K-1, FA*300 f4.5:
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Forum: Lens Clubs
02-07-2018, 03:18 AM
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Would love to see one in the wild, Des!
Only about 100 left, and bellbirds making life hell for them.
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Forum: Lens Clubs
02-05-2018, 11:04 PM
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Eastern Yellow Robin, Helmeted Honeyeater, FA*300 f4.5.
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Forum: Lens Clubs
12-13-2017, 05:28 PM
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Taronga Park Zoo, K-1, FA*300 f4.5.
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Forum: Lens Clubs
11-21-2017, 03:40 PM
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Australian Crane ("brolga") and Red Rumped Parrot. (K-1, FA*300 f4.5).
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Forum: Lens Clubs
09-25-2017, 05:50 PM
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Spotted Pardalote, and a Powerful Owl occasionally munching on the white parrot that it would have swooped on while it was sleeping overnight. The owls have been known to take possums, pigeons, bats and, it's said, small cats.
K-S2, FA*300 with 1.4 HD converter.
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Forum: Lens Clubs
08-03-2017, 04:42 PM
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Thanks, FreeSpirit. I was surprised - I've only previously seen them outside Melbourne, and then I saw this family absolutely hoeing into that bush - very messy and noisy eaters. :)
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