A visit to Sandy Camp Road wetlands

[wigz]

Not a good morning for birds when I'm going for shots of very common birds like Willie Wagtails and Darters. They are very common and easy to photograph so I have too many shots already.

I did see a woman photographing at a kingfisher's nest but didn't want to interfere with her shots.

1. Australasian Darter


2. Willie Wagtail


3. Brown Honeyeater. Not the best pose but the background is nice and smooth


4. Royal Spoonbills



5. Hey wait for me!

[David_MC]

Excellent work Allan.

[wigz]

Thanks David.

[AlfandBen]

Not a bad morning either It may be my monitor but could 1 & 2 do with a slight lift in the lighting to bring out some of the detail in the shadows? The Royal Spoonbill stack is a great shot.

[wigz]

Thanks AlfandBen. I always wary of lightening black birds too much and turning them grey. I think #1 is ok but I've left the background dark as there isn't anything worthwhile there. You are correct that #2 could do with the shadows lifted just a little.

[AlfandBen]

I was looking at them on my monitor at work. They look fine on my monitor at home.

[MJ224]

A great set, despite any weather situations. The Spoonbill photos work well, we have Eurasian Spoonbills here now, slowly moving north with global warming.....

Have to add, we could do with a bit of Global warming here in South Wales, UK. Temperature was 3'C last night...

[wigz]

Thanks Mark. You are welcome to some of our warmth - we had 35 last week but down to around 30 today.

My son in Seoul, South Korea is getting minimums of around -2 and maximums of around 3. I will be there next week.