Some photos from 2018

2018 was a very busy year for me.
As usual I kept taking photos with my old camera, but until now I did not have the time to go through them and choose some to post. My initial intention was to make only one entry, but the oystercatchers stood out and demanded their own post.

This one will be just a collection of images. As always, each one has its own story, which I tend to somehow always remember, but these stories will remain untold.

Happy New Year!
Hope to see you around again some time in 2019. Enjoy the captured moments!

above: Sulphur-crested Cockatoos, Green Rosella, Juv. Galah, Eastern Rosella, Tasmania

above: Red-necked (Bennet's) Wallabies, Tasmania

above: Tasmanian Scrubwren, Grey Fantail, Silvereye, Common Starling, Black-faced Cormorant, Tasmania

above: Sammy, the New Zealand Fur Seal, Tasmania

above: Masked Lapwing, Grey (Clinking) Currawong. Juv. Australian Magpie, Tasmanian nativehen, Yellow Wattlebird, Noisy Miner, Juv. Grey Butcherbird, Tasmania

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Sulphur-crested Cockatoos in action

Here are several cockatoo photos from yesterday. They trigger mixed emotions in me. On one hand I realize that some of them are quite OK, or even good; on the other I feel frustrated, because my camera is not capable of delivering the quality that I want. AF is always hit or miss, fast shutter speeds result in certain softness and if the object is more than 3 meters away AF is very rarely precise.

Now when I wrote all this, I think frustration dominates. I feel that I have missed a great photographic opportunity, because I was limited by my equipment...

Sulphur-crested Cockatoos, NSW

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Beautiful White Cockie

The red fruit this cockie was eating added beautiful colorful accent to the images...

Sulphur-crested Cockatoo, NSW

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Some more random photos

above: Sulphur-crested Cockatoo

above: Galah

above: Australian Pelican

above: White Pigeon

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Random recent shots

above: Sulphur-crested Cockatoo

above: Hardhead

above: Australian Raven

above: Sulphur-crested Cockatoo

above: Red Wattlebird

above: Purple Swamphen

above: Royal Spoonbill

above: Great Egret

above: Royal Spoonbill

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