Tag Archives: Black and white

On the look out

Posted on January 17, 2018 | Leave a comment

Looking for breakfast…

Laughing Kookaburra, Rotunda Reserve, Newstead, Vic

Laughing Kookaburra, Rotunda Reserve, Newstead, Vic

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Juvenile Nankeen Night-heron

Posted on May 15, 2017 | 1 comment

Since February we have been seeing juvenile Nankeen Night-herons roosting and hunting along Elster Creek. Good conditions inland and locally over the spring and summer has meant good numbers are appearing. The juvenile has brown and white streaking to help with camouflage while building up their survival and hunting skills.

Juvenile Nankeen Night Heron, Elster Creek, Elsternwick, Vic 25 Feb 2017

Juvenile Nankeen Night-Heron, Elster Creek, Elsternwick, Vic 

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Scissors Grinder of Newstead Cemetery

Posted on May 11, 2017 | 4 comments

For a small hillside country cemetery, surrounded by paddocks of sheep, Newstead has a surprising array of birds feeding in the area. There are several  large mature gums and a few small creeks with dense foliage that the smaller birds love. There were many birds when I visited on the weekend including several Restless Flycatchers also called “Scissors grinder” for their whirring, rasping hissing call. The one below, an immature female was moving between headstones chasing insects.

Restless Flycatcher, Newstead Cemetery, Newstead, Vic

Restless Flycatcher, Newstead Cemetery, Newstead, Vic

 

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Superb Fairy-wren

Posted on May 10, 2017 | Leave a comment

A tiny Superb Fairy-wren at the Garden of St Erth in Blackwood, Victoria. I watched a small family group hunting along a path. I could not get in front of them to get the right light, but it made for an interesting silhouette.

Superb Fairy-wren, Garden of St Erth, Blackwood, Vic

Superb Fairy-wren, Garden of St Erth, Blackwood, Vic

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Guitarist of Flanigan Lane

Posted on August 24, 2016 | Leave a comment

A walk through a narrow laneway: Flanigan Lane, in the Melbourne CBD,  and a nice surprise, a very large mural of a Blues guitarist…

Guitarist wall mural, Flanigan Lane, Melbourne CBD

Guitarist wall mural, Flanigan Lane, Melbourne CBD

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Black and White modelling at Black Rock

Posted on June 13, 2016 | Leave a comment

Waking along the Black Rock Beach looking for fossilised sharks teeth with a friend, we noticed this pair practicing their modelling shots…the accidental blurring and sun contrast made an interesting silhouette shot…

Modelling at Black Rock Beach, Victoria

Modelling at Black Rock Beach, Victoria

 

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New Banksias and Old….

Posted on April 12, 2016 | 2 comments

While camping at Balnarring Beach Foreshore, a friend (Antoniette) and I photographed the local Banksia flowers stems and seed pods. When left undisturbed the Banksias can grow to large tree-size specimens and attract many birds, mammals and insects.

Banksia Flower Spike, Balnarring Beach, Victoria

Banksia Flower Spike, Balnarring Beach, Victoria

Banksia Seed Pods, Balnarring Beach, Victoria

Last year’s Banksia Seed Pods, Balnarring Beach, Victoria

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The beautiful Royal Arcade

Posted on April 4, 2016 | Leave a comment

A favourite walk-thru from Bourke St Mall to Little Collins St – one of the most popular shopping arcades of the Melbourne CBD…for boutique shops, lollies and photography…

Royal Arcade, off Bourke St Mall, Melbourne CBD

Royal Arcade, off Bourke St Mall, Melbourne CBD

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Preening along the creek…

Posted on March 29, 2016 | 2 comments

While walking along Elster Creek, I photographed a flock of Australian Wood Ducks that have been in the area over the summer. Wood Ducks breed in large numbers with parents and the occasional aunt raising up to 16 chicks. The one photographed below was grooming its finer down feathers. I thought the wind was blowing the feathers forward but as I photographed the duck it raised and lowered the feathers at will as it preened.

Australian Wood Duck, Elster Creek, Victoria

Australian Wood Duck, Elster Creek, Victoria

 

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Motorised Coffee Table?

Posted on March 28, 2016 | 1 comment

Walking today with Ron, a fellow photographer, along one of the main roads near my place, I saw a low object speeding down the bike lane on the road. Something about it did not look right but at the time we were talking about the local chimney designs (as you do)…the object sped past and noticed that we were watching and laughing, so he did a big u-turn, waved us on to take photos and sped off again down the road…

Groovy Scooter, Elwood, Victoria

Groovy Scooter, Elwood, Victoria

Groovy Scooter, Elwood, Victoria

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Groovy Scooter, Elwood, Victoria

Rock On…

Groovy Scooter, Elwood, Victoria

Off into the sunset…

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Cockatoos and Barbed Wire Emus

Posted on March 27, 2016 | Leave a comment

On a day trip with a few birder friends, we explored Eynesbury Forest in the western plains about half an hour from Melbourne. Eynesbury is a growing commuter suburb established in a rural setting with a 288 hectare Grey Box Forest. It has a good variety of birds and animals and has an open under-story with good foliage for the smaller birds. I have always enjoyed walking in the area. On this particular trip we found large groups of cockatoos and parrots. I found the group below feeding on salt bush seeds. Later we explored the old colonial homestead grounds and found the barbed wire Emu.

Sulphur Crested Cockatoo, Eynesbury Forest, Victoria

Sulphur Crested Cockatoos feeding on seeds, Eynesbury Forest

Sulphur Crested Cockatoo, Eynesbury Forest, Victoria

Sulphur Crested Cockatoo, Eynesbury Forest, Victoria

Barbed Wire Emu, Eynesbury Forest, Victoria, 20 Feb 2016

Barbed Wire Emu, Eynesbury Homestead, Victoria, 20 Feb 2016

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Tree Man of AC/DC Lane

Posted on March 26, 2016 | Leave a comment

Over a few days I watched a new mural being created in AC DC Lane. Multi-story high man with a large tree branch. There has been a lot of construction work within the area of ACDC Lane and Duckboard Place. It makes a nice change to have something new and interesting to look at rather than construction vehicles and piles of excavation mess.

BW 2 ACDC Lane Man with Tree Mural, Melbourne CBD, 29 Feb 2016

A new mural in ACDC Lane, Melbourne CBD

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The smallest Laneway

Posted on March 25, 2016 | 2 comments

There is a tiny shoulder-width laneway between Little Bourke St in China Town and Lonsdale St. It actually has a doorway within the wall that leads into a small courtyard at the back of the shops on Lonsdale St. The lane opens onto Corrs Lane that has several Japanese and Chinese restaurants including the very good Shanghai Street Dumplings Restaurant where you can watch the ladies making the fresh dumplings through the street window. The shops on the Lonsdale St side all used to be Greek cafes, cake shops and restaurants.  Several good ones remain. This narrow portal can take you from China to Greece….

Laneway off Lonsdale St, Melbourne CBD

Laneway between Lonsdale St and Corrs Lane, Melbourne CBD

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Chess in the CBD…

Posted on March 23, 2016 | Leave a comment

Sometimes, on a walk around town at lunchtime, I stop at the State Library steps and watch the chess players. Usually I just watch and figure out the strategies and what the next move might be. But in carrying my camera it becomes about angles, lighting and composition…

Chess at the State Library, Melbourne CBD

Chess at the State Library, Melbourne CBD

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Monochrome Melbourne II

Posted on February 7, 2016 | 1 comment

Another lunchtime walk around Melbourne last week, enjoying the sun, the people and the architecture.

Burke and Wills memorial, Melbourne CBD

Burke and Wills memorial, Melbourne CBD

Smokers in Presgrave Place, Melbourne CBD

Smokers in Presgrave Place, Melbourne CBD

Buskers and tourists, Bourke St Mall, Melbourne CBD

Buskers and tourists, Bourke St Mall, Melbourne CBD

 

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