Wildlife Visitors in November 2016

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Furry

Koala feeding

Feathered

Baby Frogmouth

Red Wattlebird

Silvereye

Rainbow Lorikeet eating Loquats

Pardalote

New Holland Honeyeater

Australian Magpie with broken foot

Little Raven

Kookaburra

Tawny Frogmouth family

Young Currawong

Crested Pigeon

Flighty

Brown Wanderer Butterfly

Southern Grass-dart

Rayed Blue butterfly

Planthopper

Moth hiding under bark

Lovebug

Dragonfly

Damselfly

Fighting bees

Unknown butterfly

Cabbage White butterfly

Scaly

Skink

Marbled gecko – maybe pregnant

Creepy, Crawly, Slimy or Scary

Ant with egg

Vine Moth caterpillar

White spider with massive meal

Scorpion

Pie-dish Beetle

Frog and Millipede

Cricket

Centipede

Ant with egg

……and now a little postscript. “Why Blue-banded Bees drive me nuts”

Check out the video here:

Can you see the bee?

It really is there, just follow the arrow and you’ll find it… maybe!

 

 

Macro Moments: Week 20

Ants and Aphids.

Check out “Musin’ With Susan” for more Macro Moments.

It’s Not This Time of Year Without…….

They can play all the tinny Carols they want and hang decorations from every structure around but it’s not Christmas for me without children’s happiness.

Magic

No matter how many times I see a butterfly emerging from its chrysalis to me it’s pure magic every time and so this is my choice for The Daily Post,  Photo Challenge this week.

Macro Moments: Week 19

This week the challenge is to “Broaden Your Scope” and it doesn’t suit me. 😦

I had to bring out my Canon 350D and Sigma DG Macro, 105mm, 1:2.8

My first photo is of a couple of Tawny Frogmouths and was taken at ISO 200, f3.5, 1/200 with the lens set to full. It looks soft to me.

Below is a crop of the image.

 

 

In the photo below one side of the image is in focus but not the other. Maybe it’s just the effect of a narrow depth of field with the plants on the left-hand side being slightly behind or in front of the others.

f4.5, 1/320, ISO 400, focal length 105 mm (full)

Another photo shows similar effects, if I’d used a smaller aperture it would look less messy.

f5, 1/320, ISO 400, focal length 105mm (full)

Below is a shot taken at ISO 400, f9, 1/100 and full focus ie 105mm

The depth of field is better but I still want to crop it, to get in close, macros are my favourites. 🙂

Tiny

Check out other submissions for the Weekly Photo Challenge here.

Tiny termites coming out of their tunnel near the remains of a woodlouse or slater.

Macro Moments Challenge: Week 18

Free choice again this week for the Challenge and today I managed to snap a Southern Grass-Dart butterfly.

These little butterflies are enjoying the fact that Spring has finally arrived!

Panasonic Lumix TZ60 IA setting and no flash or tripod.

Chaos

The topic for the Daily Post Weekly Photo Challenge this week is, “Chaos“.

I think most people who have young children visiting regularly could easily take a suitable image, mine is of the Dolls’ House.