9th posting of photographs of Sydney August, 2015
The captions give the names and locations of these Australian bird photographs created August 2 to August 19, 2015.
8th posting of photographs of Sydney August, 2015
The captions give the names and locations of these Australian bird photographs created August 2 to August 18, 2015.
5th posting of photographs of Sydney August 15, 2015.
An outing to the Sydney Fish Markets in Blackwattle Bay is lots of fun. The Pelicans are very tame and well fed. The market is always teaming with people and birds. There are many fish vendors inside the market building and people go there to eat or buy fish to eat later. I prefer sitting outside is best.
On the way home we walked past the Sydney Maritime Museum and crossed Pyrmont Bridge, Darling Harbor.
Our trips to Newington Nature Preserve (July 28, 2015) and Manly (July 30, 2015), Sydney Australia.
While waiting at Circular Quay for the ferry to Newington Nature Reserve, near Olympic Park on Wentworth Point I stopped for coffee and captured this early morning shadow.
Australian magpie seen strolling along the banks of the Parramatta River at Newington Reserve.
Just South West of Newington Nature Reserve is the Narawang Wetland by Hill Road.
There we saw Eurasian Coots.
Further along the path at Narawang Wetland.
Why does a Purple Swamphen cross the tracks?
To get to the other side of course.
Back at the Quay I photographed these large ferns.
At my mothers and sisters flat at Rushcutters Bay a Laughing Kookaburra sang by the balcony.
A couple of days later we went to Manly. This stone crab sits in Lagoon Park.
View of Manly Lagoon.
It is still winter in Sydney and the beaches are mostly empty. This little girl was alone on the beach.
As we walked along the promenade I saw this Common Myna eating an apple core.
Sulphur-crested Cockatoos like to feed on the pine seeds. They are not shy and travel in noisy gangs.
Surfers go out all year long. To the right is a pair of dolphins.
You might be able to just make out that this is a Bottlenose Dolphin.
Second posting for the Sydney trip. More to come.
I was called to Sydney Australia by my 95 year old mother for a month from the last week of July. I was too busy there with family and had no time to process or upload any pictures. Now that I am home I will post a few at a time over the next several weeks. I love Australian wildlife and made sure to squeeze some time to see some.
Pictures from the start of our stay, July 24 to 26.
I spent a beautiful day at Nickerson Beach, Long Island, New York on June 17th 2015 with friends to look at seabirds. I took these with my 24-85 mm lens because my Nikon 80-400 mm is still being repaired.
Tuesday was a freezing cold day. I only managed to take a few photographs in Central Park. Here are 4 edited in Lightroom and Photoshop.
American Robin, Central Park 1/13/2015
I took two photos next to each other and blended them in Photoshop. Then I added texture and, lines and a vignette. Bryant Park is an odd place — migrants of all sorts wind up there.
Created in Photoshop. NIKON D750, f-stop f/5.6, exposure time 1/125 sec. ISO 2200, focal length 400mm, and max aperture 5.
