Do you live out that way Alex? We don't hear much on here from South Australian areas especially wetlands . I love Wetlands and all their wildlife, just don't get to see enough of them except for ,my recent new spot that I think would have dried up mostly now and I guess doesnt really count as a wetland... more like a wet pond
Ahhh righto Alex, nice piece off the country down there. Thanks for sharing those pics mate, I hadn't seen one before, I will post the ones we get here, I have 5 of them over the back fence at the moment.
Adrienne, there is system of artificial lakes, of course. You know SA extremely dry state and Goverment tries to convert waste areas in green wetlands. Birds like such places and I enjoy walking there.
Oh I see, well that is a great use of wasteland. Feel free to show a habitat kind of pic if you have one , it is always good to see the areas that surround the pic I am sure others would be interested too , thanks Alex
Wow!!! what a beautiful set of shots Alex ... it really shows the surroundings and I totally love the them all . Love the parched cracked mud one especially ....thank you so much for adding them so we can see what you see before you get the great shots of such a tiny little treasure. The skies have come up very well too. Some time ago we tried to encourage people to add a habitat shot with their birds...I think it is a great idea to compliment the species
Thanks. Windhover If the head were turned more toward us the eye would be dark because of lightning conditions. I think detailed eyes are very important in the pics of birds.
A number of SA's important wetlands have been destroyed by developers. While artificial wetlands are great it's a pity they're substitutes for the real thing.
Well I guess in an ideal world Woko we wouldnt need them , but the powers that be are never going to stop the developers from draining swamps etc to make a profit so I say thank goodness there are alternate habitats at least being created for the wildlife.
I am sure Queenskand has a worse record for how to kill the most beautiful states environment
No doubt, birdie. But I find it interesting that wetlands are destroyed, governments spend money building substitutes & then complain that their budgets are tight! As you imply, it's not a perfect world!
And I won't vie with you over which state is the more environmentally destructive but on a positive note I've been keeping watch on a lonely stand of black- anther flax lily on "my" roadside, waiting for council's spray contractor to do his/her thing. Lo & behold, the weeds were sprayed but the black-anther flax lily was untouched! Oh, noble council spray contractor!
Thanks. Windhover If the head were turned more toward us the eye would be dark because of lightning conditions. I think detailed eyes are very important in the pics of birds.
To see the eyes is important, I agree. As long as you get light onto the eye, and in this shot it appears the angle of the sun would've been conducive to achieving that, you'd get to see the eye and have a catchlight. To make an image more appealing, it's best to make sure to get eye contact with the subject in many instances, unless say two birds are fighting, in which case it would be more important to capture the action. I am pretty confident that you would've been able to achieve the eye contact and still "see" the eye. There are also some processing techniques that I could discuss, but let's first understand the point of a histogram.
You obviously didn't get the meaning of my sentence. In a shot of a Black-shouldered Kite I recently posted you told me whites were overexposed. In case you didn't read my response, please do read it first.
What I meant is that if you understand what a histogram is, then be able to use it when you shoot digital images, then you will probably be more qualified to say something is overexposed or not. Is that correct? So, until such time that I can ascertain that you have the technical understanding of digital photography, it would probably be futile trying to explain some processing techniques. In any case, I did suggest the light angle was still good to get a glint of a catchlight in the eye with the head turned more toward you.
It's a nice picture, regardless. If you prefer to not receive constructive comments from me, please say so as I won't say "wow" etc, when in my opinion it is not so.
Beautiful shots, I saw a few down at Goolwa but I couldn't get near them for a photo, thanks for sharing!
Thanx. I was lucky one of the rirds was brave and walked close to me. Goolwa is interesting place. Do you know special areas with nonordinary birds?
Regards
Alex
I'm with Amateur on this, "beautiful shots", I have not seen one before, thanks.
M-L
Good shots mate, what part of the country ???
Wow that top shot is a beauty russian Bear. I have never seen them either
Sunshine Coast Queensland
Thanks. Tassie that's Greenfield wetlands, Nothern part of Adelaide.
Regards
Alex
Do you live out that way Alex? We don't hear much on here from South Australian areas especially wetlands . I love Wetlands and all their wildlife, just don't get to see enough of them except for ,my recent new spot that I think would have dried up mostly now and I guess doesnt really count as a wetland... more like a wet pond
Adrienne
Sunshine Coast Queensland
Ahhh righto Alex, nice piece off the country down there. Thanks for sharing those pics mate, I hadn't seen one before, I will post the ones we get here, I have 5 of them over the back fence at the moment.
Adrienne, there is system of artificial lakes, of course. You know SA extremely dry state and Goverment tries to convert waste areas in green wetlands. Birds like such places and I enjoy walking there.
Regards
Alex
Oh I see, well that is a great use of wasteland. Feel free to show a habitat kind of pic if you have one , it is always good to see the areas that surround the pic I am sure others would be interested too , thanks Alex
Sunshine Coast Queensland
Adrienne, no problem. I can upload some pics of "wetlands" right now.
Regards
Alex
Trere are different depending on area.
Regards
Alex
Wow!!! what a beautiful set of shots Alex ... it really shows the surroundings and I totally love the them all . Love the parched cracked mud one especially ....thank you so much for adding them so we can see what you see before you get the great shots of such a tiny little treasure. The skies have come up very well too. Some time ago we tried to encourage people to add a habitat shot with their birds...I think it is a great idea to compliment the species
Sunshine Coast Queensland
The first one has nice detail Alex. If the head were turned more toward us it would be an excellent shot. It's pretty good as it is though.
Thanks. Windhover If the head were turned more toward us the eye would be dark because of lightning conditions. I think detailed eyes are very important in the pics of birds.
Regards
Alex
A number of SA's important wetlands have been destroyed by developers. While artificial wetlands are great it's a pity they're substitutes for the real thing.
Well I guess in an ideal world Woko we wouldnt need them , but the powers that be are never going to stop the developers from draining swamps etc to make a profit so I say thank goodness there are alternate habitats at least being created for the wildlife.
I am sure Queenskand has a worse record for how to kill the most beautiful states environment
Sunshine Coast Queensland
No doubt, birdie. But I find it interesting that wetlands are destroyed, governments spend money building substitutes & then complain that their budgets are tight! As you imply, it's not a perfect world!
And I won't vie with you over which state is the more environmentally destructive but on a positive note I've been keeping watch on a lonely stand of black- anther flax lily on "my" roadside, waiting for council's spray contractor to do his/her thing. Lo & behold, the weeds were sprayed but the black-anther flax lily was untouched! Oh, noble council spray contractor!
To see the eyes is important, I agree. As long as you get light onto the eye, and in this shot it appears the angle of the sun would've been conducive to achieving that, you'd get to see the eye and have a catchlight. To make an image more appealing, it's best to make sure to get eye contact with the subject in many instances, unless say two birds are fighting, in which case it would be more important to capture the action. I am pretty confident that you would've been able to achieve the eye contact and still "see" the eye. There are also some processing techniques that I could discuss, but let's first understand the point of a histogram.
Thanks Akos. I sure you are quite experienced in processing technics. Can you please explain me what more needed to do with histogram of that picture?
Regards
Alex
Hi Alex
You obviously didn't get the meaning of my sentence. In a shot of a Black-shouldered Kite I recently posted you told me whites were overexposed. In case you didn't read my response, please do read it first.
http://www.birdsinbackyards.net/forum/Another-kite
What I meant is that if you understand what a histogram is, then be able to use it when you shoot digital images, then you will probably be more qualified to say something is overexposed or not. Is that correct? So, until such time that I can ascertain that you have the technical understanding of digital photography, it would probably be futile trying to explain some processing techniques. In any case, I did suggest the light angle was still good to get a glint of a catchlight in the eye with the head turned more toward you.
It's a nice picture, regardless. If you prefer to not receive constructive comments from me, please say so as I won't say "wow" etc, when in my opinion it is not so.