Birds

"Red Kite, Woodstock, North Queensland." 16:9

This magnificent creature was patrolling a property that was running cattle. They would stir up ground life and a bolt from the sky would follow. (Tech info: For bird - Nikon D850, 150-600mm Tamron lens at 460mm, f/11, 1/500 sec, ISO 400, multiple editing programs on an iMac. Background - Daily Texture 'the legend' cropped, 2x30% Orton effect preset (max and light) Photoshop 2020 actions, Nik Color Efex Pro 4 Lens Vignette.)

"Red Kite, Woodstock, North Queensland." 5x7

This magnificent creature was patrolling a property that was running cattle. They would stir up ground life and a bolt from the sky would follow. (Tech info: For bird - Nikon D850, 150-600mm Tamron lens at 460mm, f/11, 1/500 sec, ISO 400, multiple editing programs on an iMac. Background - Daily Texture 'the legend' cropped, 2x30% Orton effect preset (max and light) Photoshop 2020 actions, Nik Color Efex Pro 4 Lens Vignette.)

"Hinchinbrook Bound." 16 9 format.

While it is Australia's biggest island national park, Hinchinbrook is completely uninhabited, with only 40 people allowed on the island at any one time. The Hinchinbrook Channel, in the middle distance, is home to barramundi. And where there are barra's there are crocodiles - estuarine crocs in this case. The seaside town of Cardwell is just a short drive north away. Local indigenous folk there tell of how if they can see the dominant male (crocodile that is 🙂) basking in the distance then they are safe to swim in Rockingham Bay, as its presence keeps the others a safe distance away. This view of the rugged beauty of Hinchinbrook comes courtesy of our road engineers who have created a superb, easily accessible lookout off Highway 1. (iPhone 6s, Nikon D600, Topaz DeNoise AI, Photoshop 21.2 and Nik Color Efex Pro 4 lens vignette filter.)

"Hinchinbrook Bound."

While it is Australia's biggest island national park, Hinchinbrook is completely uninhabited, with only 40 people allowed on the island at any one time. The Hinchinbrook Channel, in the middle distance, is home to barramundi. And where there are barra's there are crocodiles - estuarine crocs in this case. The seaside town of Cardwell is just a short drive north away. Local indigenous folk there tell of how if they can see the dominant male (crocodile that is 🙂) basking in the distance then they are safe to swim in Rockingham Bay, as its presence keeps the others a safe distance away. This view of the rugged beauty of Hinchinbrook comes courtesy of our road engineers who have created a superb, easily accessible lookout off Highway 1. (iPhone 6s, Nikon D600, Topaz DeNoise AI, Photoshop 21.2 and Nik Color Efex Pro 4 lens vignette filter.)

"Hinchinbrook Bound." 5 x 7 format.

While it is Australia's biggest island national park, Hinchinbrook is completely uninhabited, with only 40 people allowed on the island at any one time. The Hinchinbrook Channel, in the middle distance, is home to barramundi. And where there are barra's there are crocodiles - estuarine crocs in this case. The seaside town of Cardwell is just a short drive north away. Local indigenous folk there tell of how if they can see the dominant male (crocodile that is 🙂) basking in the distance then they are safe to swim in Rockingham Bay, as its presence keeps the others a safe distance away. This view of the rugged beauty of Hinchinbrook comes courtesy of our road engineers who have created a superb, easily accessible lookout off Highway 1. (iPhone 6s, Nikon D600, Topaz DeNoise AI, Photoshop 21.2 and Nik Color Efex Pro 4 lens vignette filter.)

"Marsh Harrier, Hurst Creek, Northern Tasmania." 16:9 format.

via Bridport. Nikon D750, 28-300mm lens. DT Quiet Marsh 10 texture.

"Marsh Harrier, Hurst Creek, Northern Tasmania." 1:1 format.

via Bridport. Nikon D750, 28-300mm lens. DT Quiet Marsh 10 texture.

"Crashing Waves and Shorebirds." 16:9 format.

A Brahminy Kite and Gulls were photographed on the edge of Rowes Bay, Townsville and layered over a textured background. I applied the compositional 'rule of odds', as taught me by Doreen Tracey, and did not add a fourth bird. (Nikon D850, Tamron 150-600mm lens at 600mm. Edited in Photoshop 2020, a Daily Texture's Captured Light at Sea series, Nik ColorEfex Pro vignette. 16 9 format.)

"Crashing Waves and Shorebirds."

A Brahminy Kite and Gulls were photographed on the edge of Rowes Bay, Townsville and layered over a textured background. I applied the compositional 'rule of odds', as taught me by Doreen Tracey, and did not add a fourth bird. (Nikon D850, Tamron 150-600mm lens at 600mm. Edited in Photoshop 2020, a Daily Texture's Captured Light at Sea series, Nik ColorEfex Pro vignette. 16 9 format.)

Prisma Gothic - Partial Paint of Brahminy Kite.

"Brahminy Kite Flanked by Gulls."

Photographed yesterday over Rowes Bay, Townsville, with Magnetic Island on the horizon. It was a windy day, with strong onshore breezes. The whitecaps are a clue. As is the uniform gliding (versus varied flapping) configuration of the birds’ wings. (Camera: Nikon D850, Program Exposure mode AE, ISO 1600, 1/1600sec, f/20. Lens: Tamron 150-600mm f/5.0-6.3 at 380mm. Handheld. Editors: Aurora HDR, Photoshop CC 2020, Luminar 4 for sky composite, Nik Color Efex Pro 4.)

"Blue-faced Honeyeater."

The Blue-faced Honeyeater is a large black, white and golden olive-green honeyeater. Its striking blue skin around the yellow to white eye makes hard to mistake. Photographed in suburban Townsville and reworked in Topaz Studio 2 - rendered with some impressionist brushwork and differential masking-in of my original photo.