Date: 2/09/2011 18:40:14
From: pain master
ID: 137913
Subject: Spring Photos.
Date: 2/09/2011 18:40:36
From: pain master
ID: 137914
Subject: re: Spring Photos.
pain master said:
nice tail. what sort of bird is this?
pain master said:
That’s my bird!!! Haven’t seen ours for a while now though. My kind of bird I reckon.
bluegreen said:
pain master said:
nice tail. what sort of bird is this?
I know. I know BG. It’s a pheasant coucal.
pomolo said:
bluegreen said:
pain master said:
nice tail. what sort of bird is this?
I know. I know BG. It’s a pheasant coucal.
yup.
bluegreen said:
pain master said:
nice tail. what sort of bird is this?
they’re a Cuckoo, and the largest one Australia has, but it doesn’t parasite other nests, it raises its own young and builds nests on the ground. Great bird, very common in Sugar Cane!
pain master said:
bluegreen said:
pain master said:
nice tail. what sort of bird is this?
they’re a Cuckoo, and the largest one Australia has, but it doesn’t parasite other nests, it raises its own young and builds nests on the ground. Great bird, very common in Sugar Cane!
Great photo too.
roughbarked said:
pain master said:
bluegreen said:nice tail. what sort of bird is this?
they’re a Cuckoo, and the largest one Australia has, but it doesn’t parasite other nests, it raises its own young and builds nests on the ground. Great bird, very common in Sugar Cane!
Great photo too.
would have just liked to have gotten that last touch of feather in frame…
pain master said:
roughbarked said:
pain master said:they’re a Cuckoo, and the largest one Australia has, but it doesn’t parasite other nests, it raises its own young and builds nests on the ground. Great bird, very common in Sugar Cane!
Great photo too.
would have just liked to have gotten that last touch of feather in frame…
Ah yes but this isn’t a photo competition. I do know what you mean though. When i comes to very good photos the merest small failure renders the photo almost useless for winning the prize.
roughbarked said:
pain master said:
roughbarked said:Great photo too.
would have just liked to have gotten that last touch of feather in frame…
Ah yes but this isn’t a photo competition. I do know what you mean though. When i comes to very good photos the merest small failure renders the photo almost useless for winning the prize.
I knew as soon as I took the shot that it was like “ohhhh that tail has been cut!”
pain master said:
roughbarked said:
pain master said:would have just liked to have gotten that last touch of feather in frame…
Ah yes but this isn’t a photo competition. I do know what you mean though. When i comes to very good photos the merest small failure renders the photo almost useless for winning the prize.
I knew as soon as I took the shot that it was like “ohhhh that tail has been cut!”
That will go in your ‘learn from’ file eh? Gorgeous pic anyway :)
Camellia ‘Red Red Rose’
sleepy ducks…
Bronze Cuckoo.
silky crystal creek waterfall
pain master said:
silky crystal creek waterfall
be nice to go for a swim :)
trichome said:
pain master said:
silky crystal creek waterfall
be nice to go for a swim :)
interestingly enough, it was about the first time on a Sunday that there was no one in there! I think because it was a chilly day here and also, the water level is the lowest I have seen it. That water there was only shin deep and the main pool was almost swimmable.
pain master said:
silky crystal creek waterfall
Is that up in Hervey’s Range?
trichome said:
pain master said:
silky crystal creek waterfall
be nice to go for a swim :)
Does look rather inviting, doesn’t it?
Love the way PM has captured the splash at the junction of the fall and the waterhole
Dinetta said:
pain master said:
silky crystal creek waterfall
Is that up in Hervey’s Range?
not really… up at Paluma, at Mt Spec. So head north of Townsville to Rollingstone and turn left
pain master said:
Dinetta said:
pain master said:
silky crystal creek waterfall
Is that up in Hervey’s Range?
not really… up at Paluma, at Mt Spec. So head north of Townsville to Rollingstone and turn left
Should have got around a bit more when I was up there…
Dinetta said:
pain master said:
Dinetta said:Is that up in Hervey’s Range?
not really… up at Paluma, at Mt Spec. So head north of Townsville to Rollingstone and turn left
Should have got around a bit more when I was up there…
yes.
pain master said:
Dinetta said:
pain master said:not really… up at Paluma, at Mt Spec. So head north of Townsville to Rollingstone and turn left
Should have got around a bit more when I was up there…
yes.
Shame on me, at the time I thought Magnetic Island was “it”…
I have four Speckled Sussex ladies with attitude!
http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n245/lizza_06/Penshurst%20garden/Chooks/Playingwithchooks225Sept10.jpg
Buschka (the Boxer) plays with them….and they peck her on the nose, through the wire. I also have a 20mx1.3m run that we can push the Chook Tractor up to and let them into.
Dinetta said:
pain master said:
Dinetta said:Should have got around a bit more when I was up there…
yes.
Shame on me, at the time I thought Magnetic Island was “it”…
it’s okay. But there is a little more.
I’d try it like this buffy….
buffy said:
I have four Speckled Sussex ladies with attitude!
http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n245/lizza_06/Penshurst%20garden/Chooks/Playingwithchooks225Sept10.jpg
Buschka (the Boxer) plays with them….and they peck her on the nose, through the wire. I also have a 20mx1.3m run that we can push the Chook Tractor up to and let them into.
Oh yes, I remember now! lol!
pain master said:
silky crystal creek waterfall
Beautiful. It’s been so long since I’ve seen a good running waterfall or creek.
outdoor art
Love it.. :)
on that theme.. nature’s wacky sense of humour
pain master said:
outdoor art
roughbarked said:
Love it.. :)on that theme.. nature’s wacky sense of humour
cheeky, more like
Dinetta said:
roughbarked said:
Love it.. :)on that theme.. nature’s wacky sense of humour
cheeky, more like
Not going near her cheeks 
pain master said:
outdoor art
That thing would give me nightmares, if I could sleep. It’s eyes follow you…
pain master said:
outdoor art
I quite like the sculptured parts, it’s the eyes and mouth/nose that’s spookie…Can you give us a bit of background info on this, PM? Is it one of GF’s works?
pain master said:
outdoor art
I am without words.
roughbarked said:
Love it.. :)on that theme.. nature’s wacky sense of humour
Clever nature.
roughbarked said:
Dinetta said:
roughbarked said:
Love it.. :)on that theme.. nature’s wacky sense of humour
cheeky, more like
Not going near her cheeks
How on earth does that skinny body manage to hold up that gear on her head. She looks as though she would break if you poked her. No poking you guys. LOL.
pomolo said:
roughbarked said:
Dinetta said:cheeky, more like
Not going near her cheeks
How on earth does that skinny body manage to hold up that gear on her head. She looks as though she would break if you poked her. No poking you guys. LOL.
hope her nails are okay.
pain master said:
pomolo said:
roughbarked said:Not going near her cheeks
How on earth does that skinny body manage to hold up that gear on her head. She looks as though she would break if you poked her. No poking you guys. LOL.
hope her nails are okay.
it has to be italy
Mummy Long Legs.
and again.
pain master said:
Mummy Long Legs.
L o n g hairy legs.
Tomatillos.
Bug
bluegreen said:
Pretty…… we have them flowering here too.
That is a very white one. And in very good nick. The pale ones do spoil with the weather rather easily, don’t they.
buffy said:
That is a very white one. And in very good nick. The pale ones do spoil with the weather rather easily, don’t they.
yes, and the bugs like them too.
housefull
pain master said:
housefull
big head, small body – it must be a brainy pacifist. the disposition of the legs around the head segment and the little upright spikes on the legs are shown very well – and are things i had not noticed before.
moth
pain master said:
moth
looks like something has taken a bite of him
bluegreen said:
pain master said:
moth
looks like something has taken a bite of him
wasn’t me.
didn’t take many photos today… too busy gasbagging to Pomolo. But I did find this little bug.
pain master said:
didn’t take many photos today… too busy gasbagging to Pomolo. But I did find this little bug.
my! what long legs you’ve got, grasshopper! :)
jumpy jumpy
more jumpy jumpy
more jumpy jumpy even
Katydid
Hehe , love those spidys :)
Happy Potter said:
Hehe , love those spidys :)
thanks :)
another jumpy jumpy
pain master said:
another jumpy jumpy
like jumpy jumpies :)
Mantid
frog
pain master said:
frog
i’ve never seen a weeping frog’s eye before – closeups are quite educational..
justin said:
pain master said:
frog
i’ve never seen a weeping frog’s eye before – closeups are quite educational..
he’s not weeping… a little tired maybe, but no tears.
pain master said:
justin said:
pain master said:
frog
i’ve never seen a weeping frog’s eye before – closeups are quite educational..
he’s not weeping… a little tired maybe, but no tears.
there are runnels
justin said:
pain master said:
justin said:i’ve never seen a weeping frog’s eye before – closeups are quite educational..
he’s not weeping… a little tired maybe, but no tears.
there are runnels
them would just be my shallow depth of focus
That froggy looks sinister. He looks like he’s up to no good, no good at all.
Happy Potter said:
That froggy looks sinister. He looks like he’s up to no good, no good at all.
he was just sleepy.
bug eggs
painmaster said:
bug eggs
cool :)
bluegreen said:
painmaster said:
bug eggs
cool :)
kinda looks like an upside down aussi hat with the corks on stiff ropes – which is totally irrelevant.
good shot – tho’ they look more like fungii
justin said:
bluegreen said:
painmaster said:
bug eggs
cool :)
kinda looks like an upside down aussi hat with the corks on stiff ropes – which is totally irrelevant.
good shot – tho’ they look more like fungii
you are not the first to suggest they look like fungi but you are the first to say it looks like a Cobber’s hat upside down.
They are lacewing eggs by the way.
painmaster said:
justin said:
bluegreen said:cool :)
kinda looks like an upside down aussi hat with the corks on stiff ropes – which is totally irrelevant.
good shot – tho’ they look more like fungii
you are not the first to suggest they look like fungi but you are the first to say it looks like a Cobber’s hat upside down.
They are lacewing eggs by the way.
I was thinking the leaf looked like a hat too, but I just didn’t say it ;)
mum and baby
butterfly
grasshopper.
painmaster said:
grasshopper.
i keep thinking these photos are metallic sculptures.
amazing photo but hey – we breed ‘em bigger down south.
justin said:
painmaster said:
grasshopper.
i keep thinking these photos are metallic sculptures.
amazing photo but hey – we breed ‘em bigger down south.
we too have some bigguns, and yeah this one is teeny tiny, around 5mm long!
painmaster said:
grasshopper.
A grasshopper doing yoga! haha
painmaster said:
grasshopper.
Looks like he’s made of gold.
justin said:
painmaster said:
grasshopper.
i keep thinking these photos are metallic sculptures.
amazing photo but hey – we breed ‘em bigger down south.
And you can keep them down south.
painmaster said:
justin said:
painmaster said:
grasshopper.
i keep thinking these photos are metallic sculptures.
amazing photo but hey – we breed ‘em bigger down south.
we too have some bigguns, and yeah this one is teeny tiny, around 5mm long!
I sometimes wish you were here PM. We get some photographic flying things around our screen door every night now that it’s warmer. My camera doesn’t do them justice.
pomolo said:
painmaster said:
justin said:i keep thinking these photos are metallic sculptures.
amazing photo but hey – we breed ‘em bigger down south.
we too have some bigguns, and yeah this one is teeny tiny, around 5mm long!
I sometimes wish you were here PM. We get some photographic flying things around our screen door every night now that it’s warmer. My camera doesn’t do them justice.
I have 10 frogs on my screen door each night to keep those bug numbers down.
painmaster said:
grasshopper.
cute, looks like a baby :)
painmaster said:
pomolo said:
painmaster said:we too have some bigguns, and yeah this one is teeny tiny, around 5mm long!
I sometimes wish you were here PM. We get some photographic flying things around our screen door every night now that it’s warmer. My camera doesn’t do them justice.
I have 10 frogs on my screen door each night to keep those bug numbers down.
We have weeny frogs that hang on the glass of the windows. Dog keeps adults at bay.
painmaster said:
grasshopper.
are you sure of that?
roughbarked said:
painmaster said:
grasshopper.
are you sure of that?
it is known by another name?
bug
are you using macro lens or doing crops?
if lens which lens? Thanks :)
trichome said:
are you using macro lens or doing crops?
if lens which lens? Thanks :)
the last shot (the bug) was a 35mm f3.5 macro combined with a 2x converter. And was cropped a little bit across the top and bottom to get that wide-look. Not much cropped but a little.
The 2x converter with the 35mm gives me a f7.0 70mm lens but this shot was taken at f16.0 to get some depth in the shot. With the flash and home-made diffuser.
thansk for the info, i’m soon getting an EF-S 60mm macro for my 60D :)
painmaster said:
bug
Beautiful colours. Something has had a go at it by the looks.
painmaster said:
roughbarked said:
painmaster said:
grasshopper.
are you sure of that?
it is known by another name?
cricket
Not to PM’s quality but interesting all the same..
roughbarked said:
Not to PM’s quality but interesting all the same..
asked her out to dinner but what he really wanted was…
bluegreen said:
roughbarked said:
Not to PM’s quality but interesting all the same..
asked her out to dinner but what he really wanted was…
trichome said:
thansk for the info, i’m soon getting an EF-S 60mm macro for my 60D :)
very nice, you will get true 1:1 ratio with that lens when compared to the old 35mm format…. sooooo if you get yourself some extension tubes and/or a converter, then you should be able to get up close and very very personal with some cool bugs! Especially jumpy jumpy spideys spideys!
pomolo said:
painmaster said:
bug
Beautiful colours. Something has had a go at it by the looks.
yeah poor blighter has some battle scars. Probably involving sex, knowing bugs!
roughbarked said:
painmaster said:
roughbarked said:are you sure of that?
it is known by another name?
cricket
really? I know crickets as the black shiny dudes.
roughbarked said:
Not to PM’s quality but interesting all the same..
dinner and a date?
Apostlebird
By the way, found a name.
painmaster said:
Net Winged Beetle
painmaster said:
By the way, found a name.painmaster said:
Net Winged Beetle
Belongs to the group of longicorns.
painmaster said:
roughbarked said:
Not to PM’s quality but interesting all the same..
dinner and a date?
:)
painmaster said:
roughbarked said:
painmaster said:it is known by another name?
cricket
really? I know crickets as the black shiny dudes.
There are more than one type of cricket.
roughbarked said:
painmaster said:
roughbarked said:cricket
really? I know crickets as the black shiny dudes.
There are more than one type of cricket.
I’m listening…
painmaster said:
By the way, found a name.painmaster said:
Net Winged Beetle
Et winged beetle
Happy Potter said:
painmaster said:
By the way, found a name.painmaster said:
Net Winged Beetle
Et winged beetle
hee hee
is it a beetle or a bug?
ooh that looks like a junenile spined citrus bug
Happy Potter said:
ooh that looks like a junenile spined citrus bug
:)
Anyway, there are a lot of links to read on this page
Then there’s the explanation of Longicorn
roughbarked said:
is it a beetle or a bug?
seen them before… Shield Bug eh?
painmaster said:
roughbarked said:
is it a beetle or a bug?
seen them before… Shield Bug eh?
Yep
http://www.australianmuseum.net.au/What-are-the-differences-between-bugs-and-beetles
Anyway.. You are correct:
Metriorrhynchus rhipidius
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Elateriformia
Superfamily: Elateroidea
Family: Lycidae
roughbarked said:
Not to PM’s quality but interesting all the same..
Blatent voyeurism. lol.
Yes I suppose it is that.
painmaster said:
pomolo said:
painmaster said:
bug
Beautiful colours. Something has had a go at it by the looks.
yeah poor blighter has some battle scars. Probably involving sex, knowing bugs!
It has to be a male then.
painmaster said:
Apostlebird
There should be 12 of them.
roughbarked said:
painmaster said:
roughbarked said:cricket
really? I know crickets as the black shiny dudes.
There are more than one type of cricket.
Then there is Jimmeny too.
roughbarked said:
is it a beetle or a bug?
That’s and interesting one. He looks furry.
http://www.australianmuseum.net.au/Transfer/ToSubSection/?id=27528&path=Grasshoppers-crickets-katydids-and-locusts-Order-Orthoptera
roughbarked said:
painmaster said:
roughbarked said:are you sure of that?
it is known by another name?
cricket
Katydid nymph?
bubba louie said:
roughbarked said:
painmaster said:it is known by another name?
cricket
Katydid nymph?
Likely but it isn’t a grasshopper per se. ;)
a small short story of a dragon’s tale..
roughbarked said:
a small short story of a dragon’s tale..oops a link might help.. (scratches head)
Great pics.
hehehe @ “ I’ve had enough, I’m calling the cops”
roughbarked said:
a small short story of a dragon’s tale..oops a link might help.. (scratches head)
:)
roughbarked said:
Not to PM’s quality but interesting all the same..
laugh haha – incredible closeup
painmaster said:
Apostlebird
great shot – he’s got the legs and frown of a predator.
roughbarked said:
is it a beetle or a bug?
that is close up – crusader beetle ?
roughbarked said:
a small short story of a dragon’s tale..oops a link might help.. (scratches head)
the shots need a size comparison imho.
i have them here but your dragon looks bigger than mine.
great shots as always.
justin said:
roughbarked said:
a small short story of a dragon’s tale..oops a link might help.. (scratches head)
the shots need a size comparison imho.
i have them here but your dragon looks bigger than mine.
great shots as always.
This one is a baby compared to the biggest and is 450 mm + . Because the clothesline wires are 450 mm apart.
The biggest one around here would be 900 mm minimum. However I havet pinned him down to measure since I saw him last.pomolo said:
painmaster said:
pomolo said:Beautiful colours. Something has had a go at it by the looks.
yeah poor blighter has some battle scars. Probably involving sex, knowing bugs!
It has to be a male then.
Chicks dig scars eh?
pomolo said:
painmaster said:
Apostlebird
There should be 12 of them.
there was 3….
justin said:
painmaster said:
Apostlebird
great shot – he’s got the legs and frown of a predator.
not sure what he eats… he got the beak of a seed eater though!
roughbarked said:
painmaster said:
By the way, found a name.painmaster said:
Net Winged Beetle
Belongs to the group of longicorns.
Roughy, I asked an Entomologist friend and he disagrees. He said “No, they are in a different superfamily, the Elateroidea. They are closest to Fireflies and Soldier beetles. Long horns are in the Cerambycidae, they are closest to Chrysomelidae in the superfamily Chrysomeloidea”
bubba louie said:
roughbarked said:
painmaster said:it is known by another name?
cricket
Katydid nymph?
my Entomologist friend also said about the teeny tiny grasshopper… “Looks more like a Katydid, Tettigoniidae, although they can be commonly referred to as bush Crickets. Cheers!”
painmaster said:
bubba louie said:
roughbarked said:cricket
Katydid nymph?
my Entomologist friend also said about the teeny tiny grasshopper… “Looks more like a Katydid, Tettigoniidae, although they can be commonly referred to as bush Crickets. Cheers!”
Told ya I was the queen of google.
bubba louie said:
painmaster said:
bubba louie said:Katydid nymph?
my Entomologist friend also said about the teeny tiny grasshopper… “Looks more like a Katydid, Tettigoniidae, although they can be commonly referred to as bush Crickets. Cheers!”
Told ya I was the queen of google.
Nice work Bubba Googlie!
Townsville on a hot October night!
painmaster said:
pomolo said:
painmaster said:
Apostlebird
There should be 12 of them.
there was 3….
We call them lousyjacks and it is likley that the others weren’t far away.. if they get bold, they all turn up.
painmaster said:
justin said:
painmaster said:
Apostlebird
great shot – he’s got the legs and frown of a predator.
not sure what he eats… he got the beak of a seed eater though!
Yep. insects and seeds.
many seed or honey eaters, feed their young insects.painmaster said:
roughbarked said:
painmaster said:
By the way, found a name.Belongs to the group of longicorns.
Roughy, I asked an Entomologist friend and he disagrees. He said “No, they are in a different superfamily, the Elateroidea. They are closest to Fireflies and Soldier beetles. Long horns are in the Cerambycidae, they are closest to Chrysomelidae in the superfamily Chrysomeloidea”
I did correct myself.. Lycidae
roughbarked said:
painmaster said:
pomolo said:There should be 12 of them.
there was 3….
We call them lousyjacks and it is likley that the others weren’t far away.. if they get bold, they all turn up.
Lousyjacks?
roughbarked said:
painmaster said:
roughbarked said:Belongs to the group of longicorns.
Roughy, I asked an Entomologist friend and he disagrees. He said “No, they are in a different superfamily, the Elateroidea. They are closest to Fireflies and Soldier beetles. Long horns are in the Cerambycidae, they are closest to Chrysomelidae in the superfamily Chrysomeloidea”
I did correct myself.. Lycidae
must’ve missed that. Sorry!
painmaster said:
roughbarked said:
painmaster said:there was 3….
We call them lousyjacks and it is likley that the others weren’t far away.. if they get bold, they all turn up.
Lousyjacks?
Yeah.. Don’t ask me why but it is a common name around here. I think it could be because once one or two turn up and like the place, suddenly it is lousy with them.
roughbarked said:
painmaster said:
roughbarked said:We call them lousyjacks and it is likley that the others weren’t far away.. if they get bold, they all turn up.
Lousyjacks?
Yeah.. Don’t ask me why but it is a common name around here. I think it could be because once one or two turn up and like the place, suddenly it is lousy with them.
sounds fair… lets see if my brian can remember next time I see one. I call peaceful Doves; Jimmy birds.
painmaster said:
roughbarked said:
painmaster said:Lousyjacks?
Yeah.. Don’t ask me why but it is a common name around here. I think it could be because once one or two turn up and like the place, suddenly it is lousy with them.
sounds fair… lets see if my brian can remember next time I see one. I call peaceful Doves; Jimmy birds.
OK, I never heard that one. To me they are rare visitors, rarely noticed unless they speak up..
roughbarked said:
painmaster said:
roughbarked said:Yeah.. Don’t ask me why but it is a common name around here. I think it could be because once one or two turn up and like the place, suddenly it is lousy with them.
sounds fair… lets see if my brian can remember next time I see one. I call peaceful Doves; Jimmy birds.
OK, I never heard that one. To me they are rare visitors, rarely noticed unless they speak up..
Just saw one one day and said “Oi Jimmy, get out of the way!” and the name stuck.
My maggie with the dodgy foot is still with me. Maybe i should name him/her????
painmaster said:
roughbarked said:
painmaster said:sounds fair… lets see if my brian can remember next time I see one. I call peaceful Doves; Jimmy birds.
OK, I never heard that one. To me they are rare visitors, rarely noticed unless they speak up..
Just saw one one day and said “Oi Jimmy, get out of the way!” and the name stuck.
I get both the diamond dove and the peaceful dove but the main one is the crested pigeon.. I also have bronze winged pigeons. Which are the ones I’d often have to tell to get out of the way on a local back road.
bubba louie said:
My maggie with the dodgy foot is still with me. Maybe i should name him/her????
Well make up your mind first.. as if him, he may object to being called maggie.. or then again the maggot eater may be pleased with the shortening.
Here’s looking at ya.
This is the bearded dragon that Dewey Bunnell once came to my town to see. It was just a coincidence that he and the band America played to about 20 of us, in a fireside chat style.. with friendly drinks and chat.
If I could have pulled him aside from signing beer cans, I could have invited him into my garden where several live a comfortable freedom undisturbed by myself apart from the occasional intrusion of a camera lens..
more photos if you right click the image.
roughbarked said:
Here’s looking at ya.This is the bearded dragon that Dewey Bunnell once came to my town to see. It was just a coincidence that he and the band America played to about 20 of us, in a fireside chat style.. with friendly drinks and chat.
If I could have pulled him aside from signing beer cans, I could have invited him into my garden where several live a comfortable freedom undisturbed by myself apart from the occasional intrusion of a camera lens..
more photos if you right click the image.
spectacular.
roughbarked said:
Here’s looking at ya.This is the bearded dragon that Dewey Bunnell once came to my town to see. It was just a coincidence that he and the band America played to about 20 of us, in a fireside chat style.. with friendly drinks and chat. If I could have pulled him aside from signing beer cans, I could have invited him into my garden where several live a comfortable freedom undisturbed by myself apart from the occasional intrusion of a camera lens.. more photos if you right click the image.
i love these lizards and altho’ we’ve got dragons, skinks, geckos and legless lizards i don’t see enough of them.
if you (or anyone) have any hints on how to create habitat or food sources for them i am listening.
in regards to the size of our local dragons (previous subject) – we do get them 450mm (1’6”) long – but i’ve only seen them 300mm long on this property – the bigger ones i’ve only seen as road kill (sad).
moon
grounded flying thing.
painmaster said:
moon
A malteeser with some chocolate still on it.
pomolo said:
painmaster said:
moon
A malteeser with some chocolate still on it.
chuckle – a christmas tree bauble – thrown into the air and snapped on its way down
painmaster said:
grounded flying thing.
With big eyes.
painmaster said:
grounded flying thing.
Definitely a fly.. one of the Diptera. Those leggings should be an ID feature.
frog on a finger
That’s a tiny little frog!
He is beautiful.
Hemerocallis. yummy.
Red Tailed Black Cockatoo… bit different to a Sulfur Crested.
painmaster said:
Red Tailed Black Cockatoo… bit different to a Sulfur Crested.
A classy shot.
roughbarked said:
painmaster said:
Red Tailed Black Cockatoo… bit different to a Sulfur Crested.
A classy shot.
Thanks Roughy :)
moth
fly with stripey eye
fly with fancy pants
painmaster said:
Red Tailed Black Cockatoo… bit different to a Sulfur Crested.
I love him.
painmaster said:
moth
Great camouflage. How on earth did you spot it?
painmaster said:
fly with fancy pants
Flies must be bad round your place.
pomolo said:
painmaster said:
fly with fancy pants
Flies must be bad round your place.
lighting is good at his place tho – unreal photo – can’t get over how bronze metallic they look.
roughbarked said:
painmaster said:
Red Tailed Black Cockatoo… bit different to a Sulfur Crested.
A classy shot.
…except for the foot in the mouth … but yeah master is revelling in our birdlife
pomolo said:
painmaster said:
Red Tailed Black Cockatoo… bit different to a Sulfur Crested.
I love him.
thanks :)
pomolo said:
painmaster said:
moth
Great camouflage. How on earth did you spot it?
he shifted ever so slightly.
pomolo said:
painmaster said:
fly with fancy pants
Flies must be bad round your place.
why is that?
justin said:
pomolo said:
painmaster said:
fly with fancy pants
Flies must be bad round your place.
lighting is good at his place tho – unreal photo – can’t get over how bronze metallic they look.
flash helps even in broad sunlight…. albeit hazy from smoke.
justin said:
roughbarked said:
painmaster said:
Red Tailed Black Cockatoo… bit different to a Sulfur Crested.
A classy shot.
…except for the foot in the mouth … but yeah master is revelling in our birdlife
I think she has a corn kernel stuck….
painmaster said:
pomolo said:
painmaster said:
fly with fancy pants
Flies must be bad round your place.
why is that?
Just that you put up 2 flies in that lot of pics. Flies around here aren’t as attractive as yours.
duck egg tortellini
painmaster said:
duck egg tortellini
Perfect.
had to hunt back a bit for this thread…
some bearded iris
white tipped lavender and blue statice
bluegreen said:
had to hunt back a bit for this thread…some bearded iris
Lovey :)
Happy Potter said:
bluegreen said:
had to hunt back a bit for this thread…some bearded iris
Lovey :)
like +1
bluegreen said:
had to hunt back a bit for this thread…some bearded iris
I picked a bunch of Lousiana Iris for the house today. Mine aren’t as beautiful as yours but mine grow well here.
60 days to Santa Day!
Albizia lebbeck
pain master said:
Albizia lebbeck
Nicely done. You wouldn’t know it grew on a fairly large tree from that photo. I’ve got 2 A julbrissin but they get badly attacked from borers. Actually they won’t be around for much longer. Too weak.
pomolo said:
pain master said:
Albizia lebbeck
Nicely done. You wouldn’t know it grew on a fairly large tree from that photo. I’ve got 2 A julbrissin but they get badly attacked from borers. Actually they won’t be around for much longer. Too weak.
I was holding the bloom in my left hand.
Lovely pic PM.
Happy Potter said:
Lovely pic PM.
thanks Potter :)
These guys are everywhere!!!
pain master said:
These guys are everywhere!!!
They’ve crapped all over our back verandah.:(
pain master said:
These guys are everywhere!!!
The house gecko I presume. I never knew it had such beautiful eyes.
pomolo said:
pain master said:
These guys are everywhere!!!
The house gecko I presume. I never knew it had such beautiful eyes.
Do you get the Asian House Gecko that far south Pom? I only started noticing them from Maryborough onwards…
pain master said:
pomolo said:
pain master said:
These guys are everywhere!!!
The house gecko I presume. I never knew it had such beautiful eyes.
Do you get the Asian House Gecko that far south Pom? I only started noticing them from Maryborough onwards…
I’m too far south, thannkfully.
pain master said:
pomolo said:
pain master said:
These guys are everywhere!!!
The house gecko I presume. I never knew it had such beautiful eyes.
Do you get the Asian House Gecko that far south Pom? I only started noticing them from Maryborough onwards…
They are definately here but we haven’t got any at our place. I’m not sure why because they are in houses that I visit in our town. They are in plague proportions in Bris I understand and they were in our house at Dayboro. Even if you can’t see them you can hear them click, click, klicking.
pain master said:
pomolo said:
pain master said:
These guys are everywhere!!!
The house gecko I presume. I never knew it had such beautiful eyes.
Do you get the Asian House Gecko that far south Pom? I only started noticing them from Maryborough onwards…
Come check out my back verandah. Dirty blighters. They’re in their hundreds here and have been for many years.
pomolo said:
pain master said:
pomolo said:The house gecko I presume. I never knew it had such beautiful eyes.
Do you get the Asian House Gecko that far south Pom? I only started noticing them from Maryborough onwards…
They are definately here but we haven’t got any at our place. I’m not sure why because they are in houses that I visit in our town. They are in plague proportions in Bris I understand and they were in our house at Dayboro. Even if you can’t see them you can hear them click, click, klicking.
I find eggs on top of cupboards.
the right clickable photos I post are outlined by a green square —> 
roughbarked said:
the right clickable photos I post are outlined by a green square —>
there’s a green square there?
pain master said:
roughbarked said:
the right clickable photos I post are outlined by a green square —>
there’s a green square there?
Well, a couple of sides are stretched a bit.
roughbarked said:
pain master said:
roughbarked said:
the right clickable photos I post are outlined by a green square —>
there’s a green square there?
Well, a couple of sides are stretched a bit.
I get a purple line across the bottom?
pain master said:
roughbarked said:
pain master said:there’s a green square there?
Well, a couple of sides are stretched a bit.
I get a purple line across the bottom?
Some glitch. Not seen here.
This one has no green outline and won’t go to the webpage if right clicked. as it is the direct link to the image.
roughbarked said:
This one has no green outline and won’t go to the webpage if right clicked. as it is the direct link to the image.
I seem to remember PM having a pic of a black and yellow D fly too. You are both very clever.
Tentative ID Austrogomphus amphiclitus
roughbarked said:
Tentative ID Austrogomphus amphiclitus
Could be, according to what I see on Google.
last few weeks of Spring, so here’s a Summer shot
baby shield bug and the eggs from which they hatched. Possibly the smallest insect I have ever tried to capture with the camera…
pain master said:
baby shield bug and the eggs from which they hatched. Possibly the smallest insect I have ever tried to capture with the camera…
very cool :D
and not so small, but just as close. A Privet Hawk Moth.
pain master said:
A study in red and green. Home grown of course.
butterfly.
frog (in Cairns)
pain master said:
frog (in Cairns)
That’s a lovely shot. You can even see his bumps clearly.
Torch Ginger
pain master said:
Torch Ginger
Wow! That’s lovely. I won’t ask how you did it because it would only confuse me. Anyway it’s beautiful.
pomolo said:
pain master said:
Torch Ginger
Wow! That’s lovely. I won’t ask how you did it because it would only confuse me. Anyway it’s beautiful.
Kinda simple really. A digital camera will take a light reading at your spot of focus. Some cameras will try to balance that light reading with the whole picture, but some can be set to only read the light right at the centre. So I set my camera to read only the light at the centre and pointed the camera at the sunniest part of this flower. It was in very dappled shade. The camera then sets itself up to thing that the whole photo is as bright as the spot I told the camera to look at, the sunny spot. This would therefore mean that any darker areas (shadows) would be end up being super-dark! Ergo the picture you see. No post-processing has happened, this shot is as the camera saw it.
To try to help explain, the opposite would have happened if I had focused on a darker spot (in the shadow). The camera would have assumed that the whole photo was in such darkness, and would have opened the shutter for a longer period of time and the lighter sunnier spots would have been glaringly over exposed and super-white.
The technical term for setting your camera up like this is spot-weighted index.
pain master said:
pomolo said:
pain master said:
Torch Ginger
Wow! That’s lovely. I won’t ask how you did it because it would only confuse me. Anyway it’s beautiful.
Kinda simple really. A digital camera will take a light reading at your spot of focus. Some cameras will try to balance that light reading with the whole picture, but some can be set to only read the light right at the centre. So I set my camera to read only the light at the centre and pointed the camera at the sunniest part of this flower. It was in very dappled shade. The camera then sets itself up to thing that the whole photo is as bright as the spot I told the camera to look at, the sunny spot. This would therefore mean that any darker areas (shadows) would be end up being super-dark! Ergo the picture you see. No post-processing has happened, this shot is as the camera saw it.
To try to help explain, the opposite would have happened if I had focused on a darker spot (in the shadow). The camera would have assumed that the whole photo was in such darkness, and would have opened the shutter for a longer period of time and the lighter sunnier spots would have been glaringly over exposed and super-white.
The technical term for setting your camera up like this is spot-weighted index.
I just knew it would be simple. LOL.
pomolo said:
pain master said:
pomolo said:Wow! That’s lovely. I won’t ask how you did it because it would only confuse me. Anyway it’s beautiful.
Kinda simple really. A digital camera will take a light reading at your spot of focus. Some cameras will try to balance that light reading with the whole picture, but some can be set to only read the light right at the centre. So I set my camera to read only the light at the centre and pointed the camera at the sunniest part of this flower. It was in very dappled shade. The camera then sets itself up to thing that the whole photo is as bright as the spot I told the camera to look at, the sunny spot. This would therefore mean that any darker areas (shadows) would be end up being super-dark! Ergo the picture you see. No post-processing has happened, this shot is as the camera saw it.
To try to help explain, the opposite would have happened if I had focused on a darker spot (in the shadow). The camera would have assumed that the whole photo was in such darkness, and would have opened the shutter for a longer period of time and the lighter sunnier spots would have been glaringly over exposed and super-white.
The technical term for setting your camera up like this is spot-weighted index.
I just knew it would be simple. LOL.
That actually makes perfect sense to me and explains why I get some pics that are too light.
Happy Potter said:
pomolo said:
pain master said:Kinda simple really. A digital camera will take a light reading at your spot of focus. Some cameras will try to balance that light reading with the whole picture, but some can be set to only read the light right at the centre. So I set my camera to read only the light at the centre and pointed the camera at the sunniest part of this flower. It was in very dappled shade. The camera then sets itself up to thing that the whole photo is as bright as the spot I told the camera to look at, the sunny spot. This would therefore mean that any darker areas (shadows) would be end up being super-dark! Ergo the picture you see. No post-processing has happened, this shot is as the camera saw it.
To try to help explain, the opposite would have happened if I had focused on a darker spot (in the shadow). The camera would have assumed that the whole photo was in such darkness, and would have opened the shutter for a longer period of time and the lighter sunnier spots would have been glaringly over exposed and super-white.
The technical term for setting your camera up like this is spot-weighted index.
I just knew it would be simple. LOL.
That actually makes perfect sense to me and explains why I get some pics that are too light.
That’s right HP. Show me up!!!
Happy Potter said:
pomolo said:
pain master said:Kinda simple really. A digital camera will take a light reading at your spot of focus. Some cameras will try to balance that light reading with the whole picture, but some can be set to only read the light right at the centre. So I set my camera to read only the light at the centre and pointed the camera at the sunniest part of this flower. It was in very dappled shade. The camera then sets itself up to thing that the whole photo is as bright as the spot I told the camera to look at, the sunny spot. This would therefore mean that any darker areas (shadows) would be end up being super-dark! Ergo the picture you see. No post-processing has happened, this shot is as the camera saw it.
To try to help explain, the opposite would have happened if I had focused on a darker spot (in the shadow). The camera would have assumed that the whole photo was in such darkness, and would have opened the shutter for a longer period of time and the lighter sunnier spots would have been glaringly over exposed and super-white.
The technical term for setting your camera up like this is spot-weighted index.
I just knew it would be simple. LOL.
That actually makes perfect sense to me and explains why I get some pics that are too light.
colour is similar. Try taking a photo of a sunset. Focus on the reddest part and take a shot. Then focus on a grey/white clod and take a shot. Then focus on the darkest areas and take a shot. The White Balance of the camera will make all three images different. You can then work out which one you like.
pain master said:
Happy Potter said:
pomolo said:I just knew it would be simple. LOL.
That actually makes perfect sense to me and explains why I get some pics that are too light.
colour is similar. Try taking a photo of a sunset. Focus on the reddest part and take a shot. Then focus on a grey/white clod and take a shot. Then focus on the darkest areas and take a shot. The White Balance of the camera will make all three images different. You can then work out which one you like.
I shall do that, ta :)
the Mangoes are ripening up.
Frog on Mango
what did you expect?
Summer is just around the corner.
pain master said:
Summer is just around the corner.
He looks like he’s sick of the summer already..lol
Lucky1 said:
pain master said:
Summer is just around the corner.
He looks like he’s sick of the summer already..lol
he’s sick of the dry season… he just wants it to rain!
pain master said:
Summer is just around the corner.
It’s definately frog time. We have them from a couple of centimetres long to big fat daddy frogs. And are they calling to any female within a mile radius?
pain master said:
Lucky1 said:
pain master said:
Summer is just around the corner.
He looks like he’s sick of the summer already..lol
he’s sick of the dry season… he just wants it to rain!
And so say all of us.
Crocodile giving me the Stink Eye.
Plumed Whistling Duck with freckly beak…
Female Red Tailed Black Cockatoo.
pain master said:
Female Red Tailed Black Cockatoo.
looks like she is telling you a secret :)
Frilled Necked Lizard up a stump
Goanna. Peeling.
never smile at a crocodile…
pain master said:
never smile at a crocodile…
This is why…
That was a great set of photos, thanks PM.
roughbarked said:
That was a great set of photos, thanks PM.
Cheers Roughy. I had a good day out! Kept it simple really, only carried two lenses and left the rest at home… I had been to the Billabong Sanctuary before and I knew what to expect in regards to light and angles… prior knowledge helps so much sometimes!
pain master said:
Crocodile giving me the Stink Eye.
Great colours.
pain master said:
Plumed Whistling Duck with freckly beak…
It’s so smooth and perfect. Also great colours as well.
pain master said:
Female Red Tailed Black Cockatoo.
You’ve excelled with colour today. I’m impresed.
bluegreen said:
pain master said:
Female Red Tailed Black Cockatoo.
looks like she is telling you a secret :)
LOL. I never noticed that.
pain master said:
Goanna. Peeling.
What have you done to the colours? I love the colourings of them all.
pain master said:
never smile at a crocodile…
Wow. That’s a bit close.
pomolo said:
pain master said:
Goanna. Peeling.
What have you done to the colours? I love the colourings of them all.
Just a great bright day! But I have added a touch of Saturation to the shots and these have made the colours more like they really are. I play around with the image just enough to make the photo look like I saw it. I don’t try to over-compensate.
pain master said:
pomolo said:
pain master said:
Goanna. Peeling.
What have you done to the colours? I love the colourings of them all.
Just a great bright day! But I have added a touch of Saturation to the shots and these have made the colours more like they really are. I play around with the image just enough to make the photo look like I saw it. I don’t try to over-compensate.
It has worked anyway.
My last Spring Photo is indoors. The larger then life Ron Mueck’s “In Bed”…
pain master said:
My last Spring Photo is indoors. The larger then life Ron Mueck’s “In Bed”…
I find that the most amazing thing. I don’t know why anybody would do it but I’m glad he did. Glad you took the photo too.
pomolo said:
pain master said:
My last Spring Photo is indoors. The larger then life Ron Mueck’s “In Bed”…
I find that the most amazing thing. I don’t know why anybody would do it but I’m glad he did. Glad you took the photo too.
I agree Pom, I have no idea why, but I am glad he did.
Tommy Round Heads are enjoying the sunshine!
And this Rustic was also enjoying some sun!
And this Blue Tiger was also enjoying the sun despite suffering wing damage from a mid-flight attack.
painmaster said:
And this Blue Tiger was also enjoying the sun despite suffering wing damage from a mid-flight attack.
the butterflies are enjoying something purple.
we are seeing the first butterflies of the season down here as well.
painmaster said:
Tommy Round Heads are enjoying the sunshine!
:)
painmaster said:
And this Rustic was also enjoying some sun!
beautiful shot!
thanks :)
They are all lovely shots.
Ulysses Butterfly sitting in the last rays of the day.
painmaster said:
Ulysses Butterfly sitting in the last rays of the day.
nice shot :)
bluegreen said:
nice shot :)
Thanks BG :)
painmaster said:
Ulysses Butterfly sitting in the last rays of the day.
stunning.. what great focus.
Arts said:
stunning.. what great focus.
Thanks Arts, it helps when there is no wind… so many times trying to get a good b’fly shot is spoilt by a swaying branch!
painmaster said:
Arts said:stunning.. what great focus.
Thanks Arts, it helps when there is no wind… so many times trying to get a good b’fly shot is spoilt by a swaying branch!
I hear you. As a keen natural macro photographer even the slightest breeze is frustrating.
painmaster said:
Arts said:stunning.. what great focus.
Thanks Arts, it helps when there is no wind… so many times trying to get a good b’fly shot is spoilt by a swaying branch!
or they flit off just as you get everything right.
Nice work as usual PM.
And I am going to make that lovely clear shot look even better by showing you what I picked in the garden this morning. You just have to imagine the perfume.
I suspect I should have not been in such a hurry to take the photo. But it looks like a good year for the roses.
:)
painmaster said:
Ulysses Butterfly sitting in the last rays of the day.
hey look – its got jelly babies on its wings – mighty fine foto PM.
Arts said:
painmaster said:
Arts said:stunning.. what great focus.
Thanks Arts, it helps when there is no wind… so many times trying to get a good b’fly shot is spoilt by a swaying branch!
I hear you. As a keen natural macro photographer even the slightest breeze is frustrating.
I went out this afternoon with macro lens on board and yeah, with the wind it was “in focus, out of focus, in focus, out of focus…” ad nauseum. Funny, now that I have retired inside, the wind has stopped?
roughbarked said:
painmaster said:
Arts said:stunning.. what great focus.
Thanks Arts, it helps when there is no wind… so many times trying to get a good b’fly shot is spoilt by a swaying branch!
or they flit off just as you get everything right.
Nice work as usual PM.
Cheers and Yes… grrrr.
buffy said:
And I am going to make that lovely clear shot look even better by showing you what I picked in the garden this morning. You just have to imagine the perfume.
I suspect I should have not been in such a hurry to take the photo. But it looks like a good year for the roses.
:)
Smells good from here! And seeing as the Roses are bloomin’, the big Horse Race must be soon?
justin said:
painmaster said:
Ulysses Butterfly sitting in the last rays of the day.
hey look – its got jelly babies on its wings – mighty fine foto PM.
thort they looked a bit like bak’d beans?
Sat down with a cold beer and a macro lens at the end of the day amongst the vegetable garden. Sat and watched the Blue Banded Bees buzzing around my Tomatillos.
Also spotted this Garden Orb Weaver sleeping peacefully on a Mango leaf, until I disturbed her… sorry.
And Julia is looking old and surly these days….
Do you know what? When I grow up, I want to make enough time to actually learn how to do lovely sharp photos.
:)
(I’m sure it is at least partly a matter of making the time to find out how to do it properly)
buffy said:
Do you know what? When I grow up, I want to make enough time to actually learn how to do lovely sharp photos.
:)
(I’m sure it is at least partly a matter of making the time to find out how to do it properly)
camera movement… minimise this and you are halfway there. The spider shot sees the body of my camera sitting on the table, so no shake and the spider + leaf was moved onto the table into the full sun. So good strong light and no camera shake = sharpness.
Spider was returned to its place of origin after the photo shoot. ;)
painmaster said:
buffy said:Do you know what? When I grow up, I want to make enough time to actually learn how to do lovely sharp photos.
:)
(I’m sure it is at least partly a matter of making the time to find out how to do it properly)
camera movement… minimise this and you are halfway there. The spider shot sees the body of my camera sitting on the table, so no shake and the spider + leaf was moved onto the table into the full sun. So good strong light and no camera shake = sharpness.
Spider was returned to its place of origin after the photo shoot. ;)
Oh and the bee shot, I used my flash to get extra light in there. In broad daylight, the flash can work well as a fill-in… eliminates shadows and speeds up your shutter speed so you can go with say f18 and get a bigger depth of field…
It’s embarrassing to admit that my father and brothers are rather good photographers but I don’t take the time to make it work well. Although Dad does now rather mess his photos up by fiddling with them digitally. He did very well in the wet film days. Now he thinks he needs to fiddle with skintones and stuff.
painmaster said:
Sat down with a cold beer and a macro lens at the end of the day amongst the vegetable garden. Sat and watched the Blue Banded Bees buzzing around my Tomatillos.
love it!
painmaster said:
Also spotted this Garden Orb Weaver sleeping peacefully on a Mango leaf, until I disturbed her… sorry.
whoaa! – luv those closeup and personals
painmaster said:
And Julia is looking old and surly these days….
have you fed her enough??
painmaster said:
Also spotted this Garden Orb Weaver sleeping peacefully on a Mango leaf, until I disturbed her… sorry.
another great shot :)
justin said:
have you fed her enough??
She always has access to seed and she is free ranging 24/7 so she has 1.5acres of grubs and grass to chew on…
painmaster said:
painmaster said:
buffy said:Do you know what? When I grow up, I want to make enough time to actually learn how to do lovely sharp photos.
:)
(I’m sure it is at least partly a matter of making the time to find out how to do it properly)
camera movement… minimise this and you are halfway there. The spider shot sees the body of my camera sitting on the table, so no shake and the spider + leaf was moved onto the table into the full sun. So good strong light and no camera shake = sharpness.
Spider was returned to its place of origin after the photo shoot. ;)
Oh and the bee shot, I used my flash to get extra light in there. In broad daylight, the flash can work well as a fill-in… eliminates shadows and speeds up your shutter speed so you can go with say f18 and get a bigger depth of field…
yep – it ain’t easy buffy – still – ordinary pfotos are good imho – betta be thats all i got..
justin said:
painmaster said:
And Julia is looking old and surly these days….
have you fed her enough??
look like a typical chook to me! lol!
painmaster said:
justin said:have you fed her enough??
She always has access to seed and she is free ranging 24/7 so she has 1.5acres of grubs and grass to chew on…
:)