Today’s views from a boat included dark-faced cormorants, Australasian gannets, Australian fur seals and an abseiler, not to mention high cliffs and blowholes, caves and waves.
Thursday around 7.20 am. The occasional wave bringing in the tide brings chatter and movement between the more settled moments of grooming and sleeping.
I’ve been walking. Lots. On most days, the iPhone comes with me, largely so I can listen to podcasts, and also to capture anything of interest along the way.
Today, I took my old faithful Sony mirrorless camera and caught some of birds that might be described as local regulars. The migratory shore birds are in abundance at the moment, but find other places to roost when the tides are as high as they were this morning.
When the tide is in, the sun is out and the shore birds have returned from their migration north, the morning walk becomes a feast for the eyes.
The pigeons come to the pool to drink. Brief visits, deep dips to just below their eyes. Then off.
Yesterday afternoon, I drove down to the point on my way home. It was the first time in weeks I’ve had the camera to hand on the shoreline.
I’ve combined a couple of effects to get a larger sense of a warm summer afternoon as a rough tide washed in.
It’s a warm and sticky Saturday morning. Around 7 o’clock, I looked up from my desk to see this heron making his/her way across the back yard.
Thus began a dash for the camera followed by a slow and quiet positioning at a distance with the lens at 210mm. Had the shutter speed up high to be ready for the inevitable departure. Here’s the shot at ISO 1600, f6.3, 1/1250.
And another, in the shadows and not so sharp at ISO 3200, f6.3, 1/1250.
