Hi Goldy,

This is a stunner, those colours are amazing. Love the POV, perfect exposure, and the OOF wire fence just adds to the overall composition, just wonderful like it very much,

All the best, cheers Rick :)

Hi Ram,

When a friend of mine asked me if I had ever photographed a Drongo (australian slang for somebody behaving badley) I looked at him a little confused, he explaned to me that there was indeed such a bird called a Drongo something I had never heard of before, and much to my surprise I have actually seen one recently in my garden, unfortunately I did'nt have a camera at the time, this is a great capture showing excellent detail in the blacks. A beautiful bird with that wonderful forked tail, and very proud looking too, great shot, all the best,

Cheers Rick :)

Hello Ivan,

This is a beautiful composition; the colours are just stunning as is the detail. The f5.6 has isolated the Coral Root from the background, which in its self complements the image superbly, really nice work, all the best

Cheers Rick :)

Hi Chris,

Really nice capture of the Yellow Robin, I've only managed to see this bird twice now in severial years living up here in queensland they are stunning, love the POV, excellent detail in the plumage, and of cause those colours are amazing,

Cheer Rick :)

Hi Ulla,

Worth the trip back to the archives, excellent shot of this Black-winged Stilt nesting, wonderful detail, well framed and composed, all the best,

Cheers Rick :)

Hello Anna.

What a stunning shot, the detail is amazing, superb composition, and the look on the babys face is priceless, just wonderful,

all the best, cheers Rick :)

Hello Mehmet.

Just beautiful, wonderful colours, excellent detail, perfect exposure, just a perfect image.

All the best, cheers Rick :)

Hi Bob,

I'll keep it simple "Nice one mate" :)

Cheers Rick ....

Hi Sue,

Excellent work on this close-up of a Eastern Water Dragon shedding its skin, The detail and colours are wonderful.

I also like the narrow d.o.f used, resulting in the left hind leg being in focus but the rest of the body OOF, for me this adds to the overall image, yes stopping down f8 or f11 would have brought the subject more into focus, but i like this effect, really nice work :)

Cheers Rick ....

Hi Bob,

Time marches on, all we can do is enjoy and admire nature, I've been over sea for the last five weeks and my garden now is so dry though lack of rain, and were only just into spring with the mercury up to 35deg, it’s going to be a long hot summer...

all the best, cheers Rick :)