Honey-eater antics

That pesky New Holland Honey-eater has been taunting me, again, with its aerial antics. I feel so useless with my wonderful new secondhand camera – knowing it is impossible for me to get a decent photograph without proper settings, but it does not stop me from trying!

New Holland honeyeaer in the ivy-encrusted apple tree

New Holland honey-eater

New Holland honeyeater

I did not even know that I had this next shot until I imported images from the card – an upside-down energetic insect-snatcher.

catching insects

Nikon D3000 DSLR, on auto. Cropped and sharpened in GIMP.

Thanks for looking. Do have a good day! 🙂

Birds

On my clothesline: lorikeets & finches

rainbow lorikeet & red-browed firetails

This morning, the NikonD300, on the guide setting. When I asked for blurred background it put it on the sports setting. I’ve cropped and sharpened in GIMP. I still haven’t taken the time to learn to use this Nikon yet.

rainbow lorikeet hanging on my clothesline

This is one of the best shots I have ever taken of a flying rainbow lorikeet.

flying down

I love this one below, too, despite the peg shadows across its body. In another year, I hope to know how to do the setting to have lovely sharp images. It will happen if I put my mind to it.