On the way back into Strathbogie from Mt Wombat we spotted this Koala perched in a tree.
- Camera: PENTAX K20D
- ISO: 800
Category: Fauna
Mitcham Pigeon
A young pigeon, all puffed up with downy feathers, is perched safely above the weekend travellers at Mitcham station.
- Aperture: ƒ/2.8
- Camera: Pixel 8 Pro
- Focal length: 18mm
- ISO: 1278
Australian Wood Duck and Ducklings
A mother Australian Wood Duck protects her brood from an inquisitive photographer. She guided them all on to the dam behind her.
Strathbogie Damselfly
A blue damselfly clings to a stalk of grass beside a dam on the farm on the Strathbogie plateau.
- Camera: PENTAX K20D
- ISO: 100
Tadpoles
Tadpoles swimming in one of the baths, used as water troughs, in the yards on the farm. With no shortage of dams near-by, the shallow water and lack of cover it would be a wonder if any survived.
- Aperture: ƒ/22
- Camera: PENTAX K20D
- Exposure bias: +1EV
- Focal length: 80mm
- ISO: 100
Australasian Darter
A male Australasian Darter, Anhinga novaehollandiae, dries his wings in the winter sun after a dip in the Rowville Lakes.
- Aperture: ƒ/2.8
- Camera: Pixel 8 Pro
- Focal length: 18mm
- ISO: 15
Wing Drying Comorant
A bit of a change around the Rowville Lakes, a little pied cormorant drying its wings in the autumn sunshine.
- Camera: Pixel 3 XL
- ISO: 68
Australian Little Penguin
An Australian little penguin parades around the enclosure at the Melbourne Zoo.
- Aperture: ƒ/16
- Camera: PENTAX K20D
- Focal length: 128mm
- ISO: 400
Susan and Seal
Susan makes friends with a seal at the Melbourne Zoo back in 2010.
- Camera: PENTAX K20D
- ISO: 200
Lemur Scarf
Lemurs seem to like using their tails a scarves, perhaps it just keeps them out of the way.
- Aperture: ƒ/9.5
- Camera: PENTAX K20D
- Focal length: 210mm
- ISO: 400