Re: GESO - 3 birds, a frog and a bat

2010-01-17 Thread eckinator
What Cotty said
Cheers
Ecke

2010/1/16 Cotty cotty...@mac.com:
 On 14/1/10, Christian, discombobulated, unleashed:

Here's a few shots of the local wildlife around my in-laws' house.  The
bat (a gray-headed flying fox) is from the Sydney Royal Botanic Gardens.
  There are thousands of them roosting there during the day.  Even
though we had more sun in Sydney, when I went to the botanic gardens it
was overcast... of course.

http://birdofthemoment.blogspot.com/

 Superb gallery Christian - all fabulous. Very envious, I would love to
 visit Australia.

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Re: GESO - 3 birds, a frog and a bat

2010-01-16 Thread Cotty
On 14/1/10, Christian, discombobulated, unleashed:

Here's a few shots of the local wildlife around my in-laws' house.  The
bat (a gray-headed flying fox) is from the Sydney Royal Botanic Gardens.
  There are thousands of them roosting there during the day.  Even
though we had more sun in Sydney, when I went to the botanic gardens it
was overcast... of course.

http://birdofthemoment.blogspot.com/

Superb gallery Christian - all fabulous. Very envious, I would love to
visit Australia.

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Re: GESO - 3 birds, a frog and a bat

2010-01-16 Thread Christine Aguila
Those are great, Christian.  Love the bat!  but all are super.  Cheers, 
Christine



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Subject: GESO - 3 birds, a frog and a bat


The weather really sucked for the first 2 weeks when I went to Australia 
over the holidays.  8 inches of rain in 10 days.  Everyone was so excited 
about it that I couldn't be glum so I tried to make the best of it.  On 
the photography side of things, it was a struggle.  The birds didn't want 
to come out from their hiding spots.  The roos weren't relying on food and 
water provided by the local reserves and the sky was basically just pure 
clouds.


Here's a few shots of the local wildlife around my in-laws' house.  The 
bat (a gray-headed flying fox) is from the Sydney Royal Botanic Gardens. 
There are thousands of them roosting there during the day.  Even though we 
had more sun in Sydney, when I went to the botanic gardens it was 
overcast... of course.


http://birdofthemoment.blogspot.com/

Scroll down smartasses...  you can click the images to make them larger.

comments appreciated.

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Re: GESO - 3 birds, a frog and a bat

2010-01-16 Thread eactivist


In a message dated 1/14/2010 10:24:05 A.M.  Pacific Standard Time, 
christ...@skofteland.net  writes:
http://birdofthemoment.blogspot.com/

Scroll down  smartasses...  you can click the images to make them  larger.

comments appreciated.

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Love the peacock shot, had missed it.

All  three of the bird shots are very nice to my way of thinking. Sorry the 
weather  wasn't better for your trip, though. That can be very aggravating.

Marnie  aka Doe :-)

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Re: GESO - 3 birds, a frog and a bat

2010-01-16 Thread Bruce Dayton
All are very good, but the Crested Shrike is my fave.

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Thursday, January 14, 2010, 10:23:16 AM, you wrote:

C The weather really sucked for the first 2 weeks when I went to Australia
C over the holidays.  8 inches of rain in 10 days.  Everyone was so 
C excited about it that I couldn't be glum so I tried to make the best of
C it.  On the photography side of things, it was a struggle.  The birds 
C didn't want to come out from their hiding spots.  The roos weren't 
C relying on food and water provided by the local reserves and the sky was
C basically just pure clouds.

C Here's a few shots of the local wildlife around my in-laws' house. The
C bat (a gray-headed flying fox) is from the Sydney Royal Botanic Gardens.
C   There are thousands of them roosting there during the day.  Even 
C though we had more sun in Sydney, when I went to the botanic gardens it
C was overcast... of course.

C http://birdofthemoment.blogspot.com/

C Scroll down smartasses...  you can click the images to make them larger.

C comments appreciated.

C -- 

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Re: GESO - 3 birds, a frog and a bat

2010-01-15 Thread Christian

Brian Walters wrote:

On Thu, 14 Jan 2010 13:23 -0500, Christian christ...@skofteland.net
wrote:
Here's a few shots of the local wildlife around my in-laws' house.  The 
bat (a gray-headed flying fox) is from the Sydney Royal Botanic Gardens. 
  There are thousands of them roosting there during the day.  Even 
though we had more sun in Sydney, when I went to the botanic gardens it 
was overcast... of course.


http://birdofthemoment.blogspot.com/

Scroll down smartasses...  



Great stuff.

Those green tree frogs are wonderful creatures.  We have several that
live in various places around the house and appear on our kitchen window
sill each night in the warmer months to hunt moths and beetles that are
attracted by the lights from the house.  Reality television doesn't even
come close to this sort of entertainment!

We miss the crested shrike tits here.  We used to have them but they,
and most other small birds, have been displaced by larger, more
aggressive species.  


thanks, Brian.  My in-laws have a great garden and a fairly large open 
paddock where the gallahs and other parrots hang out.


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Re: GESO - 3 birds, a frog and a bat

2010-01-15 Thread Christian

Thanks, mike, Ann, Graydon, Dave and Tom.

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Michael Beacom wrote:

A really nice bunch of pictures. And the parrots- beautiful plumage.

What happened to his cigar? The frog put me in mind of Winston Churchill.

Cheers
Mike



On Jan 14, 2010, at 1:23 PM, Christian wrote:

The weather really sucked for the first 2 weeks when I went to 
Australia over the holidays.  8 inches of rain in 10 days.  Everyone 
was so excited about it that I couldn't be glum so I tried to make the 
best of it.  On the photography side of things, it was a struggle.  
The birds didn't want to come out from their hiding spots.  The roos 
weren't relying on food and water provided by the local reserves and 
the sky was basically just pure clouds.


Here's a few shots of the local wildlife around my in-laws' house.  
The bat (a gray-headed flying fox) is from the Sydney Royal Botanic 
Gardens.  There are thousands of them roosting there during the day.  
Even though we had more sun in Sydney, when I went to the botanic 
gardens it was overcast... of course.


http://birdofthemoment.blogspot.com/

Scroll down smartasses...  you can click the images to make them larger.

comments appreciated.

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Re: GESO - 3 birds, a frog and a bat

2010-01-14 Thread paul stenquist
All great shots, but the frog is awesome. Wow!
Paul
On Jan 14, 2010, at 1:23 PM, Christian wrote:

 The weather really sucked for the first 2 weeks when I went to Australia over 
 the holidays.  8 inches of rain in 10 days.  Everyone was so excited about it 
 that I couldn't be glum so I tried to make the best of it.  On the 
 photography side of things, it was a struggle.  The birds didn't want to come 
 out from their hiding spots.  The roos weren't relying on food and water 
 provided by the local reserves and the sky was basically just pure clouds.
 
 Here's a few shots of the local wildlife around my in-laws' house.  The bat 
 (a gray-headed flying fox) is from the Sydney Royal Botanic Gardens.  There 
 are thousands of them roosting there during the day.  Even though we had more 
 sun in Sydney, when I went to the botanic gardens it was overcast... of 
 course.
 
 http://birdofthemoment.blogspot.com/
 
 Scroll down smartasses...  you can click the images to make them larger.
 
 comments appreciated.
 
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Re: GESO - 3 birds, a frog and a bat

2010-01-14 Thread Jack Davis
Glorious stuff!! Love them, Christian. Well cropped and crisply caught.

Jack

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 From: Christian christ...@skofteland.net
 Subject: GESO - 3 birds, a frog and a bat
 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net
 Date: Thursday, January 14, 2010, 10:23 AM
 The weather really sucked for the
 first 2 weeks when I went to Australia over the
 holidays.  8 inches of rain in 10 days.  Everyone
 was so excited about it that I couldn't be glum so I tried
 to make the best of it.  On the photography side of
 things, it was a struggle.  The birds didn't want to
 come out from their hiding spots.  The roos weren't
 relying on food and water provided by the local reserves and
 the sky was basically just pure clouds.
 
 Here's a few shots of the local wildlife around my in-laws'
 house.  The bat (a gray-headed flying fox) is from the
 Sydney Royal Botanic Gardens.  There are thousands of
 them roosting there during the day.  Even though we had
 more sun in Sydney, when I went to the botanic gardens it
 was overcast... of course.
 
 http://birdofthemoment.blogspot.com/
 
 Scroll down smartasses...  you can click the images to
 make them larger.
 
 comments appreciated.
 
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RE: GESO - 3 birds, a frog and a bat

2010-01-14 Thread Bob W
[...
 Here's a few shots of the local wildlife around my in-laws' 
 house.  The bat (a gray-headed flying fox) is from the Sydney 
 Royal Botanic Gardens. 
   There are thousands of them roosting there during the day.  
 Even though we had more sun in Sydney, when I went to the 
 botanic gardens it was overcast... of course.
 
 http://birdofthemoment.blogspot.com/
 

That's a really nice page - great shots, all of them.

Bob


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Re: GESO - 3 birds, a frog and a bat

2010-01-14 Thread Ken Waller
All very well captured. The double barred finch really stands out for its 
unusual markings !


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- Original Message - 
From: Christian christ...@skofteland.net


Subject: GESO - 3 birds, a frog and a bat


The weather really sucked for the first 2 weeks when I went to Australia 
over the holidays.  8 inches of rain in 10 days.  Everyone was so excited 
about it that I couldn't be glum so I tried to make the best of it.  On 
the photography side of things, it was a struggle.  The birds didn't want 
to come out from their hiding spots.  The roos weren't relying on food and 
water provided by the local reserves and the sky was basically just pure 
clouds.


Here's a few shots of the local wildlife around my in-laws' house.  The 
bat (a gray-headed flying fox) is from the Sydney Royal Botanic Gardens. 
There are thousands of them roosting there during the day.  Even though we 
had more sun in Sydney, when I went to the botanic gardens it was 
overcast... of course.


http://birdofthemoment.blogspot.com/

Scroll down smartasses...  you can click the images to make them larger.

comments appreciated.

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Re: GESO - 3 birds, a frog and a bat

2010-01-14 Thread Christian
Thanks, Paul!  That's very kind of you.  That frog was so accommodating. 
 I took a few shots, went inside, downloaded them checked them over, 
decided I didn't like the angle or lighting or whatever, went back out 
took some more shots... etc. etc.  Probably an hour or so and he didn't 
move at all.  Even with the flash blasting him in the eyes... :-)


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paul stenquist wrote:

All great shots, but the frog is awesome. Wow!
Paul
On Jan 14, 2010, at 1:23 PM, Christian wrote:


The weather really sucked for the first 2 weeks when I went to Australia over 
the holidays.  8 inches of rain in 10 days.  Everyone was so excited about it 
that I couldn't be glum so I tried to make the best of it.  On the photography 
side of things, it was a struggle.  The birds didn't want to come out from 
their hiding spots.  The roos weren't relying on food and water provided by the 
local reserves and the sky was basically just pure clouds.

Here's a few shots of the local wildlife around my in-laws' house.  The bat (a 
gray-headed flying fox) is from the Sydney Royal Botanic Gardens.  There are 
thousands of them roosting there during the day.  Even though we had more sun 
in Sydney, when I went to the botanic gardens it was overcast... of course.

http://birdofthemoment.blogspot.com/

Scroll down smartasses...  you can click the images to make them larger.

comments appreciated.

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Re: GESO - 3 birds, a frog and a bat

2010-01-14 Thread Christian
Thanks, Ken, Jack and Bob.  There are at least three species of very 
pretty finches that hang out at the in-laws' house.  The zebra finches 
are the prettiest but I never got a good shot at them.


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Ken Waller wrote:
All very well captured. The double barred finch really stands out for 
its unusual markings !


Kenneth Waller
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- Original Message - From: Christian christ...@skofteland.net

Subject: GESO - 3 birds, a frog and a bat


The weather really sucked for the first 2 weeks when I went to 
Australia over the holidays.  8 inches of rain in 10 days.  Everyone 
was so excited about it that I couldn't be glum so I tried to make the 
best of it.  On the photography side of things, it was a struggle.  
The birds didn't want to come out from their hiding spots.  The roos 
weren't relying on food and water provided by the local reserves and 
the sky was basically just pure clouds.


Here's a few shots of the local wildlife around my in-laws' house.  
The bat (a gray-headed flying fox) is from the Sydney Royal Botanic 
Gardens. There are thousands of them roosting there during the day.  
Even though we had more sun in Sydney, when I went to the botanic 
gardens it was overcast... of course.


http://birdofthemoment.blogspot.com/

Scroll down smartasses...  you can click the images to make them larger.

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Re: GESO - 3 birds, a frog and a bat

2010-01-14 Thread Bob Sullivan
Christian,
Sorry about the weather, but you have some great shots.
Like Paul said, the frog is a stunner.
Regards,  Bob S.

On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 12:23 PM, Christian christ...@skofteland.net wrote:
 The weather really sucked for the first 2 weeks when I went to Australia
 over the holidays.  8 inches of rain in 10 days.  Everyone was so excited
 about it that I couldn't be glum so I tried to make the best of it.  On the
 photography side of things, it was a struggle.  The birds didn't want to
 come out from their hiding spots.  The roos weren't relying on food and
 water provided by the local reserves and the sky was basically just pure
 clouds.

 Here's a few shots of the local wildlife around my in-laws' house.  The bat
 (a gray-headed flying fox) is from the Sydney Royal Botanic Gardens.  There
 are thousands of them roosting there during the day.  Even though we had
 more sun in Sydney, when I went to the botanic gardens it was overcast... of
 course.

 http://birdofthemoment.blogspot.com/

 Scroll down smartasses...  you can click the images to make them larger.

 comments appreciated.

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Re: GESO - 3 birds, a frog and a bat

2010-01-14 Thread frank theriault
On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 3:04 PM, Jack Davis jdavi...@yahoo.com wrote:
 Glorious stuff!! Love them, Christian. Well cropped and crisply caught.


I agree with Jack.

Terrific stuff, Christian!

cheers,
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Re: GESO - 3 birds, a frog and a bat

2010-01-14 Thread David J Brooks
Great stuff. The frog is wonderful

Dave

On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 1:23 PM, Christian christ...@skofteland.net wrote:
 The weather really sucked for the first 2 weeks when I went to Australia
 over the holidays.  8 inches of rain in 10 days.  Everyone was so excited
 about it that I couldn't be glum so I tried to make the best of it.  On the
 photography side of things, it was a struggle.  The birds didn't want to
 come out from their hiding spots.  The roos weren't relying on food and
 water provided by the local reserves and the sky was basically just pure
 clouds.

 Here's a few shots of the local wildlife around my in-laws' house.  The bat
 (a gray-headed flying fox) is from the Sydney Royal Botanic Gardens.  There
 are thousands of them roosting there during the day.  Even though we had
 more sun in Sydney, when I went to the botanic gardens it was overcast... of
 course.

 http://birdofthemoment.blogspot.com/

 Scroll down smartasses...  you can click the images to make them larger.

 comments appreciated.

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Re: GESO - 3 birds, a frog and a bat

2010-01-14 Thread Christian

frank theriault wrote:

On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 3:04 PM, Jack Davis jdavi...@yahoo.com wrote:

Glorious stuff!! Love them, Christian. Well cropped and crisply caught.



I agree with Jack.

Terrific stuff, Christian!



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Re: GESO - 3 birds, a frog and a bat

2010-01-14 Thread Christian

Thanks, Bob and Dave.


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David J Brooks wrote:

Great stuff. The frog is wonderful

Dave

On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 1:23 PM, Christian christ...@skofteland.net wrote:

The weather really sucked for the first 2 weeks when I went to Australia
over the holidays.  8 inches of rain in 10 days.  Everyone was so excited
about it that I couldn't be glum so I tried to make the best of it.  On the
photography side of things, it was a struggle.  The birds didn't want to
come out from their hiding spots.  The roos weren't relying on food and
water provided by the local reserves and the sky was basically just pure
clouds.

Here's a few shots of the local wildlife around my in-laws' house.  The bat
(a gray-headed flying fox) is from the Sydney Royal Botanic Gardens.  There
are thousands of them roosting there during the day.  Even though we had
more sun in Sydney, when I went to the botanic gardens it was overcast... of
course.

http://birdofthemoment.blogspot.com/

Scroll down smartasses...  you can click the images to make them larger.

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Re: GESO - 3 birds, a frog and a bat

2010-01-14 Thread Brian Walters
On Thu, 14 Jan 2010 13:23 -0500, Christian christ...@skofteland.net
wrote:
 
 Here's a few shots of the local wildlife around my in-laws' house.  The 
 bat (a gray-headed flying fox) is from the Sydney Royal Botanic Gardens. 
   There are thousands of them roosting there during the day.  Even 
 though we had more sun in Sydney, when I went to the botanic gardens it 
 was overcast... of course.
 
 http://birdofthemoment.blogspot.com/
 
 Scroll down smartasses...  


Great stuff.

Those green tree frogs are wonderful creatures.  We have several that
live in various places around the house and appear on our kitchen window
sill each night in the warmer months to hunt moths and beetles that are
attracted by the lights from the house.  Reality television doesn't even
come close to this sort of entertainment!

We miss the crested shrike tits here.  We used to have them but they,
and most other small birds, have been displaced by larger, more
aggressive species.  



Cheers

Brian

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Re: GESO - 3 birds, a frog and a bat

2010-01-14 Thread Michael Beacom

A really nice bunch of pictures. And the parrots- beautiful plumage.

What happened to his cigar? The frog put me in mind of Winston  
Churchill.


Cheers
Mike



On Jan 14, 2010, at 1:23 PM, Christian wrote:

The weather really sucked for the first 2 weeks when I went to  
Australia over the holidays.  8 inches of rain in 10 days.   
Everyone was so excited about it that I couldn't be glum so I tried  
to make the best of it.  On the photography side of things, it was  
a struggle.  The birds didn't want to come out from their hiding  
spots.  The roos weren't relying on food and water provided by the  
local reserves and the sky was basically just pure clouds.


Here's a few shots of the local wildlife around my in-laws' house.   
The bat (a gray-headed flying fox) is from the Sydney Royal Botanic  
Gardens.  There are thousands of them roosting there during the  
day.  Even though we had more sun in Sydney, when I went to the  
botanic gardens it was overcast... of course.


http://birdofthemoment.blogspot.com/

Scroll down smartasses...  you can click the images to make them  
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Re: GESO - 3 birds, a frog and a bat

2010-01-14 Thread Graydon
On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 01:23:16PM -0500, Christian scripsit:
[snip]
 Here's a few shots of the local wildlife around my in-laws' house.  The  
 bat (a gray-headed flying fox) is from the Sydney Royal Botanic Gardens.  
  There are thousands of them roosting there during the day.  Even though 
 we had more sun in Sydney, when I went to the botanic gardens it was 
 overcast... of course.

 http://birdofthemoment.blogspot.com/

I admire the frog.

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Re: GESO - 3 birds, a frog and a bat

2010-01-14 Thread ann sanfedele

Christian -- Stunning stuff!
as PJ would say I hate you :-)

but where are the Cormies?

ann

Christian wrote:

The weather really sucked for the first 2 weeks when I went to 
Australia over the holidays.  8 inches of rain in 10 days.  Everyone 
was so excited about it that I couldn't be glum so I tried to make the 
best of it.  On the photography side of things, it was a struggle.  
The birds didn't want to come out from their hiding spots.  The roos 
weren't relying on food and water provided by the local reserves and 
the sky was basically just pure clouds.


Here's a few shots of the local wildlife around my in-laws' house.  
The bat (a gray-headed flying fox) is from the Sydney Royal Botanic 
Gardens.  There are thousands of them roosting there during the day.  
Even though we had more sun in Sydney, when I went to the botanic 
gardens it was overcast... of course.


http://birdofthemoment.blogspot.com/

Scroll down smartasses...  you can click the images to make them larger.

comments appreciated.





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Re: GESO - 3 birds, a frog and a bat

2010-01-14 Thread David Mann
On Jan 15, 2010, at 7:23 AM, Christian wrote:

 http://birdofthemoment.blogspot.com/

Lovely silvereye shot (we call them waxeyes here).  We have a few flowering 
plants in our garden that they tend to hang around.

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Re: GESO - 3 birds, a frog and a bat

2010-01-14 Thread Tom C
Everyone of those new ones are simply excellent! I enjoyed each one.

Tom

On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 11:23 AM, Christian christ...@skofteland.net wrote:
 The weather really sucked for the first 2 weeks when I went to Australia
 over the holidays.  8 inches of rain in 10 days.  Everyone was so excited
 about it that I couldn't be glum so I tried to make the best of it.  On the
 photography side of things, it was a struggle.  The birds didn't want to
 come out from their hiding spots.  The roos weren't relying on food and
 water provided by the local reserves and the sky was basically just pure
 clouds.

 Here's a few shots of the local wildlife around my in-laws' house.  The bat
 (a gray-headed flying fox) is from the Sydney Royal Botanic Gardens.  There
 are thousands of them roosting there during the day.  Even though we had
 more sun in Sydney, when I went to the botanic gardens it was overcast... of
 course.

 http://birdofthemoment.blogspot.com/

 Scroll down smartasses...  you can click the images to make them larger.

 comments appreciated.

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