A Topazed Dunnock...
A Rainy day exercise

Otters
While out for my walk this morning I found some otters! All taken with the OM1mkii and 100-400.
There was a lot of small yellow leaves in...
There was a lot of small yellow leaves in...
Flatpack boat over 4500 years old
In a separate building of the Grand Egyptian Museum is Khufu's boat. It was discovered, ready to be assembled, in 1,224 pieces, as recently...
Camel
OM-1 Mark 1, 12-100 Pro @100mm f/4 @f/4 1/8000th ISO 400 (again, I should have checked as this should have been on ISO 200).
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A bigger splash
With apologies to David Hockney; not a Californian swimming pool but the lake at Wollaton Park:
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Common Buzzard....
A bit of a long shot, but detail comes out quite well...

The Hatshepsut Mortuary temple
Hatshepsut was an interesting character, who ruled Ancient Egypt between 1473 and 1458 BCE. This was rare QUEEN, who ruled as Pharaoh. An oddity was that...
Different day, different place, different birds
This is a spot I have had trouble with heat haze before and it was no different this time. Fortunately, some of the birds were close enough to avoid...
3,000 year old colour
Not the oldest temple of ancient Egypt by any means, but it's still over 3,000 years old - the temple of Medinet Habu, Luxor, built by Ramesses III, 20th...
Other birds by the river
A final set of birds from my walk
Some councils around Perth set up nesting poles for Osprey. There was one here with a pair of Osprey and...
Some councils around Perth set up nesting poles for Osprey. There was one here with a pair of Osprey and...
Ducks, rails and pardalote
Some more birds from the river walk
A Buff-banded rail. It had two chicks. The foreground foliage ruined the photo with the chicks and...
A Buff-banded rail. It had two chicks. The foreground foliage ruined the photo with the chicks and...
Egret coming in for a landing
While waiting for my osprey friend this morning I caught a nice sequence of an egret coming for a landing.
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A few small backyard birds
I opened the door but didn't go outside and they didn't fly away.
Female Dark-eyed Junco (Junco hyemalis)
White-throated...
Female Dark-eyed Junco (Junco hyemalis)
White-throated...
Light snow turning to rain
The weather forecast for this afternoon stated that we would have light snow turning to rain later. They failed miserably with the definition of light...
River Rubble...
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