Animals & insects by location
Dolphins feeding in the shallows at sunrise, Foul Bay, South Australia.
A customer who is also a keen photographer asked me the other day how I get so many photos of animals and insects when I am about taking landscape photos. The camera settings and lens required for those two scenarios are totally different and often you have minimal times to grab the shot so changing a lens and settings is not possible.
Green Ant vs Bee, Barron Gorge.
The answer is that most times when I am out roaming I have two cameras with me much like you see sports photographers have two cameras at a football game. One is set up for landscapes and the other, usually in my hand, is set up for anything that might pop into my view at a greater distance away or be very small.
A family of Wandering Whistling Ducks, Hastie’s Swamp.
These are some of the most memorable animals/insects that I have bumped into during my travels and where it happened. Some are memorable because I have seen them once and others because I associate the location with that animal/insect and see them there often.
Platypus in the rain, Tarzali Lakes
Black Swan waving, Tablelands Swamp.
Blue Wanderer in flight, Lake Tinaroo.
Annual return of the Plumed Whistling Ducks, Hastie`s Swamp
Gilly the Goanna, a regular in Barron Gorge
Our first wild Cassowary encounter, Murray Falls
Dragonfly in flight, Wurruma Swamp.
Stunningly cute Rufous Bettong - Rat Kangaroo, Ravenshoe.
Pelican hunting, Centanary Lakes, Cairns
Python I nearly stood on, Yungaburra.
Very playful Australasian Grebe, Hastie’s Swamp.
Common Crow Butterfly in flight, Lake Tinaroo.
Ugly but stunning Duck, Atherton.
Tree Kangaroo and joey, Malanda.
A Moth, Abattoir Swamp.
One of the prettiest birds I have seen, the Azure Kingfisher that has 3 toes. Behana Gorge.
My friend the Donkey coming to greet me as usual, Mt Garnet.
Lizard crossing the road, Hastie’s Swamp, Atherton
Grasshopper, Barron Gorge.
Egret at sunset with the Chinese Shelter reflecting on the water, Centenary Lakes, Cairns
Rock Wallaby, Millstream Falls, Ravenshoe
No photos please, Turtle, Yungaburra.
Dragonfly, Barron Gorge.
Travelling Eel, Barron Gorge,
Jelly Fish, Cardwell. There were so many on the shore.
The endangered Eastern Curlew eating crabs, Bushland Beach, Townsville.
Spider having lunch, Little Barron River.
Frog at night, Barron Gorge.
White Cockatoo joining us for lunch, Lake Tinaroo.
Snake at night, Barron Gorge Road.
Crested Tern, Ellis Beach.
Centipede threesome, Barron Gorge.
Turtle feeding at sunset, Ellis Beach.
Flying Fox midday nap, Cape Tribulation.
Stumpy tail Lizard, Yorke Peninsula, South Australia.
Crab, Ellis Beach.
Wedge-tailed Eagle after a kill, Mt Garnet.
Cane Toad & Green Ants, Cairns.
Reef Egret feeding, Ellis Beach.
Lace Monitor, Cardwell.
Blue-winged Kookaburra, Bushland Beach.
Lizard joining me at a waterfall, Barron Gorge.
Turkey, Cattana Wetlands.