My nature photos
When digital cameras appeared on the scene around the beginning of this century, I very quickly embraced the new technology. My first digital camera was a Fugi and boasted a grand total of about 386,000 pixels. ....close in quality to the first mobile phone pics. Shortly after that I purchased a Nikon Coolpix 995 which was a three megapixal camera. Some of the images on this site were taken with it. Even though it didnt take huge pictures the picture quality was really good and great for macro photography. If it hadnt been stolen I think I would be still using it for some things. Since then I have had a few different Nikon Coolpix cameras, Canon power shots (because they make affordable underwater housings) and Canon EOS SLRs.
I set myself a challenge ten years ago to see how many different species I could find, photograph and then identify. It seemed to make every where I went more interesting. Even in the most unforgiving and out of the way places I have managed to find organisms to photograph. I have travelled to many different parts of the country, exploring lots of our National Parks as well as areas closer to home (Victoria's south coast). It has been a huge learning curve, that starts with a photo which I then try and identify and then learn more about what I'm looking at . It has been a journey of discovery for me and I now have hundreds more questions than I have when I started ( and thousands of images). Also when you sit and watch creatues quietly through a camera lens you see behaviours that you never read about in books or see on TV. It often leaves me feeling very priveliged to witness some of the things Ive seen. I am fascinated by biodiversity and the way things evolve hand in hand with their environment. I can see beauty in all nature's designs, even creatures that many people find creepy, like insects or snakes. It does a wonderful job of designing creatures that perfectly suit where they live.
I set myself a challenge ten years ago to see how many different species I could find, photograph and then identify. It seemed to make every where I went more interesting. Even in the most unforgiving and out of the way places I have managed to find organisms to photograph. I have travelled to many different parts of the country, exploring lots of our National Parks as well as areas closer to home (Victoria's south coast). It has been a huge learning curve, that starts with a photo which I then try and identify and then learn more about what I'm looking at . It has been a journey of discovery for me and I now have hundreds more questions than I have when I started ( and thousands of images). Also when you sit and watch creatues quietly through a camera lens you see behaviours that you never read about in books or see on TV. It often leaves me feeling very priveliged to witness some of the things Ive seen. I am fascinated by biodiversity and the way things evolve hand in hand with their environment. I can see beauty in all nature's designs, even creatures that many people find creepy, like insects or snakes. It does a wonderful job of designing creatures that perfectly suit where they live.