Walked around Melbourne a bit yesterday and tried out some street photography... with birds.

Last night I went to my first Aurora-shoot (well, I tried once last year but it was too cloudy). I think I need a lot of practise, but happy with my first attempt!

I realised I hadn't written about the local Kookaburras or shared any of my photos of them. So here's a story I wrote on Medium 'A Riot of Photos' - all about Kookaburras medium.com/@joyphillips...

I did get a photo of the comet, but it's slightly unimpressive.
Still, happy to say I've been able to photograph one :)

Went out to get some photos of C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) comet last night, but was distracted by a dead tree...

A spooky photo from our Lake Eildon trip this time.
On the drive in we saw a pack of Dingoes and could hear them howling at night.
It was exciting to see them in the wild for the first time but on alert camping with small kids and them close by.

If you'd like a little bit of Australia on your walls, there's currently 25% off all my art/photographic prints and cards on InPrnt, until December 2.

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I went for a wander up to Mt Evelyn and took some photos of the public piano, part of the Community Keys project.

If you're in Mt Evelyn, it's located under the verandah of Community Link (behind the main carpark in Wray Cres), until Feb 28.

I took this photo about a year ago, and it's still one of my favourites. It really was a 'right place at the right time' shot, as I was sitting in the car, and getting out to move would have scared them away.

White Cockatoos sitting on a shopping trolley in front of a graffitied shed wall.

Swapping from RedBubble to InPrnt, and X to Threads to BlueSky I've realised there's a lot of photos I've never posted anywhere.

This is a photo of a Black Wallaby, which are completely adorable, taken earlier this year.

📷 Fujifilm X-A7

Random landscape photo for today.
This one is a view across Lake Eildon, Victoria, Australia.

📷 Fujifilm X-A7

I love trying to photograph dragonflies, and I completely admire any photographer who is able to capture them in flight!

This one must have been asleep as it didn't move the whole time. And it was huge! I'd have loved to take more with details, but was a bit worried I'd disturb it.

I've had an account here for a while, but never really used it, so I'm trying again.
I'll mostly be posting my photography, speculative fiction musings, and interesting nature news I discover.

Here's my garden friend, a Laughing Kookaburra.