http://www.waverleycameraclub.org/2009/11/photo-opportunities-2/ A members photographic club in Mount Waverley. Tue, 06 Dec 2011 03:16:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.waverleycameraclub.org/2009/11/photo-opportunities-2/comment-page-1/#comment-130 andy Mon, 16 Nov 2009 04:23:12 +0000 http://www.waverleycameraclub.org/2009/11/photo-opportunities-2/#comment-130 Rosie and I spent an early morning with the birders at Shepherds Bush and Nortons Park, and what a treat it was. The bird sounds outside the park can only be described as 'cacophanic' particularly when the sulpher crested cockatoos joined in but once inside the canopy and along the 'walks' where it was quieter, it was also quite easy to distinguish the different and softer sounds of bush birds like wrens, white eyes and often the melodic songs of the butcher birds. there were about 16 people on the more than 2 hours walk - not condusive to taking considered images of birds. Still and all I got a couple one of which, the welcome swallow, I will put on the comments gallery soon. I think, exciting as it was, this walk is more suited to maybe 3-6 people who are dedicated to making avian images rather than tramping through the environment and having (loudish) conversations about what they were seeing. Cheers Andy and Rosie Rosie and I spent an early morning with the birders at Shepherds Bush and Nortons Park, and what a treat it was. The bird sounds outside the park can only be described as ‘cacophanic’ particularly when the sulpher crested cockatoos joined in but once inside the canopy and along the ‘walks’ where it was quieter, it was also quite easy to distinguish the different and softer sounds of bush birds like wrens, white eyes and often the melodic songs of the butcher birds. there were about 16 people on the more than 2 hours walk – not condusive to taking considered images of birds. Still and all I got a couple one of which, the welcome swallow, I will put on the comments gallery soon.
I think, exciting as it was, this walk is more suited to maybe 3-6 people who are dedicated to making avian images rather than tramping through the environment and having (loudish) conversations about what they were seeing.
Cheers Andy and Rosie

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