OK, so it would come as no surprise to my seven-odd readers that this blog has been languishing in the doldrums for some time now, with the odd surge of 'content' regarding birds and photography and stuff. The question arises: abandon or rejig? Truth be told, I rather like getting the stew of thoughts in …
The mean streets
Of all the photographic genres, there can be none more hotly debated than that commonly called 'street'. And street photography is certainly one of the most fascinating and compelling photographic genres -- for reasons we'll touch on here and there in the egocentric account below. Now, if I go through a quick tour of my …
Hobby time again
I'm pretty sure I've mentioned -- probably more than once -- that this blog subscribes to the photographers' cliché: the best camera is the one you have with you. It's the reason I tend to tote the old Nikon with its phallic telephoto lens whenever we're off somewhere in the car. You just never know …
Bob bob bobbin’ along
OK, I know, posts should appear more frequently and all that, especially if this organ's fanbase is to expand at all. But you know, life, work and stuff get in the way. There are always several fresh insights waiting for the finishing touches, but there you go -- there's a reason they haven't been finished …
Out of the pan
Thought I'd share a few of those 'signature' bike-panning photos I tend to take when visiting various cities around the place. Not that we've been doing that much of late, but then these obsessive records of ordinary bike folk do go back a couple of decades. These examples are all from Australia through the years. …
Wedge tales
The Kestrels have continued to offer all kinds of photography opportunity in the last few weeks, and we'll get to all that at some point, but for now let's have a look at a bit of a phenomenon from the good old Block of Flats. In short, I was on an errand in the car …
The fluff and the fury
Now that the Kestrel chick has taken wing and left the confines of the nest forever, let's have a look back over how she's changed along the way. Here's how she -- or one of her siblings -- looked when freshly hatched and little more than a bundle of grey fluff and a wide-open beak. …
Taking flight
Time is passing and it's not always possible to be at the nest when significant things happen. That's particularly true of late, so it was no surprise to happen by the Block of Flats the other day to find that our chick had taken wing! It had been obvious that this was on the cards, …
Dreamtime
What does a rapidly growing Kestrel chick do when the day is hot and the parents have been ferrying an ample supply of lizards and bugs to consume? Later in the day, it's hard not to feel a little sleepy. And they say it's healthy to sneak in the odd nap in the afternoon, right? …
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