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A lovely selection of well captured images Richard. Excellent.
You are blessed with some lovely coloured species in your country ...and strong light.
Sadly we suffer from damp dark miserable lighting a lot of the time here in the UK. 😞
I would agree with Robert's crop comments on image 3 but also add that the light from behind the bird subdues the breast colours being in shadow... which might be a less than ideal choice.
I also think the pose in image 5 is very 'static', showing just the back. The branch (don't you love tree branches when photographing small birds in them ? ) coming out of its head detracts from the image.
Just my 2 cents.
Thank you Eric.
We don't always have good light here in Melbourne, after all we're known to have 4 seasons in the one day. There is a saying, if you don't like the weather, just wait 15mins
With regards the Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike, there was also a juvenile near by
The images posted plus others which I haven't posted were all taken in under an hour. We've been under strict Covid lockdown for weeks where we were only allowed to travel 5km from home, and for 1hr per day. Luckily these restriction's are starting to be eased.
As for the Eastern Rosella I did get a few images of them on the day.
While many of our local reserves have a good selection of birds and native orchids, they also have a lot of snakes. Looking for orchids, at least you're looking down, when out birding you need to keep looking where you're walking.
Lowlands Copperhead
Where possible if its a dreary overcast day I try to photograph birds against a backdrop other than the sky. It doesn't always work out that way.
Here are a few images taken on dull overcast days
#1 Sacred Kingfisher
#2 White-naped Honeyeater
#3 Red-browed Finch
#4 Eastern Yellow Robin
