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Originally Posted by gary
Hi Dennis,
Fabulous and consistent with the high standards we have come to enjoy from your postings of animal portraits.
I have to ask though, can you post a zoom-up of the reflection in the eye? 
There looks like there is plenty of detail in there and is that a fence?
Can we possibly even see the photographer himself in the eye of the subject?? |
Hi Gary
Thank you for those nice words of appreciation, they are particularly welcome at this moment in time because rather sadly, we discovered the dead body of Lizzie in the lower garden yesterday arvo. There were no external marks on the body so we assume she died by poisoning or natural causes.
Our back fence joins onto a council paddock and my wife saw a council worker spraying (the day before) some weed control stuff under a couple of trees some 3 to 4 metres from our fence line and this got us wondering. We also recall seeing a couple of crested pigeons suffering what appeared to be fits the last time the council sprayed some months ago.
We will contact the local council and ask them about the spray used and notify them about our observations of the erratic behaviour of the pigeons and the death of the water dragon, both occurring within 24 hours of the spraying.
These events may be coincidences but we think it worth while reporting them, just in case there is some connection that requires investigation and action.
The photos attached are the last I took of Lizzie. The 1st one is a full resolution crop showing the eye and the 2nd one has been re-sampled to show the reflected details of the side of our house. You can see the battens (entrance to Lizzie’s dwelling) and the weatherboard wall with the lounge room windows above, from where the photo was taken.
Lizzie was a spirited creature who brought us much fun with her behaviour and habits; we hope her death wasn’t a painful one.
Cheers
Dennis