The fourth is a King Parrot, unless I'm going potty. We had a few through here a week or so ago, though I've seen none since. I normally expect them to visit in a month or so from now so they might have been the vanguard.
The princesses, Mike, as others have said, are gorgeous - if they are as impish as they seem then they must be a joy to you and yours.
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Sorry, forgot. The goannas look good. We used to get the odd one or two wandering around the place when I lived in Glenbrook (just up the road) but I haven't seen any where I now live. How big was that one, Mike? Most of those we saw in our old place were around the 5' to 6' mark.
Nice Shots. I particularly like the detail on the fisrt one. The 350D seems to handle ISO 1600 very well
Hi David, ISO is a measure of a films/sensor sensitivity to light. In this case 1600 is very high. The result is a much faster shutter speed so less chance of motion blur. However, the trade off is a more noisy or grainy picture.
The first pair of birdies are Scaly Crested Lorikeets. We get them out where I am.
Thanks Jeanette! We get these cute fellas too, they love bathing in our water dish. They seem smarter than the rainbow Lorikeets and are quite feisty for their size.
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The fourth is a King Parrot, unless I'm going potty. We had a few through here a week or so ago, though I've seen none since. I normally expect them to visit in a month or so from now so they might have been the vanguard.
Thanks Dujon! I’ve seen them in various bird and wildlife sanctuaries and even managed to see one recently, my first in the wild, in Toohey Forest (2kms from home), but I’ve never seen them in our back garden.
Sorry, forgot. The goannas look good. We used to get the odd one or two wandering around the place when I lived in Glenbrook (just up the road) but I haven't seen any where I now live. How big was that one, Mike? Most of those we saw in our old place were around the 5' to 6' mark.
Yeh this was a baby one, probably about 70-80cm long (head to tail). He hung around for a while once he came down from the tree, wouldn't go away. My mum tried "shoo-ing" it off a few times but it kept coming back. Their dog found it and started chasing it while Mum was out in the gardens, and the goanna came running full sprint towards her! Luckily it found a tree to climb before it reached my Mum Suffice to say, my Mum was very scared at that moment
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Nice Shots. I particularly like the detail on the fisrt one. The 350D seems to handle ISO 1600 very well
Thanks, and I agree - even though ISO1600 is noisy, it's not too objectionable and it cleans up very well. I used Noise reduction in Photoshop and it got rid of most of it.
. I particularly like the detail on the fisrt one. The 350D seems to handle ISO 1600 very well
Suffice to say, my Mum was very scared at that moment 
