Skinnywench from “A word in your ear” opens her dictionary at random and out pops a word. The challenge is to interpret it in either words or photos. This week the word is zoom.
The zoom lens creates so many photo opportunities and creative possibilities I would be in a photographic wilderness with out it. Capturing wild life would only be a blob on the horizon as it is so hard to sneak up close to them. As for birds they are up and away as soon as they see you. So for this challenge I am going to show case a gallery of bird photos I have zoomed in on over the years.
Major Mitchell parrotts
Swallow
Jabarus
Eastern Rosella
Willie Wagtail
Rufous Night Heron
Brolgas
Brolga
Darter
Galah
Ostrich
Lorrikeets
Little Corrella
Black Falcon?
Tawny Frogmouth
gypsy life 
Beautiful zoom shots. The Major Mitchell parrots are my favorite – they’re pink!! 🙂
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Yes they are gorgeous things.You would love our pink and grey galahs as well. I love that name. Have you heard the Aussie phrase “You’re a big galah”?
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Tough choice – ostrich or frogmouth!!! Well done 🙂
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Thanks for comment Tina, I love the eyelashes on that ostrich…
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Such a precious little swallow – didn’t realize they were so colorful. Thanks!
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G’day CS lovely to have you wanderng around my place. I really appreciate all the nice comments…
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Wonderful!
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Thanks Eleenie
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wow! simply wonderful!
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Thank you KZ
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I loved your birds and you are so lucky to have so many of them on your doorstep
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Yes we have lots of bright coloured and also many black and white birds here but I still miss the song of the thrush and blackbird and that delightful spring sound of the skylark
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I love the Jabaru and the Tawny Frog Mouth! Beautiful zoom pics 😀
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Those 2 jabiru’s are doing their ritual dance as they do the changing of the guard on the eggs. I felt so excited to catch that moment
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your zoon = perfection in photo & subject~
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Thank you Cindy, I love to zoon!!! ha ha ( slip of the notification finger ? 🙂 )
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Wonderful close ups, Pommepal. You are an expert zoomer. 😃
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Thanks Ad that zoom certainly makes objects and things pop…
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Do you know the name of the large black bird airing its wings on the branch is that a comorant? I saw a similar bird in the Lodi Gardens in New Delhi recently. I was able to get a few pics of it. One as it flew down off the branch to get a fish in the water. Hard to really make it out just the flurry of wings.
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It is a darter a member of the cormorant family , the cormorant has white markings.
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they are all great! what is it about peering up close and personal into another species’ eyes that is whimsical and mystical at the same time? there’s no way i could pick a favorite here! they are all unique! z
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I love the challenge of sneaking up on wild life to capture and shoot them harmlessly on film. I can never understand how some people find excitement in gun sports
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I always smile when I see the beautiful rainbow lorrikeets – they are gorgeous in their multi-coloured splendour, aren’t they? Love the Tawny Frogmouth Owl too. You’ve been doing quite a bit of zooming over the years, haven’t you? 🙂
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Those lorrikeets are the real clowns of the parrott world they are so cheeky, I love having them as our neighbours
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Beautiful! The Darter and that serious looking Galah are my favourites.
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Thanks for commenting Jo, that Darter is so glossy
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great shots and you got a frog owl too !
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Thanks Sue for the comment. In the wild those frog mouths are so hard to spot. Great theme
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