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February 2, 2020 at 10:49 pm #483541The Australian White Ibis is adaptable to a wide variety of habitats, seen here today in a temperate rain forest at Wilson’s Promontory
The Ubiquitous Ibis by Mark Greenhill[/url], on FlickrMY FLICKR
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The camera kneads the dough, PP bakes the bread - GreenhillFebruary 2, 2020 at 11:38 pm #942005Historically rare in urban areas, the Australian white ibis has migrated to urban areas of the east coast in increasing numbers since the late 1970s; it is now commonly seen in Wollongong, Sydney, Melbourne, Darwin, the Gold Coast, Brisbane and Townsville. In recent years the bird has also become increasingly common in Perth, Western Australia, and surrounding towns in south-western Australia. Populations have disappeared from natural breeding areas such as the Macquarie Marshes in northern New South Wales. Management plans have been introduced to control problematic urban populations in Sydney.
One day in my native plant nursery, a lady was asking me about plants when I looked up and grabbed her elbow and said quickly step sideways under the eaves of the house. Luckily she complied, as fractions of seconds later a spiralling rain of simultaneously deposited fresh guano fell exactly where we had been standing. As I had looked up I had observed ibis spiralling up on a thermal and as if on cue, they all jettisoned extra weight at the same moment.
This being once a large rice growing area, Spiralling ibis were a common sight.
This needs a clean and repair. Is an original painting of exactly that.February 2, 2020 at 11:44 pm #942010They are in plague proportions here in Wangaratta – second only to the warbling magpie.
That’s a great story about you and the lady … it is reassuring to know that with guys like you around, the age of chivalry is not yet done.
And a great painting too, which prompts me to add one of my own.
Australian White Ibis (a painting) by Mark Greenhill[/url], on FlickrMY FLICKR
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The camera kneads the dough, PP bakes the bread - GreenhillFebruary 3, 2020 at 1:07 pm #942003Mark,
What a beautiful, lush setting for the Ibis!
Gorgeous capture.
and–
I love the chunks of color in your painting!MFIB,
Is that your painting?
Pretty cool how you both have paintings
of Ibis. The swirl is well done.
Great story!
It’s a good thing cows don’t fly, eh?Fujifilm X100F, XT20 + Nikon Camera Bodies & Lenses
Photos are ©2021February 3, 2020 at 3:09 pm #942006Patty, it is not painted by myself but is an original painted for me by a friend from school. I’ve had it more than forty years and this is the very first time it has ever been copied.
February 3, 2020 at 4:56 pm #942004Patty, it is not painted by myself but is an original painted for me by a friend from school. I’ve had it more than forty years and this is the very first time it has ever been copied.
Its a lovely gift!
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Photos are ©2021February 3, 2020 at 10:35 pm #942007Its a lovely gift!
It is titled Forever Upwards.
February 5, 2020 at 5:55 pm #942008Two wonderful paintings. I agree with Patty about that colorful tree trunk. The outer trunk might be a solid brown, but you have given us a glimpse to the heart and soul that breathes life into each branch and limb. It is such a cool painting.
It is nice to see the lush green growth in the rain forest. I see how a vision like that could inspire paintings like yours.
Peter, yours is special too for several reasons, the fact that it came from a friend being one of the most important. But I love the movement and color.
Photography is the art of observation. It has little to to with the things you see and everything to do with the way you see them. Elliott Erwitt
Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II, Zuiko 14-150 mm zoom, Zuiko 2.8 60mm macro, Sigma 2.8 Fish Eye. Nikon D5100February 11, 2020 at 5:51 am #942011Patty, Lorell, thanks for your comments – I don’t know where my head has been since your posts. The painting is probably my favorite of all that I did during 2016. It is certainly the most fluent.
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The camera kneads the dough, PP bakes the bread - GreenhillFebruary 11, 2020 at 1:52 pm #942009Peter & Mark,
Beautiful bird pictures in flight and stalking their prey. Thanks for sharing.Quint Nikon Coolpix 990, Nikon Coolpix P60, Nikon D7000, Nikkor, 35/f1.8, Nikkor 18-140, Nikon SB700 Speedlight.
February 11, 2020 at 5:41 pm #942002AnonymousVery impressive paintings, guys.
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