These guys strike me as quite shy and retiring compared to RLs and ERs.
They've been feeding in the trees across the road for a few weeks but usually remain high in the canopy, deep in the foliage.
I caught this one a bit lower down today but strong backlighting made it tricky.
I've seen this species, totally absorbed in feeding on Eucalyptus blossoms, within an arm's length.
Good to get such a clear view
Ryu
Canberra
Aiming for DSLR-quality shots with a bridge camera
Nice photo ... great colours
Very nice photo even in the lighting conditions. Love the colours and would love to see one one day
Yes, i would love to see one too. Where was this one seen? beautiful photos.
elizabeth
Roxburgh Park on Melbourne's northern fringe. They occur across southeastern Australia, from about Brisbane right around to about Adelaide, and in Tassie.
Thanks, Devster. 552mm ISO 1250 f8.0 1/500.
I would have liked a faster shutter. But I didn't want to stop up because I wanted a deep field, and I didn't want to increase the ISO because of noise in the shadow area. So, it's a bit of a compromise.
beautiful bird, great job.