A wedge-tail eagle in flight
The largest eagle in Australia is the wedge-tail eagle.
The nankeen kestrel is small, fast, and agile in the air. They are one of the few raptors who can hover.
A Major Mitchell cockatoo demonstrates flare on landing.
Magra the wedge-tailed eagle is wonderful in flight, as long as you aren’t her prey.
A sugar glider (a marsupial flying possum who eats sap and nectar) photographed in extremely low light.
A kite in flight, showing off how good he looks in the bright sunshine.
Showing that the Sony 135mm f/1.8 GM can shoot sun stars. It has 11 aperture blades, so we get 22 points on our sun stars.
This spotted-tail quoll is eager for brunch. We can see hand-like paws.
After morning rain, this red kangaroo can’t do a thing with his fur.
Still, it shows up his red colouring better than when he is dry.
Photographing koalas is easy. Unless you want to see their eyes open…
Koalas sleep 18 to 22 hours a day.
This bandicoot is shown in black and white because this was shot in the darkness of the nocturnal animals exhibit, and the only light was a dark red.