A pelican in Taree, on the central coast of New South Wales, Australia
All these photos are reminding me I need to go on a road trip. My wife gets back in a few weeks, the car will be packed.
Nice osprey shot. :)
Thanks Krayzkrok!
Here’s a view of New England National Park, Near Armidale, New South Wales, Australia
Matt_W
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Where?
All of those photos are amazing. Thanks mate!
Hal9000
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I’ve always wanted to go there. It’s so iconic; that cloudy day really adds depth.
@Matt_W, Wyoming. The elk was in the Cloud Peak Wilderness, whereas the rest are in the Wind River Range. I will be back overseas soon enough, but at least I’ll have had this little slice of America. :)
Took the boat out on the Adelaide River yesterday late afternoon. The light and the wildlife were pretty good.
Black-necked stork
Juvenile saltwater crocodile
Intermediate egret
White-bellied sea eagle
Juvenile saltwater crocodile at night
That stork closeup is crazy! Do their eyes always look like that or did you catch it mid-blink?
Yes, mid-blink, I liked it because it shows the detail in the nictitating membrane (third eyelid). Most birds have an opaque white membrane, so I was surprised to see this looks more like a croc’s!
This was more traditional photo I nearly posted, but I just loved the weirdness of the eye and the tilt of the head in the other one.
Man, my grades in beginner egret weren’t good enough for me to qualify.
Vefy cool! I like the contrast of those two, really shows the eyelid or membrane or whatever it is. Also the coloring on that bird is funky, that purplish blue. Can see where they came up with the name!
The other cool thing about these storks is the females have yellow eyes and the males have reddish-brown eyes. Last year I nearly got an epic shot of a male and female whose heads were facing each other, almost symmetrical other than eye colour. But I wasn’t quite fast enough. In a parallel dimension, other me got a great shot!
Guy Fawkes got his own park?
— Alan
Hal9000
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A few more (mostly cell phone) pictures while adventuring. My Canon 80D crapped out, so now all I have is my Note 8 and SL2. Not a fan of the SL2.
I order:
1.) Jackass Pass and Wolf’s Head+Pingora. Kinda an art-deco mountain.
2.) Tayo Lake. I got snowed on a bit after.
3.) Robin Lake and some cool geology in the Cloud Peak Wilderness.
4.) Yes, I packed out that rack+skull. What will I do with it?
5.) Mountains have to pee, too.
6.) Camping at unnamed lakes.
7.) Got up at 0517 to hike out.
8.) Stough Creek basin. Very easy 6-7 mile hike in to about 15 lakes IIRC.
9.) No one around for 3 days.
You might have taken a can of bear spray to the face, but it looks like it was worth the pain. :) Pic 7 is unearthly.
You should contact your tent manufacturer for sponsorship, those would sell a lot of tents.
marquac
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Those are beautiful pictures, @Hal9000. Thanks for sharing.
Tman
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Wow. Simply wow. I was looking on the map, which direction do you come in from? The east or the west?
Hal9000
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Thanks. I was coming down the mountain and found a nice little creek, so I decided to set up camp there to catch the sunrise and sunset. It was a good choice! @marquac, thanks for the kind words! Hopefully I can hike with some QT3 folks someday!
@Tman, I utilized the east side of the range near Lander; specifically the Worthen Meadows TH. For the prettiest, easiest hike to Wind River Peak, I think that Stough Creek Trail (easy day excursion to Stough), then Poison, Mountain Sheep, and Coon Lakes, then the mountain via Tayo Lake, with a return via Deep Creek and Ice Lakes. I sadly chose the Cirque trail leaving and it was just a horrible slog.
