Here is the second competition from the Burrard-Lucas brothers
Now available is the free July wallpaper to download as part of my series of nature walls. Like the others it is available in three different sizes, with or without Calendar dates. Click on the picture to select and download the size you require.
I discovered this talented wildlife artist’s video today - excellent wide-screen, high definition production with lovely music and outstanding, inspirational artwork.
This prestigious annual competition, founded by David Shepherd (CBE) to help raise money for critically endangered mammals, is open to individual entrants aged 17 years or over and the closing date is 31st Jan 2010 so you still have six months to prepare your work.
The annual Wildlife Artist of the Year Competition organised by David Shepherd was recently on show at an exhibition at the Mall Galleries in London, UK where all artwork was for sale and 50% of any sale price was donated by the artist to help save wildlife. As usual, the standard of the work was outstanding and below are the winning entries in each chosen field.
I have come across this photographer a few times in my online endeavours and he always raises the bar when it comes to wildlife macro photography. These macro portraits are outstanding and I don’t know how he does it!
I loved these photographs as soon as I set eyes on them and they are very cleverly and artistically created by photographer Peter Lippmann for Downy Fabric Softener, Marie Claire, Cartier Art Magazine and some of Peter’s personal work taken at the Miami Wildlife Refuge. A wonderfully inspiring collection of stunning photography.
Here is the June wallpaper which is available as a free download in my series of monthly wallpapers featuring my flora and fauna photography.
The second edition of this gorgeous, quarterly electronic magazine is now available to purchase and download.
I have just heard that my photograph “Lean on Me” of a pair of rainbow lorikeets was selected as “highly commended” in the Wildlife Portraits competition run by Will Burrard-Lucas and his younger brother Matthew. Here is the article from Burrard-Lucas Blog site
Came across this competition at Worth1000.com where the rules were:Deforestation and development, strip malls and fast food restaurants. Every year man pushes back nature’s boundaries, and every year more and more animal and insect species disappear. Or do they? Perhaps they’ve adapted and evolved to blend into the city environment and we just don’t notice them, as in the theme post.
I recently visited Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary, Queensland, Australia with my art students where we got up-close and personal with some of the beautiful birds, marsupials and reptiles.
Here is the May wallpaper in my series of free monthly wallpapers showcasing some of my nature photographs.
Here is a selection of the talented and lucky finalists in the 2009 Garden Photographer of the Year Competition. The overall winner and category winners have yet to be announced. This prestigious exhibition is held every year in Kew Gardens, Richmond, UK at the end of May.
I have been thinking about doing something like this for a long time and realise that the job is bigger than just little old me! I live in Queensland for instance and am not exposed to the wildlife in other Australian States. I have created a gorgeous free site using the Wetpaint Community platform and anyone can join who would like to contribute in creating a wealth of educational resources about Australian Wildlife and Wild Plants.
A few weeks ago I visited Currumbin Valley in the Gold Coast Hinterland, Queensland which is one of the most beautiful places I have been to. The drive through the valley was stunning with canopies of green trees over-hanging the narrow roadway which wound its way past homesteads, scattered along this scenic drive.
I have been hearing the sounds of young kookaburras recently and they make an incessant, soft, screeching, mini laugh when they want to be fed. Today, mum brought one of her youngsters down for a feed on our fence and it is always a wonderful sight. There was nothing subtle about this young kookaburra’s feeding, he
Quite a lot of “activity” going on in the garden at the moment in the insect world from creating life, giving birth, protecting eggs to the newly hatched youngsters exploring their new world. I’ve said it many times but I am continually amazed at what goes on deep among the foliage in my garden and I am privileged to witness and record it through my macro lense.
I often think that there is a misconception out there that photography as an artform is easy, especially as there is an excellent range of cameras which do a remarkably good job even set to auto where we can just shoot away to our heart’s content.
After my upsetting post about the evil assassin bug killing the orchard swallowtail caterpillars in my garden I have some really good news. I actually had not intended for this update to happen and was checking to see if we had any mail in the late afternoon. Something made me go over and check the citrus tree where the caterpillars had been and I guess I was still upset that the two of them had vanished or been wiped out by the assassin bug. I examined the lemon tree and saw it, hoping that maybe it was …
I’ve been watching and photographing a couple of huge Orchard Swallowtail Caterpillars for the past week and they are the biggest caterpillars I have seen. I was keen to keep an eye on them to perhaps be lucky enough to witness the transformation to cocoon and butterfly. If you get upset easily you may not want to read this story.
This juvenile magpie has been coming down to our garden and is spending a lot of time with us. He has been abandoned or pushed away by his parents and he is a lost soul at the moment. The resident magpies are less than happy that “Orville” is around and they attack him to the point where he hides under a leafy tree.
Again, I ventured out into my garden after a shower of rain and the atmosphere was uncomfortably sticky and humid but it’s worth it to see the garden guests who emerge in the freshly soaked foliage.
We had a fierce storm the other afternoon causing one of my cats to bolt under the bed. The rain teemed down and I actually jumped when I heard the first clap of thunder. It didn’t last long fortunately and afterwards the sun shone through the damp foliage with the smell of rain lingering in the steamy atmosphere. This is my favourite time to take photographs and I love the dew drops and the renewed freshness of everything in the garden. It also brings out many garden guests from their hidey-holes.
Well, I think we are having an early summer in Queensland, Australia as the temperatures have been reaching 30 degrees centigrade already and it is hot and sticky. Whilst this can be uncomfortable for us humans, the hot summer weather brings about gorgeous summer guests such as butterflies, hoverflies, dragonflies, cicadas and a whole lot more which I am still discovering in my garden from year to year.
I couldn’t believe my eyes when I saw this fellow munching the seed bell at 6am this morning and he is probably the most striking bird I have ever seen in my garden. It’s my first sighting ever of an Australian King-Parrot and they really are impressive with the flash of scarlet and vivid emerald green.
I have been filming some of the birds in my garden recently and have been using my old four megapixels camera so the quality is not wonderful. To make up for this, I think that you will find this clip of an amorous male rainbow lorikeet “hiliarious” as he “struts his stuff” trying to impress the female who is less than keen. It also gives “kick boxing” a whole new meaning and it has obviously existed in nature before we knew it and just goes to show you that “all of us girls have to protect ourselves somehow!”
Due to the spring weather that is now upon us in Queensland, Australia, I have noticed a lot more insects fluttering and buzzing around plus all the spring blooms which are bursting with vitality, colour and fragrances in my garden. The flowering Jasmine for instance has the most beautiful smell and it’s just a shame that it only flowers once a year at the end of August. I couldn’t resist capturing the early signs of spring with my camera. Spring has a knack of cheering you up, don’t you think?
I captured Mr and Mrs Sulphur-Crested Cockatoo sharing supper late this afternoon. Our seed bell had been munched to the point where it had fallen to the ground and these birds are known for their intelligence.
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