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Photography 2022 – Landscapes and Birds: “Woodlands Historic Park, Greenvale, Victoria – Australia” Written and Photographed by Karen Robinson

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Greenvale, Victoria – Australia ‘Woodlands Historic Park’ Photographed by ©Karen Robinson August 2022 Comment: Photograph featuring ancient woodlands gum trees.

INTRODUCTION

Over the last month hubby and I revisited our local Woodlands.  Woodlands Historic Park, Greenvale, Victoria – Australia is a reserve we had frequently visited especially during COVID-19 lockdowns when travelling more than 5 kilometres from home wasn’t possible.  It has become a favourite place of ours now, not just for photography adventures but also for taking time out to enjoy its woodlands, kangaroos, and birdlife.

Greenvale, Victoria – Australia ‘Woodlands Historic Park’ Photographed by ©Karen Robinson August 2022 Comment: Photograph featuring Woodland Trees.
Greenvale, Victoria – Australia ‘Woodlands Historic Park’ Photographed by ©Karen Robinson August 2022 Comment: Photograph featuring Wattle Trees in Bloom.

Different times of the year and different times of the day can present interesting photographic opportunities.  The sometimes scrubby woodlands offer natural habitats for varying types of wildlife.  It takes many visits to truly appreciate what this reserve has to offer.

The Eastern Grey Kangaroo can be seen frequently throughout the Woodlands.  Below are two images, one with a large male, and a female with a joey in her pouch.  The other was a very large male Kangaroo which some signs of an old injury on its hind leg.  It must be noted that caution should be taken around these animals and best not approached.  Respectfully viewed from a distance for the safety of both the animal and human advised.  Please note I took these photographs of the animals and birds with my long lens 150 to 600mm, so I was a long way from them.

Greenvale, Victoria – Australia ‘Woodlands Historic Park’ Photographed by ©Karen Robinson August 2022 Comment: Photograph featuring Eastern Grey Kangaroos.
Greenvale, Victoria – Australia ‘Woodlands Historic Park’ Photographed by ©Karen Robinson August 2022 Comment: Photograph featuring Eastern Grey Kangaroo.

Photographing birds can be challenging and at the same time a wonderful way of emerging oneself in the natural world.  Hubby helps to spot them for me so I can then concentrate on photographing them.  We make a good team.  He also helps lug around the photography equipment along with chairs, food, and other things of use – which makes for a great photography adventure.

Greenvale, Victoria – Australia ‘Woodlands Historic Park’ Photographed by ©Karen Robinson August 2022 Comment: Photograph featuring Flame Robin.
Greenvale, Victoria – Australia ‘Woodlands Historic Park’ Photographed by ©Karen Robinson August 2022 Comment: Photograph featuring Superb Fairy-wren.
Greenvale, Victoria – Australia ‘Woodlands Historic Park’ Photographed by ©Karen Robinson August 2022 Comment: Photograph featuring Red Wattlebird.
Greenvale, Victoria – Australia ‘Woodlands Historic Park’ Photographed by ©Karen Robinson August 2022 Comment: Photograph featuring Rainbow Lorikeet.
Greenvale, Victoria – Australia ‘Woodlands Historic Park’ Photographed by ©Karen Robinson August 2022 Comment: Photograph featuring Eastern Rosella.
Greenvale, Victoria – Australia ‘Woodlands Historic Park’ Photographed by ©Karen Robinson August 2022 Comment: Photograph featuring Eastern Rosella.
Greenvale, Victoria – Australia ‘Woodlands Historic Park – Birds’ Photographed by ©Karen Robinson August 2022 Comment: Photograph featuring Rainbow Lorikeets.
Greenvale, Victoria – Australia ‘Woodlands Historic Park – Bird’ Photographed by ©Karen Robinson August 2022 Comment: Photograph featuring Eastern Rosella.
Greenvale, Victoria – Australia ‘Woodlands Historic Park’ Photographed by ©Karen Robinson August 2022 Comment: Photograph featuring Red Wattlebird.
Greenvale, Victoria – Australia ‘Woodlands Historic Park’ Photographed by ©Karen Robinson August 2022 Comment: Photograph featuring Red Wattlebird.
Greenvale, Victoria – Australia ‘Woodlands Historic Park – Birds’ Photographed by ©Karen Robinson August 2022 Comment: Photograph featuring White-winged Choughs.
Greenvale, Victoria – Australia ‘Woodlands Historic Park’ Photographed by ©Karen Robinson August 2022 Comment: Photograph featuring Galah.
Greenvale, Victoria – Australia ‘Woodlands Historic Park – Birds’ Photographed by ©Karen Robinson August 2022 Comment: Photograph featuring White-winged Choughs.
Greenvale, Victoria – Australia ‘Woodlands Historic Park’ Photographed by ©Karen Robinson August 2022 Comment: Photograph featuring Sulphur Crested Cockatoos.
Greenvale, Victoria – Australia ‘Woodlands Historic Park’ Photographed by ©Karen Robinson August 2022 Comment: Photograph featuring Red-browed Finch.
Greenvale, Victoria – Australia ‘Woodlands Historic Park – Birds’ Photographed by ©Karen Robinson August 2022 Comment: Photograph featuring Red-rumped Parrots.
Greenvale, Victoria – Australia ‘Woodlands Historic Park – Birds’ Photographed by ©Karen Robinson August 2022 Comment: Photograph featuring Red-rumped Parrot.

 

CONCLUSION

Photography is just another way to improve one’s sense of well-being and at the same time – be creative. Being out and about experiencing the natural wonders of the world and the creatures it inhabits is a real privilege for sure. It really does rejuvenate the body and soul.

Happy photography all – © Karen Robinson – August 2022

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Photography 2021 – Landscape:  “Greenslopes Road, Trawool, Victoria – Australia” Written and Photographed by Karen Robinson

			
						

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INTRODUCTION


Another short photography adventure.  This time to the region of Trawool, Victoria – Australia. A lovely drive along Greenslopes Road revealed honey-coloured grasslands, granite statue-like boulders, and gum trees with lush green foliage evidence of receiving good rainfalls during last winter. Tree covered mountain ranges, waterholes with actual water still in them, and glimpses of the Goulburn River all made for a beautiful Australian landscape scene.


Above Photograph:  The above landscape photograph features huge granite boulders resting on a hill and looks out over towards a line of trees where the Goulburn River gently rolls by.  Far into the distance, near these trees, little black dots are actually cattle which helps demonstrate the size and distance of this landscape.


Below Photograph:  The below landscape photograph was taken by my hubby on my mobile phone for a GPS reading.  It helps the viewer appreciate just how big this landscape is and how large those granite boulders are!  I am just there in front of one with my camera equipment, photographing the scene.


 
 
 
  
 
  
  


 


Below Photographs:  The bird photos below were taken on our way back home along the same road and beside the Goulburn River.  Access was difficult due to the high riverbanks.  But while waiting for my hubby while he fished, I managed to get a couple of bird photos, not as good as I would have liked, couldn’t get close enough and my bird lens couldn’t get close enough either.  But it’s nice to have them anyway.  One a Grey Fantail drying off in the sun on some bush twigs and the other a Sulphur Crested Cockatoo resting in a beautiful River Gumtree.


 
 
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
  
  


 


 


CONCLUSION


Photography is just another way to improve one’s sense of wellbeing and at the same time – be creative. Being out-and-about experiencing the wonders of the world and the creatures it inhabits is a real privilege for sure. It really does rejuvenate the body and soul.


Happy photography all – © Karen Robinson – January 2021




Please click here to visit my ‘Photography – About’ page where you will be able to find blog links and photographs about other photographic adventures…


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Photography 2019 – Birds: “Westmeadows – Sulphur Crested Cockatoo” Written and Photographed by Karen Robinson

			
						

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INTRODUCTION


On this photography adventure day, we only had to take a 5 minute drive from home!  Beside one of Westmeadows, Victoria – Australia local backstreets there stands a tall old gumtree with a large hollow.  At this location each year, around November, Sulphur-crested Cockatoos come and nest at what is perhaps an unusual location.  Cars and people busily pass by daily under their nest, but they seem to have adapted to the suburban lifestyle.  I cannot help feel sad for our bird wildlife.  Melbourne’s ever emerging urban sprawl means that tree felling of large areas of land is therefore – stripping large areas of bird habitats.  Thus leaving birds to find unusual locations to subsist or not at all – hence bird numbers dwindling.  So I hope in years to come to continue to find these iconic Australian native birds revisit this old gum tree…


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PHOTOGRAPHY EQUIPMENT USED


During this photography exercise – I used a compact system camera, a Sony A7 Mark II – Full Frame with a Sony A FE24-240mm F3.5-6.3 OSS Lens, and a Sigma150-600mm F5-6.3 DGOS HSM with a Sigma Mount Converter MC-11. For some of these photographs I used the camera hand-held but for most of the shots, I used a Wimberley WH-200 Gimbal Tripod Head II with quick release base. I also used my Apple iPhone 8 Plus mobile phone for quick spontaneous photographs and gain GPS location readings.


 


 
 
 
  
 
  
  


 


 




THE PHOTOGRAPHS


On my return home, I downloaded all the photographs into Adobe Lightroom Classic CC.  I developed a small selection of photographs.  During the process of developing them I was able to see what I needed to address during my next photographic adventure.   Please find both above and below, the best of what I took during this photography adventure!


 


 
 
 
  
 
  
  


 
 
 
  
 
  
  


 
 
 
  
 
  
  


 


 




CONCLUSION


Being out-and-about experiencing the natural wonders of the world and the creatures it inhabits – really does rejuvenate the body and soul.  Photography is just another way to improve one’s sense of wellbeing and at the same time – be creative!


 


Happy photography all – © Karen Robinson – January 2019


 




Please click here to visit my ‘Photography – About’ page where you will be able to find blog links and photographs about other photographic adventures…


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Photography 2018 – Landscape/Birds: “Goulburn River – Seymour” Written and Photographed by Karen Robinson

			
						

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INTRODUCTION


This photography adventure took place on my hubby’s 66th Birthday.  Our daughter, son-in-law and grand-daughter took us out for a fishing day for his birthday along the Goulburn River, Seymour, Victoria – Australia.  It was a beautiful day, hubby caught a fish and I managed to take some photographs of the river, birds such as Masked Lapwing also known as Spur-winged Plover, Crimson Rosellas, Sulphur Crested Cockatoo, a pair of Sacred Kingfishers and a native honey beehive that was housed in a gumtree trunk knot!  Daughter Kelly enjoyed some time with her father while her hubby looked after their baby daughter.  We enjoyed our time together creating importance family memories…


 


 
 
 
  
 
  
  


 
 
 
  
 
  
  


 


 




PHOTOGRAPHY EQUIPMENT USED


During this photography exercise – I used a compact system camera, a Sony A7 Mark II – Full Frame with a Sony A FE24-240mm F3.5-6.3 OSS Lens for the landscape photographs – hand-held.  For the bird photography I used the same camera but with my new (bird) lens, a Sigma150-600mm F5-6.3 DGOS HSM with a Sigma Mount Converter MC-11 mounted on a Wimberley WH-200 Gimbal Tripod Head II with quick release base. I also used my Apple iPhone 8 Plus mobile phone for quick spontaneous photographs and gain GPS location readings.


 


 


THE PHOTOGRAPHS


On my return home, I downloaded all the photographs into Adobe Lightroom Classic CC.  I developed a small selection of photographs.  During the process of developing them I was able to see what I needed to address during my next photographic adventure.   Please find both above and below, the best of what I took during this photography adventure!


 
 
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
  
  
 
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
  
  


 


 


 


 


CONCLUSION


Being out-and-about experiencing the natural wonders of the world and the creatures it inhabits – really does rejuvenate the body and soul.  Photography is just another way to improve one’s sense of wellbeing and at the same time – be creative!


 


 


 


Happy photography all – © Karen Robinson – December 2018


 




Please click here to visit my ‘Photography – About’ page where you will be able to find blog links and photographs about other photographic adventures…


POST-TRAUMATIC GROWTH:  Improving one’s sense of wellbeing using art, creative writing, photography, blogging and motivational speaking – my journey written by ©Karen Robinson.  Please click here for my latest blog news!