Not sure if I should admit that I took this from the window of the jeep! On the track out of Aishalton we pass a few watering holes which are rapidly drying up as drought approaches. Fairly regularly there are Jabiru drinking at one of these spots. As we approached this one it took off and circled the jeep before flying away.
Taking pictures from the jeep is really hard work. The track is so bumpy that you have to lean out of the window to avoid bashing the camera against the bodywork. The bumpy track is hard on jeeps, people and the camera. Later this day I stopped at a creek to take a picture of some kids swimming. As I took my lens cap off, half of my lens fell out and rolled into the creek! We managed to get it back, and I've managed to rebuild the lens, but there might be some blurring in places where the lens was full of water!!!
I love this one!
ReplyDeleteIt looks like you took it from a light aircraft, not a jeep...
I love the way you tell us how hard it is to take the photo and then put up a wonderful picture!
ReplyDeleteI was lucky that the stork was banking round quite steeply, so it looks as though we're looking down on it, with the clouds below. Light aircraft would certainly be easier!
ReplyDeletecool in flight pic. difficult to get this amount of detail. You will have to have a go with the curlews which are going bonkers here at the moment. Curlew - Numenious aquata (Possessing a bow, its curved beak)
ReplyDeleteFunny you should mention the Curlew - there's a new link at the bottom of this blog...
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