The 2013 Album Part 5 - the finale

What can you say about December?  Catching up, winding down, longer days, more photo opportunities.  Reminiscing, taking stock, realising that life will never be the same again.  Thanks for the inspiration, the support and the memories.

A growth covered relic of some sort
that appears at low tides on Reddell Beach.

A sea snake in the seagrass meadows
off Town Beach, Broome

A beautiful flatworm in the seagrass
of Demco (Simpson's Beach).

Last seagrass monitoring for the year.
We got rained on.

Hermit crab tracks head away
 from Reddell Beach.

A black kite photographed over Simpson's Beach.

It looks like a flower blooming to me.

More liquid cold

Goanna tracks on a large
Cable Beach sand dune.

A Cable Beach sunset

Turtle tracks on Reddell Beach.
She nested.

A sunny and stormy Reddell Beach sunset.

Rainbow bee-eater photographed
from Reddell Beach.

A darter taking off from rocks
at Entrance Point.

Sunset panorama, Reddell Beach

It's a special place.

Darter tree, near the Broome Bird Observatory at Crab Creek.

As Cyclone Christine flexes her muscles offshore
the waves get bigger at Reddell Beach.  Took a few
 risks with the camera this day.

And that was the year that was.

The 2013 Album Part 4

In the last quarter of the year the sunsets got better, the birds got better, I got more inspired and more prolific.  Meaning October and November in this part and December out on its own.  October saw yet another election, for the Shire Council, and another disappointing result, but at least we were able to wake up for the first time this year knowing we didn't have to start planning for the next one!

Just so you know, these photos are posted in the order they were taken.

These photos were taken at Reddell Beach.

As I said, I developed a fascination
for 'Dancing Water'.

Inflow meets outflow

A smoky sunset viewed through
a polarising filter.

We did a photo shoot at Entrance Point with Cherry, Aaron and Elijah.
This was my favourite.

Another Dancing Water shot from Reddell.

Waves smoothed with a long exposure.

Yet another beautiful start to seagrass monitoring
at Demco.

And a beautiful anenome in
the seagrass meadows.

Different perspectives of a Reddell morning
- small

Large

 

This one knocked me out - I would never have expected
to get a photograph of sunspots!

A friend said this was possibly the best picture I had taken.
Spur of the moment - right place, right time.

Rainbow bee-eater at Reddell.

And a whimbrel at Reddell.

A ruddy turnstone

A common tern goes fishing for its breakfast.

Different perspective of a Reddell Beach sunset.

Sunset with branch.

 

I called this 'Liquid Gold'.

 

Playing with the zoom on a longer exposure.

The 2013 Album Part 3

July to September - a new financial year, a new lens, a new camera, a new idea more visitors, a celebration over East and a wedding in Broome.  There was also a Federal election, but the less said about that the better!

5th July - 2nd anniversary of Black Tuesday.  An opportunity to gather again at 'Black Tank', share some stories, some smiles, some tears, and remember again just how fragile our freedoms are.

Got me a new big lens - let's see
how the moon looks through that.

One of the most enjoyable weddings I have ever attended,
with one of the most deserving and lovely couples - Fi and Kim.

First time taking photos of birds with the new
 lens results in this beautiful brahminy kite.

The sun sets behind a still pool at
Entrance Point.

My brother Carl and his wife Janet visited at the end of July.
Naturally a trip to James Price Point was squeezed in, with a
stop at the community whale watching station at Murdudun
on the way home. 

A reflection on the water near Entrance Point.

A brown booby holds tight to its breakfast.

My Dad, Peter, celebrated his 80th birthday in August with 4 generations of his family.

Trying out the new tripod on the view
from Carl's Pyrmont apartment.

The new camera/lens/tripod combination
got me an even better red-winged parrot picture
 than I could have hoped for!

A different sunset.

A female variegated fairy wren.

A male variegated fairy wren

The Milliya Rumurra crew celebrate a very successful and fun entry in the Shinju Matsuri parade.

Sanderlings are among some of the first migratory
shorebird arrivals, heralding the upcoming
Wet Season.

I believe the expression is 'seminal' - I'm not sure what
prompted me to take this, but the result was so amazing
it set me off on a whole new path.

More evidence of my new fascination with all things at Reddell Beach.

Right place, right time again - a blue-winged kookaburra
 on a street light as I set out on a morning walk.