Photo Competition #24 - Ends 6th September

[slt]

Don't know about the last couple of days, but certainly all of last week and the weekend it felt like the beginning of summer! But with winter certainly at an end, here comes...

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2009/08/619.jpg


I've seen lots of indicators that spring is here: trees are in flower, leaves are budding, noisy miners are on the attack ... so "Spring" is the subject of this week's competition.

Not many rules this time, however:

1. We want to see new photos only (taken 26th August 2009 or later).
2. As usual, a maximum of 2 submissions per member.

Happy snapping!

slt

[bblaze]

bugger- spring wont have started in tassie before the comp finishes, we are still in the worst of winter.
cheers
blaze

[Chucaro]

bugger- spring wont have started in tassie before the comp finishes, we are still in the worst of winter.
cheers
blaze

What are you talking about I lived in Tassie for few years and there is not such thing as a Spring, only winter and autumn :D

[werdan]

Melbourne had spring there for a bit, then skipped summer and autumn and went straight back into winter. yay!

[slt]

Too much moaning people :p

Where I came from originally it wasn't unheard of to have some serious snowfalls even in spring! It's actually a fairly broad subject and variable weather makes great photo opportunities ... just do your best :)

[Chucaro]

I think that these images meet the conditions for this week.
Flowers and birds :D
The first image is a baby Noisy Miner
Scientific name: Manorina melanocephala
Family: Meliphagidae
Feeding nectar from a Grevillea Moon Light

Nikon D200
1/80s f/5.6 at 240.0mm iso400

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2009/08/532.jpg


The second is a first time visitor to my garden and the first image of this specie in my collection a: Scaly-breasted Lorikeet (Trichoglossus chlorolepidotus)also known as Green Lorikeets, Green and Yellow Lorikeets
Feeding nectar from a Gravillea Elegance flowers

Nikon D200
1/320s f/10.0 at 240.0mm iso400

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2009/08/533.jpg

[Bushie]

What would spring be without a few wildflowers. All taken within 1km of home this afternoon.

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2009/09/1204.jpg

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2009/08/168.jpg

Shame it was so windy - made it a bit hard to get a good pic.

No idea what they are, except native :)


Martyn

[WhiteD3]

Taken this morning after some early showers...
http://img5.imageshack.us/img5/2200/pict0002dut.jpg (http://img5.imageshack.us/i/pict0002dut.jpg/)

[dullbird]

taken about 5 mins ago in the neighbours garden :D as I dont have any flowers in mine at all :lol2: planning on trying to take another this afternoon when the light changes a bit...as I don't want to submit two pics the same

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2009/09/1661.jpg

[dullbird]

My second pic taken today

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2009/09/1586.jpg

[andylandy]

Well i suppose that i should apologise, but hey i guess this is just how my mind works!

Here is my first shot!

18402

and my second!

18403

these were taken about 30 minutes ago, the only thing done was to add the watermark.

Enjoy

Andy

[dullbird]

why should you apologise? I would encourage anyone to use a different interpretation of a word...I even thought of doing this myself but couldn't get them out of the shed its too messy ;)

wouldn't it be boring if no one bent the rules to come up with something different:)

[werdan]

I agree with Dullbird. Don't apologise. I like them!

[bblaze]

just throw those in , not real impessed with either

other day in Stanley
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2009/09/1466.jpg

In my garden, plant, no idea

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2009/09/1467.jpg

cheers
blaze

[Chucaro]

Well i suppose that i should apologise, but hey i guess this is just how my mind works!

Here is my first shot!

18402

and my second!

18403

these were taken about 30 minutes ago, the only thing done was to add the watermark.



Andy
Enjoy

Your idea spring back to my mind what it is creativity :D

Good shots ! Do not apologise ;)

[Bushie]

Comp now closed, votes can be placed in this thread until 10:00pm Tuesday night.


Martyn

[dullbird]

1) andylandy Second pic....just like the use of imagination
2) bblaze Second pic

[Bushie]

OK my choice,



Chucaros - Noisy Miner
Dullbirds - second pic

I would have liked to go with Andylandys second 'spring' but I think the comp is definitely after the "season spring"


Martyn

[WhiteD3]

1) Bushie (2nd shot)
2) Chucaro (2nd shot)

[Chucaro]

1) DB first image

2) White D grevillea

[slt]

1. Bushie (1st)
2. Dullbird (1st)
3. Chucaro (2nd)

[bblaze]

Chucaro - 2nd

Dullbird - 2nd

Andylandy- 1st

[Bushie]

A bit late after getting rudely shut down by a power failure last night (so I just headed to bed)



Winner for this week - Bushie

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2009/09/1204.jpg

I hope I've counted correctly - would be embarrassing to make a mistake.



Martyn