20200416-MMPI0064 - Toowong Cemetery

Thursday 16th April 2020 saw me go for another morning exercise around the hilly around Toowong Cemetery with my camera gear. Nothing outstanding sighted this morning, so I decided to spend some time trying to capture some of the numerous Crows and Currawongs in flight. That proved once again mostly unsuccessful, although I got a couple of keepers of Torresian Crow (Corvus orru) in flight. Trying to get a good exposure of jet-black birds against even a clear blue sky and fast enough exposure to freeze motion is proving very difficult but good fun to try. I spotted a female Australian Magpie (Gymnorhina tibicen) that was on the hunt for tasty morsels on the grass so I lay down and got some nice portrait shots of this always proud-looking bird. Another beautiful morning, walked around 3.5Km up hill and down dale with my 4Kg of camera gear and a great way to start the working day.

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Torresian Crow (Corvus orru) in flight. Toowong Cemetery, Toowong, Queensland, Australia. Nikon D500 + Nikon 200-500mm f/5.6 1/1600sec | f/7.1 | ISO 800 | 750 mm (effective focal length)
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Torresian Crow (Corvus orru) in flight. Toowong Cemetery, Toowong, Queensland, Australia. Nikon D500 + Nikon 200-500mm f/5.6 1/1600sec | f/7.1 | ISO 720 | 750 mm (effective focal length)
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Australian White Ibis (Threskiornis moluccus) in flight. Toowong Cemetery, Toowong, Queensland, Australia. Nikon D500 + Nikon 200-500mm f/5.6 1/1600sec | f/7.1 | ISO 720 | 750 mm (effective focal length)
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Torresian Crow (Corvus orru) calling from a tree branch. Toowong Cemetery, Toowong, Queensland, Australia. Nikon D500 + Nikon 200-500mm f/5.6 1/640sec | f/8 | ISO 200 | 750 mm (effective focal length)
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Australian Magpie (Gymnorhina tibicen) (female) on the lookout for food on a lawn. Toowong Cemetery, Toowong, Queensland, Australia. Nikon D500 + Nikon 200-500mm f/5.6 1/640sec | f/8 | ISO 720 | 525 mm (effective focal length)
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Australian Magpie (Gymnorhina tibicen) (female) on the lookout for food on a lawn. Toowong Cemetery, Toowong, Queensland, Australia. Nikon D500 + Nikon 200-500mm f/5.6 1/640sec | f/8 | ISO 560 | 525 mm (effective focal length)
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Australian Magpie (Gymnorhina tibicen) (female) on the lookout for food on a lawn. Toowong Cemetery, Toowong, Queensland, Australia. Nikon D500 + Nikon 200-500mm f/5.6 1/640sec | f/8 | ISO 720 | 510 mm (effective focal length)
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Australian Magpie (Gymnorhina tibicen) (female) on the lookout for food on a lawn. Toowong Cemetery, Toowong, Queensland, Australia. Nikon D500 + Nikon 200-500mm f/5.6 1/640sec | f/8 | ISO 720 | 465 mm (effective focal length)
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Australian Magpie (Gymnorhina tibicen) (female) on the lookout for food on a lawn. Toowong Cemetery, Toowong, Queensland, Australia. Nikon D500 + Nikon 200-500mm f/5.6 1/640sec | f/8 | ISO 500 | 435 mm (effective focal length)
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Australian White Ibis (Threskiornis moluccus) (immature) portrait. Toowong Cemetery, Toowong, Queensland, Australia. Nikon D500 + Nikon 200-500mm f/5.6 1/800sec | f/5.6 | ISO 180 | 630 mm (effective focal length)

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20200416-MMPI0064 - Toowong Cemetery