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Victoria’s Coast and Photo Tip: Charming the Birds

Reading Time: 2 minutesThere are some great bird photography locations in Victoria, but during my January trip the drought was playing havoc, with days of unexpected rain, paralytic heat, and dust storms. But even with a little persistence, even in the worst of weather you can still find a few plucky birds. The scenery along the shores of […]

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Photo Tip – Plan The Shots for Your Editorial Assignment

Reading Time: < 1 minuteHere’s a tip for covering an editorial assignment. I’ve shot features for many magazines, but my favourite is the geographic assignment, so those are the sample photos I’ll use. The key to a successful feature in a magazine, geographical or otherwise, is diversity. To achieve that: Be sure to have three types of shots: long

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Judging The Nature Conservancy Photo Competition 2016

Eye Spy by Mark Seabury

Reading Time: 6 minutesNature Conservancy Australia contacted me in June to see    if I’d be interested in being a judge for this year’s Nature Photo Competition. Of course I would! I’ve admired the work of the Nature Conservancy in the US for years. They also spread their activities around the globe and have successfully protected over 48

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Mating Madness

Male Cane toads jump on anything that moves

Reading Time: 3 minutesYou’ve all heard about the rampaging Cane Toads, right? How for the first few decades after introduction they stayed in Queensland? Then suddenly, say about the year 2000, they spread. Like the plague. They even hit the Kimberley in the west and Sydney in the south. One reason they are so rampant in their reproduction

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Let’s Encourage Young Photographers

Reading Time: 2 minutesI’d like to acknowledge a budding young nature and wildlife photographer, Mikaela Clews.  She won the Young Encourage-ment award at the recent Gosford Council photo competition. Mikaela Clews deserves a lot of credit for getting out into the bushlands around Gosford, New South Wales. The aim of the photo competition was to portray how nature

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Watch Your Whales – They’re Back!

Reading Time: 2 minutesJune 1st announces the start of the whale watching season. Humpbacks and southern rights can now be sighted off the New South Wales Coast as they head north to breed in warmer waters. I’ve been blown away by this annual event ever since that June in 1988 when I carried out an assignment for Good

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