Lake Clifton, Western Australia

Thrombolites, Lake Clifton Western Australia

Thrombolites, Lake Clifton Western Australia

Lake Clifton Westen Australia

Western Australia

Australian pelican, The Entrance NSW

Australian pelican, The Entrance NSW

Harvey estuary, Western Australia

Thunderstorms, Pilbara Westen Australia

A few more photos from around where I live

This post contains a few selected photos taken over the past two weeks. So far I have mostly photographed birds, which are plentiful. I hope to have the opportunity to shoot some more reptiles and mammals soon.

First week in my new home...Australia

I've been in Australia for a week now, and I've managed to try out my Sigma 120-300 on some of the local wildlife. I spent one morning driving around looking for kangaroos and ended up finding them in the front yards of some houses! I managed to shoot a lot of photos, but I've only posted a few. Another day I went down to the local lake and photographed a group of pelicans and sea gulls. They were hanging around a sandbank perhaps 20-30m from land. I am so far very impressed with the sharpness and contrast of the images delivered by the Sigma 120-300. The posted photos have been slightly sharpened and the contrast has been increased somewhat, but I haven't needed to do nearly as much post-processing as I am used to.

My first post and a new start...

I created this blog page perhaps three years ago now, but have, unfortunately, not found the time to post anything yet. I am now seven days away from the defence of my PhD, and 12 days from my permanent migrating from Norway to Australia with my fiancée. As I am turning a new leaf in many other aspects, I thought this a great opportunity to start posting on my blog.

I started photographing perhaps ten years ago now using an Olympus compact camera, and advanced to a Fujifilm superzoom a few years after. Through my PhD studies I gained access to a Canon 550D which I've been using up until now. After a long time saving I recently purchased, as a graduation gift to myself, a Canon 7D and two Sigma lenses (17-55 f/2.8 and 120-300 f/2.8 OS). I have not had too much time trying them out yet as I am busy preparing for my defence, but I am so far very pleased with the results. As others before me have noted, I have noticed a slight softness of the 7D compared to the 550D, but nothing that can't be sorted out either in camera or postprocessing. I tested the Sigma 120-300 photographing local birds feeding outside my parents house yesterday (see photos added below). I am very excited to get more time using the equipment, and will spend a lot of time in the Australian bush photographing wildlife and landscapes. I will post more text and photos as I get to experience nature down under.

Red robin (Erithacus rubecula)

Blue tit (Cyanistes caeruleus)

Blue tit (Cyanistes caeruleus)