
A close-up of one of the sparrows on yesterday’s kimono – kimono with sparrows and flowers.
- Aperture: ƒ/7.1
- Camera: E-M5MarkII
- Focal length: 150mm
- ISO: 4000

A close-up of one of the sparrows on yesterday’s kimono – kimono with sparrows and flowers.

THe unbelievable level of detail on this embroidered kimono featuring sparrows and flowers.

A Royal Spoonbill shows off the size of it’s beak in the aviary at the Melbourne Zoo.

A jabiru, or black-necked stork, in the Great Flight aviary at the Melbourne Zoo.

A bush stone-curlew in the aviary at the Healesville Sanctuary back in 2016.

A scaly-breasted lorikeet in the aviary at the Healesville Sanctuary back in 2016.

A yellow and green budgerigar at the Healesville Sanctuary back in 2016.

Another close-up of the amazing colours of the rainbow lorikeet at Healesville Sanctuary.

And the final in the 2025 Rowville Australian Pelican series.

The Australian Pelican is truly airborne, it reminds me of Catalina Flying Boats from the 1940s.

There is some serious power needed to lift an Australian Pelican into the air, and only limited clearance.

The Australian Pelican appears to walk on water as it takes-off from the Rowville lakes behind work.