the birds from the Wilderness...

Here's two birds i made pictures of while we were camping in the Wilderness over Christmas.
("made pictures of" is a term used by John Blakemore, who has taught me much on B&W photography)

The first is Pete - he's a dear Peacock who is always looking for a mate, and ready to display his colours to anything and anybody that could ever possibly be his friend.

The second is of a nectar eating bird (anybody know what it's named?) who i made a picture of while sitting under the awning of our campsite!

go to www.photo.net/photos/ralton to see their ratings and commentary...

a few more B&W photos

Here are two recent B&W photos.

The first is titled "walking down the garden path" and is a self portrait with a medium/slow shutter.

The second is a photo of Mike and Hayley, taken for an art project that Hayley is going to do for school.