The Latest Pics Archive — page 1

Okay, in the spirit of unmitigated accuracy I admit that an archive of latest pics is a contradiction of terms. But you get the idea. Each of these images was once the ‘latest’ to appear on the home page.

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Photo 85

Head of a dragonfly. Canon 7D, 100mm macro lens

Photo 84

Paper wasp standing guard over its nest. 100mm lens, f/16 at 1/50th second

Photo 83

Eastern Dwarf Tree Frog. 100mm lens, f/16 at 1/125 second

Photo 82

Eastern Dwarf Tree Frog. 100mm lens, f/11 at 1/100 second

Photo 81

Eastern Dwarf Tree Frog. 100mm lens, f/4.5 at 1/500 second

Photo 80

Butterfly photographed with 100mm macro lens, f/4.5 at 1,600 second

Photo 79

Green Tree Snake. Canon 7D, 400mm lens, f/10, 250th second, flash

Photo 78

Eastern Dwarf Tree Frog (Litoria fallax). Canon 7D, 100mm macro lens, stacked photo of 3 exposures, f/9, 1/50 second, ISO 800, tripod

Photo 77

Jumping Spider on a flower bud. Canon 7D, 100mm lens, 160th second, f/11, ISO 800

Photo 76

Eastern Dwarf Tree Frog (Litoria fallax). Canon 7D, 100mm macro lens, f/13, 1/3 second, ISO 400, tripod

Photo 75

Stacked photo of a really tiny Flower Spider. Canon 7D, 100mm, tripod, flash, 1/8th second, f/9

Photo 74

Freshwater turtle. Canon 7D, 100mm lens, f/3.5 at 160th second

Photo 73

Cicada. Canon 7D, 100mm lens, f/11 at 250th second, flash

Photo 72

Pale Yellow Robin (Tregellasia capito) photographed in a SE Queensland rainforest. Canon 7D, 100-400mm lens, f/10 at 250th second, flash

Photo 71

Northern Green Jumping Spider. (Mopsus mormon) Canon 7D, 100mm, f/16, 1/250 second, ISO 100, flash

Photo 70

I don’t even know what type of spider this is, but my guess is some type of orb weaver. This photo was taken at night. Canon 7D, 100mm, f/13, 1/4 second, ISO 100, flash, tripod & cable release

Photo 69

Azure Kingfisher (Alcedo azurea). Canon 7D, 100mm, f/13, 125th second, ISO 400

Photo 68

Brush Turkey (Alectura lathami) photographed in SE Queensland. Canon 7D, 400mm, f/9, 640th second, ISO 2000

Photo 67

Banjo Frog (Limnodynastes species). Canon 7D, 100mm lens, f/16, 6th second, ISO 400

Photo 66

Eastern Dwarf Tree Frog (Litoria fallax). Canon 7D, 100mm macro lens, f/16, 1/6th second, ISO 400, tripod

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People need nature more than nature needs people

So what’s with this Nature Stuff then?

Birds

Indian Mynas
Pushy and invasive

Noisy Miners
Aggression in the suburbs

Noisy Miners, Indian Mynas
Here’s how to tell the difference

Starlings
Another feral pest, or not?

Australian White Ibis
Conservation takes a twist

Common water birds around Sydney

Masked Lawpings
Or should we be calling them Spur-winged Plovers?

Pacific Black Ducks
A common Aussie duck

Geese teeth
No seriously, do birds have teeth?

Birds’ knees
Do they bend forwards or backwards?

Rainbow Lorikeets
Raucous and colourful

Sulphur-crested Cockatoos
Beautiful birds with an awful call

Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoos
Beautiful birds with a beautiful call

Glossy Black Cockatoos
Casuarinas’ seed crackers

Are they Crows or Ravens in Sydney?
Here’s your answer.

Black Swans
Bird emblem of Western Australia

Brush Turkeys
Cool birds, huge nests

Darters
Comfortable on land, in the air and water

Australian Pelicans
An impressive large water bird

Black and white birds
Identifying from a bunch that is easily confused

The Australian Magpie
Buddies in the back yard

Reptiles

Lizard bite
Getting more than you bargained for

Asian House Geckos
More than just a pretty face?

Plants

Lantana
Tough, invasive and widespread

A few big Australian trees
Some examples I’ve seen in my travels

Unusual and beautiful Australian trees
Some more lovely trees

Why Australia’s giant trees might never return
Perhaps we shouldn’t take them for granted.

Insects and spiders

One of the longest insects in the world
(Including photos of course)

Jumper Ants and Bulldog Ants
Insects with attitude

Some common Australian orb-weaving spiders
A basic guide to their identification.

Hunstman Spiders
A spider with an undeserved bad reputation

Fear of Huntsman Spiders
How I dealt with it

Golden Orb Weaver Spiders
A common large spider

How many eyes do spiders have?
Here’s your answer (and photos).

How long do spiders live?
They can’t last forever.

How many eyes do insects have?
The answer might surprise you.

How I catch spiders
(to take them outside)

The amazing net-casting spiders
A bit of a favourite spider of mine.

Commensal spiders
Eating the leftovers

What is a spider?
No, seriously, what makes a spider a spider?

Jumping spiders
Cute and often colourful

Nature words

So what’s a feral species, really?
Here’s the real answer.

What’s the real meaning of the word ‘bug’?
Another one of those words with a very specific meaning.

Venomous or poisonous
What’s the difference?

Other stuff

From Cane Toads to tree frogs
It was rewarding in ways we didn’t expect

Book review
Back from the Brink

Camouflaged critters
Blending in to a scene near you

Critters in the city
Blending in to a metropolis near you

Fire and the Australian bush
A brief look at a complicated story

Cute stuff
Critters sure can look cute when they’re little

Feeding wild animals
Is it always a good idea?

Photo Sales
I might have that Australian nature pic you’re looking for

The Latest Pics
Archive of my latest nature photos