Pale Headed Rosella

On the way to work this morning, this Rosella flew across the road and

landed on this fence. I stopped and attempted to photograph him from the

ute. This was the best I could get, and he flew off not long afterwards.

View all photos taken: Monday, 30th October 2006, This photo: 7:53am

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Comments

  • borealnz said:
    Nicely captured David! Old bathtubs have a similar use here in NZ :-)

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  • David de Groot said:
    I wonder if they're used like that in England or the US.
  • AlexandraPhotos said:
    On my grandfathers farm near Orange, NSW, he used old bath tubs and old drums cut length ways with the edges blunted. Don't you just hate it that birds keep their backs to you. Or they do for me. Nice country shot
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  • David de Groot said:
    Oh yeah the old 44 gallon drums. He did turn his head my way, but in that shot the camera decided it'd much prefer to auto-focus on the shed, rather than the bird!
  • looby88 said:
    oh yes, quite common to see them used in the same way here in the UK too, though they are too small for the horses to get in ......
  • David de Groot said:
    But surely those little ponies from Shetland wouldn't have any problem at all? ;^)

    BTW, did you notice your parrot has had a colour change and is moonlighting with pirates ?
  • Maki_C30D said:
    our old bathtub is lying in our front yard beside my flowerbed. It made a beautiful background for one of my dahlia shots..hehe

    This is still a great capture,btw:)
  • Margot- said:
    What a great find, David! This is a beautiful shot with a nice bokeh. I like the way you shot this. Of course, it can't be just a picture of a bird. With a bokeh bathtub...it makes it more interesting. (o^.^o)
  • David de Groot said:
    I do wonder if the inventor of the modern bathtub had any idea how many of them would be turned into stock water troughs, garden ornaments/planters, and the various other non-bathtub uses they've come to be used for.

    Thanks Maria :)
  • looby88 said:
    David I did find your photo of peps and the pirate, I just havent got round to replying ! I thought it was funny and plenty good enough to upload !!
  • David de Groot said:
    Ah, I see I was just being impatient ;)

    But it's definitely not of posting quality, my photoshop foo isn't that good.