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A dedicated award winning wildlife specialist with work in local and overseas collections. He takes classes locally and has tutored wildlife art at workshops around Australia and Africa Oct 2010.
He is a regular speaker on Wildlife, Wildlife Art, & photography. Combining his passion, wildlife experiences and stunning images in powerful motivational presentations.
Category Archives: Birds
Lyrebird Song
This lyrebird is just 1 of 10 lyrebirds heard during a late afternoon walk in the Dandenong Ranges National Park. I was able to film 3 birds from as close as 2 meters. There appears to be an echo but … Continue reading
A walk in the forest!
Added a walk in the forest to my get fit program. Lyrebirds weren’t obliging for photography but they did serenaded me throughout my walk.
Posted in A day in the life of:, Birds, Victoria, Wildlife Artist
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Balangara-films: The Message of the Lyrebird
I participated in a lyrebird survey during which Balangara Films shot some this video. I discovered they have included a brief clip of me in the trailer! Look for me looking old in a beanie ‘I had one mimic my son’
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Just some of the Birds
Morning and afternoon game drives around Kruger National Park. 5am – 9 or 10. 3pm till getting inside the gate by 6:30pm. This was a flexible arrangement as there were distractions that kept us out longer – such as herds of elephants surrounding the car, … Continue reading
Posted in A day in the life of:, Africa, Birds, Kruger
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Updated to new Theme!
I was never happy with the original theme but had to find some time to get a new one. Found one that I would have preferred but discovered it was not compatible with FireFox so I reluctantly looked for another … Continue reading
Posted in Australia, Birds, Photographer, Victoria
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Orange Bellied Parrot Survey
Participated in an Orange Bellied Parrot survey on the weekend. Unfortunately no sightings. I did however add 5 birds to my list. These are a couple of the shots I grabbed along the way. A day at a sewerage treatment … Continue reading
Posted in Australia, Birds, Photographer, Victoria
Tagged Australia, Birds, Photography, Stephen Powell, Wildlife
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Forest Visit
Just so you understand. In the park where the pic of me covered in Rosella’s was taken I could just as easily been covered in Sulphur-crested cockatoos. Except for one thing, fear!!! Like the black cockatoo in the image above … Continue reading
Posted in A day in the life of:, Australia, Birds, Photographer, Uncategorized, Victoria, Wildlife
Tagged Australia, Birds, Canon D7, Photography, Stephen Powell, Wildlife
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Lyrebird song
This is my first attempt at filming with my new Canon 7D. I did some rudimentary editing but trimming the quality and size to something appropriate to the web is still to come. I don’t have editing software so its … Continue reading
Posted in Australia, Birds, Photographer, Victoria, Video, Wildlife
Tagged Australia, Birds, Canon D7, Photography, Stephen Powell, Video, Wildlife
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A walk in the forest
I’ve been very busy so my blogging has suffered. Today I walked through a local forest and listened to Lyrebirds – They are incredible mimics their songs include all the songs of the birds in their part of the bush. … Continue reading
Posted in A day in the life of:, Australia, Birds, Victoria, Wildlife, Wildlife Artist
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Botswana
18th June Moremi Game Reserve: Moremi served up more species that were new to me and non stop passing parade of creatures now familiar but just as exciting. The Saddle-billed … Continue reading
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Moremi Game Reserve
This is the Roller shot that I nearly nailed, lost by a beak- next time! Immature Great white Pelican, Grey Heron, African Darter, Yellow-billed Stork, Pink-backed Pelican & Wattled Crane. How close are the animals when I photograph them? … Continue reading
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Refuge – education center for wildlife.
Took 300 shots in 40 mins. Each of these were about 1 meter away. The one winking is only 10 cm high!!!! I’ll let the images do the talking.
Posted in Africa, Birds, Makalali, Photographer, South Africa, Wildlife
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FIRST FIND YOUR RHINOCEROS!
To day we tracked 3 Rhinos for a couple of ks on foot. Or should I say we walked behind Patson who is one of the 6 best trackers in Africa. It might seem simple to follow several tons of … Continue reading
Posted in A day in the life of:, Africa, Birds, Makalali, South Africa, Wildlife Artist
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Lyrebirds and Hobby
Just a couple of shots from a recent search for Lyrebirds & one of 400 shots taken on a successful excursion for Australian Hobby photos. Just for something different nothing bit me this time. At least that leaves my … Continue reading
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