Patxi Photography

DILLENIACEAE Hibbertia hypericoides

(12 x @ f/4.5, 1/640, ISO2500)

ERICACEAE Astroloma glaucescens - a hidden gem in an open banksia woodland

In the land of the Yued people from the Noongar Nation - Mogumber

My first experiment with focus stacking, this picture contains 23 photos at different focal points with a very open aperture, so very small sections are sharp in each individual photo and the background is a very soft blur.

(23 x @ f/3.5, 1/640, ISO4000)

WE ARE KILLING MAJESTIC BARN OWLS!
I cannot express the frustration and sadness that seen this dead Barn Owl made me feel while tears were coming out of my eyes... 🦉
I work outdoors in the conservation field and for the past month and a half my small team and I had found 6 dead Barn owls and 1 possible Brown goshawk around 1 council. Today taking a walk in shenton bushland I found one more Barn Owl... this death are not accidental or natural, these birds are dying from secondary poisoning as they eat the sick mice and rats poisoned with cheap and nasty poisons that they stay active even when these animals die.
- [ ] Please people, first generation rat poison where no harm is caused to birds that eat them are available in stores and might be free from your council.
- [ ] Sign the petition from Birdlife Australia for Bunnings to stop selling Second Generation Anticoagulant Rodenticide (https://www.actforbirds.org/ratpoison?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR0XXo6jB4tBMcoPx2rMM_9l-ubAuKg3uFnIiXRYR7ljWUGFAZD6CJo2VwQ_aem_AdBQHlqbyebtd-IgFcrHYFta9_aaMciAFhJSo0OWeo0XMN8TGJOWbX2IdOwMRBZLUxltjyYERW4qdr4MTZLVQZn7)

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Adenanthos cuneatus, also known as coastal jugflower, flame bush, bridle bush and sweat bush, native to the South Coast of Western Australia. Beautiful with their wedge-shaped lobed leaves covered in fine silvery hair, and even more over summer when this reddish new growth occurs. The single red flowers are insignificant, and appear all year, though especially in late spring and many honeyeaters are attracted to them.

I took this photo in Albani while chasing some beautiful Western Spinebills and hoping they were going to stop there.