Top tip for taking bird photos: plant a tree that's full of seeds they like, then wait... Juvenile crimson rosella nomming on our bookleaf pine tree. 📷 Sony A7IV | Tamron 50-400 f4.5-6.3 ƒ/6.3 | 1/1000s | 400mm | ISO2500 #sonya7iv #tamron50400mm #crimsonrosella #australianbirds #canberrabirds

Hullo, cockie! 📷 Sony A7IV | Tamron 50-400 f4.5-6.3 f6.3 | 1/800s | 400mm | ISO 4000 #sonya7iv #tamron50400mm #australianbirds #sulphurcrestedcockatoo #canberrabirds

Two full days into this jigsaw puzzle and we've finally found the last f'ing edge piece...

Happy new year, BSky.

Horsehead Nebula 📷 Sony A7IV Tamron 50-400 f4.5-6.3 @moveshootmove Nomad star tracker ƒ/6.3 | 30s | 400 mm | ISO3200 20 exposures stacked in Affinity 3 Taken from Dead Horse Gap, Kosciuszko National Park, NSW

Every now and then I remember that "hey, bsky is a thing that I can actually post to, not just scroll through what other people have posted". So in the spirit of that thought, here's some aurora photos I took last night. #auroraaustralis

there are people who claim that Terry Pratchett would have been a TERF if he was still alive to them I say two things: 1. are you fucking serious 2. go fuck yourselves

Bird guide: "New Holland Honeyeater. Often feeds on banksia flowers." Me: "Can confirm." 📷 Sony A7IV | Tamron 50-400 | ƒ/6.3, 1/1000s, 400mm, ISO2500 #newhollandhoneyeater #australianbirds #narooma #banksia #sonyalpha #sonya7iv #tamron50400mm

Crimson Rosella in our front yard this morning. 📷 Sony A7IV | Tamron 50-400 | ƒ/6.3, 1/30s, 400mm, ISO100 #spnyalpha #sonya7iv #tamron50400mm #crimsonrosella #australianbirds #canberrabirds

Boat on lake in sunset. 📷 Sony A7IV | Sony 24-105 F4 G | ƒ11, 1/200s, 70mm, ISO100 #sonyalpha #sonya7iv #sony24105mm

Better surfer. (Or better photo, at least. Although this guy was in fact a better surfer too.) 📷 Sony A7IV | Tamron 50-400 | ƒ/6.3, 1/1000s, 400mm, ISO160 #sonyalpha #sonya7iv #tamron50400mm #surfer #surfphotography #narooma #naroomansw #surfnarooma

Surfer. 📷 Sony A7IV | Tamron 50-400 | ƒ/6.3, 1/1000s, 400mm, ISO1250 #sonyalpha #sonya7iv #tamron50400mm #surfer #surfphotography #narooma #naroomansw #surfnarooma

When you're an annoying cloud bank on the horizon away from a spectacular moon-rising-directly-behind-the-lighthouse photo... 📷 Sony A7IV | Tamron 50-400 | ƒ/6.3, 1/500s, 400mm, ISO250 #sonyalpha #sonya7iv #tamron50400mm #lighthouse #moonrise #damnclouds

I'm confused and disappointed. There's been 'lost cat' signs all over our neighbourhood for weeks now, but I couldn't find it on either of my ballot papers... #auspol

Hey @terryandrob.bsky.social & @rhi.bsky.social, I got a facebook ad for this - legit deal, or dodgy as hell...? thrillerandhorror.com/product/comp...

White-faced heron, Narooma NSW 📷 Sony A7IV | Tamron 50-400 | ƒ/6.3, 1/500s, 400mm, ISO400 #sonyalpha #sonya7iv #tamron50400mm

Just managed to catch the last few moments of the lunar eclipse through the clouds. Always worth getting out there to have a look, just in case! #lunareclipse #bloodmoon #canberra #sonyalpha #sonya7iv #tamron50400mm

HOT TAKE Flavored French fries are never superior to the taste of properly made salted fried potatoes. All the adornments are mere ritual, designed to disguise the fact that the perfect people-food exists, costs almost nothing, and requires little skill to prepare.

Comet. ☄️ C/2024 G3 ATLAS over Canberra on 22 Jan. 📷 Sony A7IV | TTArtisan 75mm f2 | ~50 6-second exposures, stacked in Sequator and tweaked in Affinity Photo 2 #cometc2024g3atlas #sonyalpha #sonya7iv #ttartisan75mmf2 #sequator #affinityphoto2

Self portrait with comet. (Comet C/2024 A3 Tsuchinshan-ATLAS, October 2024)

Self portrait with Ouroboros. (National Gallery of Australia, December 2024)

Self portrait with chkdsk. (Windows 10 on Surface Pro 4, August 2022)

Self portrait with lantern forest. (Tokyo Japan, January 2020)

Self portrait with Enlighten. (Enlighten Festival, Canberra ACT, March 2018)

Self portrait with motorcycle. (Gosford NSW, November 2016)

Self portrait with beach. (Napier NZ, October 2014.)

Was just a moment too late getting the big zoom lens on to the camera... #cometc2024g3 #sonyalpha #sonya7iv #tamron50400mm

When the storm is keeping you awake anyway so you get up and try pointing the camera out the lounge room window at it... #sonya7iv #viltrox20mmf28 #sonyalpha #lightning #storm #Canberra #CanberraStorm

On this day 12 years ago, @kcg.bsky.social posted the “This is Fine” comic.

My 12 favourite photos of 2024, part 3 of 3. 9. Aurora Australis, Canberra ACT. 10. Comet C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan-ATLAS, Canberra ACT. 11. @bunniquette.bsky.social getting the giggles. 12. Orion nebula, Kosciusko National Park NSW. #sonyalpha #sonya7iv #bestof2024

My 12 favourite photos of 2024, part 2 of 3. 5. Mk1 Escort at the Mt Gladstone Hill climb, Cooma NSW 6. Eastern spinebill in the grevillea in our backyard. 7. Welcome swallow skimming over the water, Narooma NSW 8. Spotted pardalote on our kitchen windowsill. #sonyalpha #sonya7iv #bestof2024

My 12 favourite photos from 2024, part 1 of 3. 1. Cockatoos in our front yard. 2. @bunniquette.bsky.social and her sister, Kiama NSW 3. Surfer at Gerringong Beach, NSW 4. Paraglider off Stanwell Tops, NSW. #sonyalpha #sonya7iv #bestof2024

‘No Way To Prevent This,’ Says Only Nation Where This Regularly Happens theonion.com/no-way-to-pr...

Spotted Pardalote, our backyard, early October. You buy just one big ol' zoom lens and all of a sudden you find yourself turning into a bird photographer... #pardalote #spottedpardalote #bird #canberra #canberrabirds #sonyalpha #sonya7iv #tamron50400mm

Me, last week: "It'd be nice if there were more NBA people on Bluesky..." Me, now: "I don't have time to keep up with all these NBA people on Bluesky!" Love to see it. Great to have y'all here, #NBASky

Me, poking at my phone and frowning. Wife, concerned and sympathetic: "Are you doom-scrolling?" Me: "No, just looking at our credit card balance... so actually, kinda, yeah..."

Self-portait with Comet. #cometc2023a3 #tsuchinshan-atlas #canberra #selfportrait #sonya7iv #ttartisan75mmf2

I'm sure it says something very profound about something when you have to use the big flat touch screen of the electronic voting machine as a table to fill out your paper ballot because the electronic voting machines are down...

Bird.

Apparently I was Bluesky user #1,491,175. They probably need to hit 100M users before this starts being even vaguely impressive...

RIP to one of the greatest.

When the cuff of my jeans gets stuck behind the tongue of my shoe. #thingsthatbugmewaymorethantheyshould

This is also lovely: science.anu.edu.au/news-events/...

I'd like to thank @rstevens.bsky.social for providing the perfect garment with which to celebrate my first ever covid experience... #covid #goneviral

O, so apparently my '' ey has stopped woring...

*walking in a winter wonderland* ME: where's bluebird? BIRD: gone ME: w... who are you? *bird looks around shiftily* BIRD: I'm new bird

Generic "first bsky post" post.