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O’Reilly’s Bird Photography Workshop 2025
Wrap-up of our 2025 O’Reilly’s Bird Photography Workshop in Lamington National Park. Five days of expert tuition, bird encounters, private raptor shows and hands-on learning. … Continue readingO’Reilly’s Bird Photography Workshop 2025
Understanding high ISO and how to capture RAW files properly
In this blog post, I will describe how I was able to photograph this beautiful little Australian Logrunner (female). I
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Adventures in paradise
Netra and I decided to go on a scouting trip to Lord Howe Island, which is locatedapproximately 600km east of
How we photograph ghost fungus
Let’s face it, most of you would have heard of ghost fungus, or Omphalotus nidiformis, which is their correct scientific name. When
Unusual colours during long exposures in my OM-1
In April last year, I went out with my friend Andy, the Rockman, to a spot in Hazelbrook to photograph
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Are bridge cameras good for bird & wildlife photography?
YES! They are! While there are phone cameras, point and shoot cameras, this blog post is about bridge cameras. I
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Back to my homeland, Hungary.
Following on from my previous blog post – Click here for Part 1 Sitting on the tarmac at Kiruna airport,
Our Christmas adventure in the Arctic
Back in late 2016, when Netra and I first met, one of the first photography adventures she talked about was
Workshop Wrap-up – O’Reilly’s Oct ’24
Happy New Year to you, our dear readers! This is the first blog post for quite some time, and we
Presenting your images for the viewer
The most important note with this blog post is that if you are happy to just take snaps for yourself
















