In one shot the other day there was a spider (upon closer study it is an insect). What is quite extraordinary is how little light the black insect reflected. You can see some light colours on the leg but the body is almost pure black, with almost zero body detail. An LED was used. You can see more detail in the full size image, but not much more. EDIT: captions on image are wrong.
The Paperbark Satinash, a very unusual bark. Click on image to full size.
Photo from the helicopter trip The Doc took at Lorella Spring Station, North Territory. There are still some gems in the photo library. The day was very overcast, on the trip we visited various lost cities (rock formations), then flew down the river to visit The Gulf of Carpentaria. The Doc still needs to properly sort the images from this helicopter trip.
The helicopter landed on the beach to the right and we explored and then had morning tea.
Look carefully and you can see a duck attacking the one taking off, you can just see the top of its head. Tevan Swamp, Ballina, Northern NSW.
It was harder to find the common name for this tree than the previous one. Mt Annan Botanic Gardens called it Eucalyptus inversa, The Doc finally found other names including Eucalyptus inversa, Eucalyptus irritans, Eucalyptus israelitica, Eucalyptus kessellii subsp kessellii, Eucalyptus goniantha or the Jerdacuttup Mallee. The Doc chose the Brooker taxon of Eucalyptus kessellii subsp kessellii.
Mt Annan Botanic Gardens referred to this as Corymbia cafie, a little used name. It took The Doc some time to find the more commonly used name of Corymbia hendersonii or Henderson’s bloodwood.
A rare cross hydrid, the Brachychiton populneus x acerifolius. Unusual green bark because when young this tree can photosynthesie on its trunk, not just the leaves, hence the green colour.
Commonly known as Rosewood or Rose Mahogany.
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