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TARA SMITHSON -Wildlife & Nature 📸

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Photographing nature is my happy place. 📸🌳🦉🪶🇦🇺🦘🐨🪃 Photos are my own. No DMs. AccessibleImages ALT text Instagram.com/tarasmithson1 https://www.redbubble.com/people/TaraSmithson/shop?utm_source=rb-native-app&utm_campaign=share-artist&utm_medium=android

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TARA SMITHSON -Wildlife & Nature 📸 @tarasmithson.bsky.social · Dec 12

Feeling down? Go on a nature walk; you will feel 23% better. Be creative. Help someone else. (That's a good'n.) Talk to someone you can say anything to. Nothing stays the same forever, good or bad. You will get through it.

#mentahealth #birds #birdphotography #nature #wildlifephotography

A superb fairy wren, exhibiting a light blue and black head and neck, white abdomen, and brown wings, is perched on a slender branch of a tree with spiny leaves. The background features orange, purple, and pink hues.

A Pacific black duck, exhibiting a striped face and predominantly brown plumage, is perched on the edge of a reflective pond, with a grassy bank and purple wildflowers in the background.

A white egret, displaying its characteristic fluffy wing plumage, is wading in a calm brown lagoon reflecting the submerged trees.

The scene depicts a beach at dusk, featuring dark brown sand to the left and a contrast between vibrant yellow clouds and a grey, blue-tinged sky which is reflected in the ocean.

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TARA SMITHSON -Wildlife & Nature 📸 @tarasmithson.bsky.social · 1h

Wise words. ☮️

TARA SMITHSON -Wildlife & Nature 📸 @tarasmithson.bsky.social · 1h

Wow. Great shot.

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TARA SMITHSON -Wildlife & Nature 📸 @tarasmithson.bsky.social · 3h

The world is hard enough and now so split. How do we bridge the divide?

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TARA SMITHSON -Wildlife & Nature 📸 @tarasmithson.bsky.social · 3h

You're always so kind. Thanks so much, Audrey.🫶✌️

TARA SMITHSON -Wildlife & Nature 📸 @tarasmithson.bsky.social · 4h

Thanks so much, Rob.

TARA SMITHSON -Wildlife & Nature 📸 @tarasmithson.bsky.social · 4h

Australian Pelicans hanging out by the reef, waiting for the rock fisherman to leave them a morsel of fish. 🎣🐟🐦

#Twosday #BirdOfTheDay #birds #birdphotography #birding #birdwatching #birdwatchers #nature #naturephotography #wildlifephotography #wildlife #Canon #R5 #Australia #pelican

Two Australian Pelicans standing on a textured, sandy-brown rock platform. The pelicans, positioned near the left and right edges of the frame, are mostly white with black flight feathers on their wings. They both face slightly to the right, showing their long, pinkish bills and white heads. The left one beak is facing camera, and eyeing the photographer, the other has its head turned left, looking at its fellow pelican. The background is dominated by the deep blue ocean with white waves breaking just behind them, under a clear, lighter blue sky. The photo has a shallow depth of field, making the birds sharp and the background softly blurred.

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TARA SMITHSON -Wildlife & Nature 📸 @tarasmithson.bsky.social · 11h

🙏🙏🙏🙏

TARA SMITHSON -Wildlife & Nature 📸 @tarasmithson.bsky.social · 11h

Appreciate that. ✌️

TARA SMITHSON -Wildlife & Nature 📸 @tarasmithson.bsky.social · 11h

Thanks, Rob. 🙏🙏🙏

TARA SMITHSON -Wildlife & Nature 📸 @tarasmithson.bsky.social · 11h

Cheers, Glynis.✌️🐦

TARA SMITHSON -Wildlife & Nature 📸 @tarasmithson.bsky.social · 17h

Thanks, Olga. Yes, you can get some good photos without spending a fortune. Best of luck with it. There's YouTube videos for days on photography tutorials, and lightroom, photoshop also, so that's free as well to learn how to do it.

TARA SMITHSON -Wildlife & Nature 📸 @tarasmithson.bsky.social · 22h

Wow!

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TARA SMITHSON -Wildlife & Nature 📸 @tarasmithson.bsky.social · 22h

Adorable little squishes. Looks like a nice day out too.

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TARA SMITHSON -Wildlife & Nature 📸 @tarasmithson.bsky.social · 23h

Specs for above photo.

TARA SMITHSON -Wildlife & Nature 📸 @tarasmithson.bsky.social · 23h

Specs/info from photo of the heron above.

TARA SMITHSON -Wildlife & Nature 📸 @tarasmithson.bsky.social · 23h

Hi, Olga. I use a Canon R5 with a Sigma 600 mm lens. I took up photography in 2021 and started with an entry-level camera and a $300 Canon 300 mm lens. I use Lightroom Classic to post-process them. All self-taught from YouTube videos. Below photo taken with the entry-level camera in 2021.