http://www.duadepaton.com Australian Bird Pictures and Photos by Duade Paton Mon, 26 Nov 2018 23:46:43 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.2.2 http://www.duadepaton.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/cropped-DuadePatonPhotographyLogoLarge-Current-2-32x32.png http://www.duadepaton.com 32 32 http://www.duadepaton.com/the-australian-bird-guide-reviewed-by-a-bird-photographer/ http://www.duadepaton.com/the-australian-bird-guide-reviewed-by-a-bird-photographer/#respond Sun, 12 Aug 2018 01:45:51 +0000 https://www.duadepaton.com/?p=3368 Extensive review of The Australian Bird Guide Book by an experienced Australian Bird Photographer. Photos used to compare to plates to judge quality of artwork. ]]> http://www.duadepaton.com/the-australian-bird-guide-reviewed-by-a-bird-photographer/feed/ 0 http://www.duadepaton.com/bird-photography-tips-clean-smooth-blurred-backgrounds/ http://www.duadepaton.com/bird-photography-tips-clean-smooth-blurred-backgrounds/#respond Sun, 05 Aug 2018 04:56:55 +0000 https://www.duadepaton.com/?p=3315 In this post I will talk about the importance of a nice background in bird photos and explain how to achieve that clean background. I will also give you plenty of tips on how to achieve it.]]> http://www.duadepaton.com/bird-photography-tips-clean-smooth-blurred-backgrounds/feed/ 0 http://www.duadepaton.com/photographing-birds-at-lake-wollumboola-nsw/ http://www.duadepaton.com/photographing-birds-at-lake-wollumboola-nsw/#respond Mon, 16 Jul 2018 09:40:25 +0000 https://www.duadepaton.com/?p=3148 Lake Wollumboola is well known for its varied birdlife and is a favourite spot of mine to photograph birds. The lake is located on the South Coast of NSW about…]]> http://www.duadepaton.com/photographing-birds-at-lake-wollumboola-nsw/feed/ 0 http://www.duadepaton.com/beautiful-images-of-20-iconic-australian-birds/ http://www.duadepaton.com/beautiful-images-of-20-iconic-australian-birds/#respond Fri, 06 Jul 2018 10:12:06 +0000 http://www.duadepaton.com/?p=2930 Australia has over 800 species of birds and my goal is to photograph as many as I can. I have photographed 342 different Australian Bird Species over the last 6…]]> http://www.duadepaton.com/beautiful-images-of-20-iconic-australian-birds/feed/ 0 http://www.duadepaton.com/photographing-black-swans-in-sweet-afternoon-light/ http://www.duadepaton.com/photographing-black-swans-in-sweet-afternoon-light/#comments Tue, 26 Jun 2018 11:21:45 +0000 http://www.duadepaton.com/?p=2854 As I was driving home on from the beach on Saturday I spotted 20+ Black Swans resting in swamp land. I had not photographed in this swamp before as I…]]> http://www.duadepaton.com/photographing-black-swans-in-sweet-afternoon-light/feed/ 2 http://www.duadepaton.com/bird-photographers-to-follow-on-instagram/ http://www.duadepaton.com/bird-photographers-to-follow-on-instagram/#comments Sat, 23 Jun 2018 01:30:20 +0000 http://www.duadepaton.com/?p=2821 Bird Photographers have been flocking to Instagram with many photographers now sharing their work. Instagram as at June 2018 has over 1 billion monthly users meaning an enormous audience to…]]> http://www.duadepaton.com/bird-photographers-to-follow-on-instagram/feed/ 2 http://www.duadepaton.com/canon-ef400-5-6l-review-for-bird-photograph/ http://www.duadepaton.com/canon-ef400-5-6l-review-for-bird-photograph/#comments Tue, 19 Jun 2018 05:09:32 +0000 http://www.duadepaton.com/?p=1474 Let me start by saying the Canon EF400 5.6 is hands down one of the best value  lenses available for Bird Photography. I am an avid Bird Photographer and have…]]> http://www.duadepaton.com/canon-ef400-5-6l-review-for-bird-photograph/feed/ 6 http://www.duadepaton.com/eastern-yellow-robin-eopsaltria-australis/ http://www.duadepaton.com/eastern-yellow-robin-eopsaltria-australis/#respond Tue, 12 Jun 2018 21:32:27 +0000 http://www.duadepaton.com/?p=1233 The Eastern Yellow Robin (Eopsaltria australis)  is an Australasian Robin of eastern and south-eastern Australia. The Eastern Yellow Robin has a full yellow breast up to its throat with a grey…]]> http://www.duadepaton.com/eastern-yellow-robin-eopsaltria-australis/feed/ 0 http://www.duadepaton.com/an-hour-in-canberra-mulligans-flat-nature-reserve/ http://www.duadepaton.com/an-hour-in-canberra-mulligans-flat-nature-reserve/#respond Tue, 12 Jun 2018 08:12:56 +0000 http://www.duadepaton.com/?p=2643 Every opportunity I get to visit Canberra I jump at, I really do love the woodlands in the area and the city is very nice. Recently my wife wanted to…]]> http://www.duadepaton.com/an-hour-in-canberra-mulligans-flat-nature-reserve/feed/ 0 http://www.duadepaton.com/why-head-angle-and-eye-contact-is-important/ http://www.duadepaton.com/why-head-angle-and-eye-contact-is-important/#respond Mon, 04 Jun 2018 23:19:56 +0000 http://www.duadepaton.com/?p=518 Do you ever wonder why you like a certain photo? It is often an immediate feeling and sometimes we don’t know why we like it, we just do. I believe…]]> http://www.duadepaton.com/why-head-angle-and-eye-contact-is-important/feed/ 0