byronbackyard

I have two passions in life, one is my love for young people and I earn a living as a youth worker and the second is my love of birds (particularly raptors). I live in Byron, which is perfect for bird observation and photography.
Until about five years ago I didn’t even notice birds but after a very long-term relationship ended I began walking and ‘waking up’ to the beauty around me. Strangely birds kept tapping at my window, flying in front of my car and hovering over my head. They seemed to demand that I take notice of them.
I did some short courses in photography and web design, bought a new SLR digital camera and lens and began taking pretty terrible photos.
It has been a process of some years now and my great joy is found perched in a little creek in an estuary and photographing the Osprey or wandering around the wetlands and photographing the many birds there. I love it because it helps me chill out, I’m totally in the moment, it restores my soul, I learn so much by watching bird behaviors and I am always reminded that it is a beautiful world.
I built a website and so I can share all those gorgeous images with others. I’ve also become a lot more interested in the environment and how we protect it.

Click here to check out the website Byron Bay Backyard

Challenge Wins!

Pets Need A Hug
Art and Collectables
Top Ten Challenge Placement – Featured for a Challenge
Challenge Win – 10 Features Challenge in Featured for a Challenge
Placement – 1000 Views+

Winner – Nature In Its Entirety, Nothing Man-made

Winner – The Wonder of Wings
Top Ten Challenge Placement – The Weekend Photographer

Winner – This and That

The World as We See it or Missed It

Australian Native Birds

All Creatures Great and Small
Furry Friends

Featured For A Challenge
The World of EOS

Art and Collectables
Australian Native Birds
Cee’s Fun Artsy Friends

Top Shelf Wildlife

Top Ten Placement – Our World of Fantasy

Best Overlay/Photomanipulation of the Week – The World as We see it or as we Missed It

2nd Placement – Australian Native Birds
Featured Australian Native Birds and The Birds

Top 10 Challenge Placement – Top Shelf Wildlife
Top 10 Challenge Placement – A Love of Canon
Top 10 Challenge Placement – Australian Native Birds

Best Bird Photo of the Week – The World as We See it or As we Missed It
Featured in The Women Photographer

Best Bird Photo of the Week – The World as We See it or As we Missed It

Honorable Mention – The World as we See it or as We Missed It

Top Ten Challenge Placement – This & That

Best Bird Photo of the Week – The World as We See it or as We Missed It

Top 10 Challenge Placement – A Vision of Flight
Top 10 Challenge Placement – Art & Collectables

Top 10 Challenge Placement – The World as We See it or as We Missed It
Top 10 Challenge Placement – Birds Birds Birds

Top Ten Challenge Placement – Top Shelf Wildlife

Top Ten Challenge Placement – Pets Need A Hug
Top Ten Challenge Placement – Australian Native Birds

Top Ten Placement – The World as We See It or as We Missed It
Top Ten Placement – Birds, Birds, Birds

Top Ten Placement – Top Shelf Wildlife

2nd Runner Up – Editors Choice, The World as We See it or as We Missed It

Photo of the Day – The World as We See It or as We Missed It

2nd Runner Up – Editors Choice

Pops Special Selection – The World as We See it or Missed It

Placement – Top Shelf Wildlife

2nd Place – Top Ten Challenge – Amazing Wildlife
Editors Choice – Best Bird Photo – The World as We See it or As We Missed It
Top Ten Challenge Placement – The Sisterhood
Top Ten Challenge Placement – Birds, Birds, Birds

Editors Choice – Best Bird Photo – The World as We See it or As We Missed It
Editors Choice ending Sunday 15th, 2011

Editors Choice – Best Bird Photo – The World as We See it or As We Missed It

Best Photomanipulation of the Week

My Featured Images
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