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I’ve always loved fairytales and I think this image I’ve created has a story in there waiting to be told. With this image I’ve taken a different direction compared to my impressionistic portraits which was really quite a surprise and very enjoyable to create a fantasy image. Digital photograph; Photoshop; Corel Painter; stylus and tablet. / Suddenly Spring and Vines brushes by http://gvalkyrie.deviantart.com Thank you also, Kym Mcleod (Egilshay) for the wonderful image of a Kookaburra. http://www.sxc.hu/photo/1092649 Model: Georgia Featured in the following groups: Australian Portraits / Happy Haven / Painted Digitally / Experimental Photography and Editing
Original Acrylic painting by Christopher Pope
If you squish your brain enough into the right shape the windows and the greeny wall colour may remind you of a particular painter…..:)
from an original painting from Christopher Pope
This guy was in an open Aviary, with many other rare birds. / Situated in Healsville Victoria Australia. Kookaburras are found mostly in the bush and near the side of the road on electrical wires looking down listening for their next meal. /
The Kookabura is an Australian Kingfisher. They are renowned for their harsh voices and call resembling human laughter. There are several spiecies of kookaburra, this particular one is called the laughing kookaburra, it is large, and bares dark brown and white colourings. Theye are native to eastern Australia and were introduced into Western Australia and Tasmania. / They may also be known as: / Giant Kingfisher / Ha-ha Duck / Laughing Jackass / Settlers Clock (because they stat laughing at daybreak) Taken using an Olympus E520 DSLR / /
This was taken out my kitchen window, this young kooka lives in the gum trees around our property. / Kookaburra are a common bird in the Australian bush. Kookaburra sits on the old gum tree, / Merry merry king of the bush is he. / Laugh, Kookaburra, laugh, Kookaburra, / Gay your life must be! / Kookaburra sits on the old gum tree, / Eating all the gum drops he can see. / Stop Kookaburra, stop Kookaburra / Save some there for me! / Kookaburra sits on the old gum tree, / Counting all the monkeys he can see. / Laugh Kookaburra, laugh Kookaburra / That’s not a monkey, that’s me! Alternative verses / Kookaburra sits on the electric wire, / Jumping up and down, with his pants on fire. / Ouch, Kookaburra, ouch! Kookaburra, / Hot your tail must be! / Kookaburra sits on a rusty nail, / Gets a boo-boo in his tail. / Cry, Kookaburra, cry, Kookaburra, / Oh how life can be! / Kookaburra sits on the old gum tree, / Eating all the gum drops he can see. / Laugh Kookaburra, laugh Kookaburra / Gay your life must be! / Enjoy. / / / / / /
Azure Kingfisher Alcedo azurea. They are one of Australia’s smallest kingfishers being 16-19cm in size. The smallest Australian kingfisher is the Little Kingfisher at 13cm. Photo taken at Broken River near Mackay, Queensland. African wildlife / Desert Elephants of Namibia / Humpback Whale cards / Australian mammals / Black and whites / Landscapes / Reptiles / Other stuff / Australian birds / – Waterbirds / – Birds of prey / – Small passerines / – Cockatoos and parrots / – Kookaburras and kingfishers / – Honeyeaters and miners / – Miscellaneous species
Blossom’s_Photo_Gallery The Laughing Kookaburra – An Aussie Icon!! Scientific name: Dacelo novaeguineae / Family: Halcyonidae Description: / The Laughing Kookaburra is instantly recognisable in both plumage and voice. It is generally off-white below, faintly barred with dark brown, and brown on the back and wings. The tail is more rufous, broadly barred with black. There is a conspicuous dark brown eye-stripe through the face. It is one of the larger members of the kingfisher family.
Taken at Pittwater, Sydney, 01 November 2008 Sony cybershot wsc w200 12.1 mp
An amazing albino Kookaburra at Healesville Sanctuary, Victoria, Australia. The ‘normal’ coloured Kookaburra is a blur in the background.! Steve is the Principal Ecologist at EnviroKey providing specialist ecological services across Australia. http://images-3.redbubble.com/img/art/border:blackwithdetail/product:laminated-print/size:small/view:preview/886167-1-snow-white.jpg!
One for you Aussies out there!
I love the quirky expressions that some animals can come up with. This guy was sitting on my clothesline one day so I just had to draw him. The original is coloured pencil and ink on board. I carved the background pattern out of lino myself, but credit must be given to Rhonna Farrer for the use of her stamps in the foreground.
Kookaburra sits in the old gum tree / Merry, merry king of the bush is he / Laugh, Kookaburra! Laugh, Kookaburra! / Gay your life must be Kookaburra sits in the old gum tree / Eating all the gum drops he can see / Stop, Kookaburra! Stop, Kookaburra! / Leave some there for me Kookaburra sits in the old gum tree / Counting all the monkeys he can see / Stop, Kookaburra! Stop, Kookaburra! / That’s not a monkey that’s me Taken at the Adelaide Zoo trip with fellow Red Bubblers on Sunday 5th April. / Canon EOS40D / Canon 70-200 2.8L
Laughing Kookaburra Dacelo gigas For more images of cozmist: / Busselton Jetty Images / Christmas Cards / Dogs / Birds / Scenery / Creatures
One of my first shots for the day, / on visiting the Alfred Nicholas Gardens … taken 18-05-08
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The iconic Australian Laughing kookaburra gazes at the early morning sun before heading of for another busy day. These birds seem to really enjoy watching sunrises and quite often, just before dawn, will launch into their raucous laughter that can be heard from far away. Imaged at Mango Hill, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
Azure Kingfisher Alcedo azurea. Photo taken at Broken River near Mackay, Queensland. / . / African wildlife / Desert Elephants of Namibia / Humpback Whale cards / Australian mammals / Black and whites / Landscapes / Reptiles / Other stuff / Australian birds / – Waterbirds / – Birds of prey / – Small passerines / – Cockatoos and parrots / – Kookaburras and kingfishers / – Honeyeaters and miners / – Miscellaneous species
Laughing Kookaburra. These birds, members of the Kingfisher family, are native to Australia. They get their name “Laughing” Kookaburra, because of their raucus cackling call! The blue sky is real – it was a lovely sunny day (we had one of those once in Merrie Olde England! I think it was in 2006!)
Available for purchase either here, or at wildlife-appeal Profile or at Phoenix-Appeal. Please see Wildlife Appeal Website and help our heartfelt cause, to help our silent victims. Please help. Kookaburra, a regular visitor, on my clothes lines in my backyard – an example of the merging of man and nature. Taken on the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. October 2008. / Nikon D70s Example of Mounted Print / Example of Framed Print /
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