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Birds Are The DevilI always enjoy looking at birds wherever I travel in the World. Being an amateur photographer means that I feel compelled to try to capture any new-to-me birds, exotic or not, whenever the opportunity arises. So it was in Victoria, Australia on my recent vacation. However, birds are the devil when it comes to capturing good images. They are flighty creatures not prone to hanging around while exposure settings are checked, focus regimes put in place, and cameras lifted to the eye. They are noisy creatures, squawking and fluttering in the leaves of trees and bushes, distracting even the most focussed of minds from the task in hand. They are sneaky devils as well, making eyes at the camera until the micro-second before the shutter button is pressed, and in a flash - gone! Here are a few shots of some of the birds I did manage to capture, mostly by luck, when the birds' attention was elsewhere.
The Australian White Ibis, seen in the three shots below, is a very common wading bird around th

Description
Birds Are The DevilI always enjoy looking at birds wherever I travel in the World. Being an amateur photographer means that I feel compelled to try to capture any new-to-me birds, exotic or not, whenever the opportunity arises. So it was in Victoria, Australia on my recent vacation. However, birds are the devil when it comes to capturing good images. They are flighty creatures not prone to hanging around while exposure settings are checked, focus regimes put in place, and cameras lifted to the eye. They are noisy creatures, squawking and fluttering in the leaves of trees and bushes, distracting even the most focussed of minds from the task in hand. They are sneaky devils as well, making eyes at the camera until the micro-second before the shutter button is pressed, and in a flash - gone! Here are a few shots of some of the birds I did manage to capture, mostly by luck, when the birds' attention was elsewhere.
The Australian White Ibis, seen in the three shots below, is a very common wading bird around th