O'Reilly's Rainforst Retreat

11/12/2016

Back in August I went on a 3 week trip to various parts of Australia and New Zealand. The first week of the trip was spent in the Gold Coast Hinterlands participating in a workshop put on by Moose Peterson, a professional photographer and Nikon Ambassador. I've been following Moose's work for a few years and I actually bought my current camera, my Nikon D7000 from his wife Sharon.
This camera was my frist big step towards taking my photography more seriously and really working on improving my skills and the quality of my images. This is my first workshop with them, but I guarantee it won't be the last.
The focus of this workshop was improving techniques for photographing birds in low-light situations. The rainforest surrounding O'Reilly's Rainforest Retreat was a prime location for this. O'Reilly's and the surrounding rainforest is a haven for different species of not just birds, but all manner of wildlife. Now August is at the end of the Southern Hemisphere's Winter so most reptiles and amphibians weren't out and about. In fact I didn't see any snakes or frogs, but I did see a few lizards around the area. Again the focus of this workshop, and my excuse for making this trip were the birds so that's what this post is all about.

Moose Peterson's website:
http://www.moosepeterson.com/

O'Reilly's Rainforest Retreat website:
https://oreillys.com.au/

Below I have some different galleries posted listed in alphabetical order by species, enjoy!

Australian Logrunner

Crimson Rosella

Eastern Spinebill

Eastern Whipbird

Eastern Yellow Robin

Gerygone

Grey Butcherbird

Grey Shrike Thrush

King Parrot - female

King Parrot - male

Lewin's Honeyeater

Pied Currawong

Red-Browed Finch

Passion is like lightning, it is beautiful, and it links the earth to heaven, but it blinds.
-H. Rider Haggard