Today I thought I would share some fairly ordinary photos in response to the Lens-Artists Challenge hosted by Anne of Slow Shutter Speed this week. For this week’s challenge, Anne has chosen the theme of Filling The Frame. I’ve told myself all I have to do is take the photos. They don’t have to be good. How hard can it be?

Anyway, I’m not a fan of my phone camera so I thought I would take a few photos with that. My phone is mostly stuffed down my bra so it is readily available. With some effort, I could even explore some of the camera functions.

Let’s start off with the garden. Because of our rodent problem we had to fence off some of the backyard from the dogs. Over winter, the warrigal greens consequently managed to populate a good section of the fenced off area. Not bad for a plant that apparently does not like frost. By the way, my True Love managed to evict the rats from the ceiling and wall cavities. Or perhaps it was just too hot for the rats inside the inner recesses. No aircon.

And again. Full frame this time.

I’m feeling a bit like Fynnie. Here he is growling at Makea because she happened to glance his way. I think Fynnie might be depressed or a psychopath.

What else have I got here? Oh yeah, I went to the dentist and took a snap of our city centre while I was in town. Also, I like tiles. The dirt just adds to the patina.

I fiddled with the tone in the phone camera and got something quite true to colour for once. A learning experience.

Thanks to all the gracious people who have put up with my depressed sarcasm. So now for the good stuff in appreciation of your support – a few bird photos taken by my True Love.

When the sign says “Swooping Bird”, one tends to think of magpies or masked lapwings, not Collared Sparrowhawks. This photo was cropped to within an inch of its life. And I thought I was unhappy!

Here it is again a bit further away among the trees that are filling the frame. Beats going to the dentist even if the sparrowhawk does swoop you.

A female Red-Rumped Grass Parrot.


Now the male.


I would like to thank Anne for her choice of theme this week. I really did enjoy it.

Take care, everyone.
Kind Regards.
Tracy.

43 thoughts on “Lens-Artists Challenge – Filling The Frame”

  1. I’m so glad you enjoyed this challenge Tracey! And your response was wonderful and full of pictures that filled the frame. Here are some of my favs: City Centre, growling dog and angry bird. Regards to your TL. Take care and keep smiling!

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  2. Oh dear. My comment disappeared! Let’s try this again. I’m glad you joined us and I hope that things are starting to look up 🙂 🙂 I enjoyed your town center image and the parrots were terrific. What gorgeous colors on the male! Take care and feel better.

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  3. Hi Tracy. lol. What a fun read, in addition to all the great photos. Thank goodness for a multi-functioning bra….. I am glad you are here. Always enjoyable to see what you come up with. The tiles in the city center were a favorite, as were the grass parrots. Its fun to play with settings, and the seeds in the puddle was a great place to try. Success, I would say. Spring is on your horizon.

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  4. I am a fan of any kind of sarcasm, so you are just fine. My expression would be just like Fynnie’s if I was called any kind of ‘rumped.’ Yeah. Try me.

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  6. Of course, I love the bird photos, particularly the header. I think I’d rather be swooped by a hawk than go to the dentist. I always get a kick out of a temperamental dog, as long as it doesn’t try to bite me. Flynnie may be having a bad day?

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    1. Thank you, Liz.
      Fynn tells everybody off. We know what triggers him so we try to avoid those situations. Mostly his bad humour relates to resource guarding. For example, I was paying him attention so he was warning off Makea. His growl was a “Don’t you even think about coming between me and my mum.”

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  9. Well Tracy I must agree with the many who appreciated your sarcasm – right up my alley. Many smiles with this one! And yes I agree w Finnie, sometimes cranky is just what it is! Loved those parrots – we just don’t have them here unless in a cage and that would be horrible! So I’ll just enjoy yours thank you very much!

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  12. Great selection. Aren’t those Red-rumped parrots gorgeous? They’re in my home location too, but I haven’t seen them lately. Guess I’ve been too housebound to seek them out.
    (Note: There are supposed to be over 100 bird species in my immediate area but I think I’ve only seen and photographed about 20).

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  17. I chuckled at where you keep your phone … I tried that once; not again after it slipped out – don’t ask me how?!!!

    Love the narrative and peek into your ordinary – you have such an eye Tracy (feels like I have said this to you before) for the quirky and awesome, and a storyteller’s touch. My favourite are the tiles: the colours, the pattern, and the Dirt.

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  18. Great photos Tracy! I love the tiles especially. The rodent problem sounds awful though. We just discovered that some field mice have been hanging out in the gap behind cupboards in our kitchen when the weather is bad – which it usually is in November here.

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