Teh Official Crappy Amateur Photography Thread

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Reply #300 - October 06, 2012, 01:49 AM

Australia has 56 species of parrot. dance

The ones in the pix are these guys: Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo

Also, tis spring over here and my Lousiana irises have just started flowering, so here's a totally gratuitous pic of Lousiana irises and orchids n stuff (note the extremely stylish wheelbarrow lurking in the background).

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Reply #302 - October 06, 2012, 02:12 AM

It's a very good wheelbarrow. grin12

Anyway, just in case anyone gives a rat's, Australia used to be known as the land of parrots. There's a Chinese map from the 17th century that refers to it as such. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shanhai_Yudi_Quantu

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Terra Australis

Terra Australis is described phonetically as "Magellania" (Mowalanijia 墨瓦臘泥加), a name given to the continent at the time in honour of Magellan. The map mentions how little is known about this continent: "Few have reached these southern regions, [therefore] the things [related to them] are not explored yet" (ci nanfang di ren zhi zhe shao, wei shen qi wu 此南方地人至者少, 未審其物).

- Yingge di 鸚哥地 ? "Parrot Country" (Terra Psittacorum - Australia)

European maps of the period also had it mentioned (but with the wrong shape and location, of course). Note where it says "Psittacorum Regio", which is Latin for "Kingdom of the Parrots". parrot

So, know you know where my obssession with parrots comes from. I'm surrounded by them and they are lotsa fun.

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Reply #304 - October 15, 2012, 04:06 AM

And one more for now...

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Reply #306 - October 15, 2012, 04:18 AM

My swan..

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Reply #308 - October 15, 2012, 04:51 AM

Quote from: Stardust on October 15, 2012, 04:06 AM

And one more for now...

Quote from: Stardust on October 15, 2012, 04:18 AM

My swan..

You took those? Dayum girl.

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Reply #310 - October 15, 2012, 06:06 AM

Decided to venture outdoors this weekend and took some click and shoot pics

Somewhere there are some ducks grin12

My daughter is the model

Clear skies and a peak called Lions Head

If you look closely you can see Robben Island in the distance, the place where Mandela spen 27 years of his life whistling2

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Reply #312 - October 15, 2012, 06:20 AM

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Reply #314 - October 15, 2012, 07:40 AM

Nice shot.

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Reply #316 - October 15, 2012, 11:46 AM

That looks very cool with the red background.

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Reply #318 - October 17, 2012, 01:45 AM

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Reply #320 - October 22, 2012, 09:59 PM

Autumn is a time of blood-red sunsets. Which is, coincidentally, not what you're seeing here. Cambridge in autumn looks something like this:

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Reply #322 - October 22, 2012, 11:53 PM

oh my gosh.. those are fabulous...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NV9vdUjuWxc

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Reply #324 - October 23, 2012, 03:19 PM

Lol nice video :p Thanks Toor

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Reply #326 - October 23, 2012, 07:03 PM

Wrong thread. grin12

You want the pro thread. Nice shots.

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Reply #328 - October 30, 2012, 12:57 AM

My epiphyllum has decided to start flowering. dance

Also, some ducks (not flowering) outside my kitchen window. parrot

< This is not a duck, but will have to do.

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