Thanks Yildiz, you are correct I think about the tree not appearing in a photo before, but then I think this is the first time it’s had a nice blossoming since it was almost destroyed so I thought it well deserved a little attention.
And yes it’s easy to get rid of some time on photographic forums, I got interested in the A99 threads at dpr back when people started buying it (even at the price) and posting about it, some of those threads went on and on and sometimes two and three threads at the same time. In the end it was too hard to keep up with two photo forums at the same time, for a couple of months.
But I did end up with a good sense about the new camera which is what I wanted to do, I’ll probably do the same again when or if Sony releases another important camera, one never knows when they might release one that has what I want, but I won’t hold my breath.
Greg
Ps the Curlews were gone in the morning, the move around a lot at night so I don't think there was anything wrong, they often hunker down like that during the daytime, it’s normal for them to do that for sure.
Townsville weather: 19.3⁰C at the moment so the weather report says, feels colder, but they also say 97% humidity, that might be why it feels cold.