Tui feeding in kowhai tree. Image: Su Leslie 2019
Maybe I’m stretching the definition of elusive a bit here. Tui are abundant in our garden at the moment, with record numbers feeding on the kowhai, flax and fuchsia in the neighbourhood.
Photographing them is a different matter. Today is the first time I’ve managed to get close enough to focus my lens on the birds and not just the foliage.
Images: Su Leslie 2019
Hung with gold; Kowhai, Sophora microphylla. Image: Su Leslie 2019
Last week plum blossom; the week kowhai. Image: Su Leslie 2019
Kowhai (Sophora microphylla), a favourite of native birds like tui and kereru. Image: Su Leslie 2018
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Image: Su Leslie, 2017
Kowhai flower cluster. Image: Su Leslie, 2017
The last of the Kowhai blossom. Image: Su Leslie, 2016
Kowhai leaves. Image: Su Leslie, 2015. Edited with Snapseed and Aviary Photo Editor.
In the days before Christmas, life took on a slightly manic quality. Locating sellotape and wrapping paper became a quest of epic proportions, and even the smallest errand seemed to involve a cast of thousands;Â all of us sitting in our cars waiting for a parking space.
I had very little time to spend outdoors, alone with my thoughts; so I valued an early-morning walk even more than usual.
It seems appropriate that these images for Sally D’s Mobile Photography Challenge, should reference the unexpected, and rather ethereal sense of peace I felt during that walk.
Kowhai leaves; black and white. Image: Su Leslie, 2015. Edited with Snapseed and Aviary Photo Editor.
Kowhai leaves; black and white. Image: Su Leslie, 2015. Edited with Snapseed and Aviary Photo Editor.
One of our resident Tui in the Kowhai tree. So much wind, there is hardly any blossom left. Photo: Su Leslie, 2015
