tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5351615674355348814.post982623884132606008..comments2023-03-26T00:51:34.258+11:00Comments on DavisDoesDownUnder: They do exist!Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04709610615390095921noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5351615674355348814.post-9367796678646163832011-04-24T10:49:38.096+10:002011-04-24T10:49:38.096+10:00I'm really enjoying your photos. There's ...I'm really enjoying your photos. There's no tree in the world that has quite the sinewy non-regular shape of a eucalypt, except for all the ex-Australia eucalypts now growing in the four corners of the globe. There's something haunting about the shape, especially when set against a beautiful sky. I've tried to capture that feeling in photos, but it never works. It always comes out as "straggly stick against light background".<br /><br />Those of your photo viewers who are "not from around here" may like to notice the absence of the brown layer of polluted air near the horizon that often mars the photos I've taken in the US and China. I think our air is cleaner.<br /><br />If you want to see all the Australian animals in one place, it's well worth spending a day at Healesville Sanctuary, about an hour's drive east of Melbourne. It's one of the three campuses of our zoo. It's a great place to take pictures. Last time I was there, the tasmanian devils were copulating. Talk about noisy lovers!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05711651430064455098noreply@blogger.com