Running Creek Parklands is a bush camping area off Bellthorpe Range Rd, Stanmore, Queensland. just a short distance from Woodford.
There is a creek running through the camping area which flows for the major part of the year with the exception of very dry spells.
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The above image was captured very early on a foggy and misty morning. The image was taken with a Nikkor 200mm f/4 Micro lens, this lens is an excellent general purpose lens as well as for macros.
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The above image looking up the creek again on a very misty and foggy morning has been captured with the Nikkor 28mm f/1.8G lens.
It can be very worthwhile going out on misty mornings as the resulting images can have more of a moody feel.
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I was very fortunate in finding some Forrest Kingfishers along the banks of the creek and was able to capture quite a few images of this beautiful bird with the 200-500mm lens.
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In addition to the Forrest Kingfishers a beautiful Kookaburra obligingly posed for me in one of the gum trees.
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Areas like Running Creek Parklands are always wonderful places for bird photography. Any place that has running water or permanent water holes is always a great attraction for the wildlife.
For all the above images I used the Nikon D810 camera.
The equipment I used for my photography in this blog is as follows and all can be purchased at B&H.