Our guests take the most extraordinary photographs while they are visiting us. Of course, we do our best to provide wonderful subjects, with outstanding backdrops and interesting lighting effects. Our wildlife are all instructed to 'work it' for the camera (although not all of them are good at following instructions, and many of them just can't past their camera shyness)
Sue enters her local horticultural society photo contests every year, and every year she submits pictures taken at Bondi.
This year, she won Frist Place in the category of Still Life, with one of her hummingbird close ups. As she points out, it is Life... and at least briefly, it is still. We agree. You can see the tiny bird's tongue still protruding from her beak in this shot.
She also won an award for a picture she took of a bumblebee in the hollyhocks, completely covered with pollen. The bee is pushing the pollen in the pollen sacs on the abdomen, to help carry some of it back to the hive.
She didn't win an award for the chipmunk robbing the birdfeeder, but we don't know why... we think it's great! But the chipmunk harbours no hard feelings, and has offered to pose again for her, anytime!
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