Ben J.

Gang-gang cockatoo my beloved

Rainbow lorikeet

The rainbow lorikeets have just started visting the yard now that the neighbouring banksias have finished flowering.

#Australia #Canberra #spring #october #birds #photography #BirdPhotography #WildlifePhotography #NatureLovers #BirdingAdventures #Ornithology #lorikeet #bird

I'm not a fan of the rain, but I do quite enjoy the cold, and I've always had an affinity towards northern landscapes, especially ones with fog and snow.

One cup of birb, please 🤣

Green as a bean!

Noooo! They sound adorable 😭😭😭

He's so rotund. I love himb.

Look at them
LOOK AT THEM

They're such beans. I love them. 💚

Hold birb gentle like ice cream cone

What species is this little bub?

They're so adorable aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

No thanks. I'd rather $7 billion dollars going towards healthcare, education, local small business and housing, not a digital slop factory.

Crimson rosellas are usually pretty shy, at least in my experience. Great job photographing one!

A photographic image of a male red-rumped parrot (Psephotus haematonotus) standing on bright green mowed grass with a grey concrete footpath in the background. The bright emerald-green parrot has a golden belly, brown eyes and a blade of grass in his shiny dark-grey beak.

Since I'm new here, I thought I'd post one of my favourite photos of all time!

Here's a male red-rumped parrot, (Psephotus haematonotus) otherwise known as a grass parrot, enjoying a tasty snack as he forages in the lawn next to a footpath.

#birdphotograhy #australianbirds #parrots #photography

Check out this beautiful image of a temperate rainforest landscape in Canada! 💚🌲🌿

This photographer has many other similarly beautiful works.

Wow... This place is a huge contrast to our Botany Bay over here in Australia! Here, it is mostly warm and sunny with soft yellow sand.

I still love Canada's landscapes, even though I'be never been. In a way, your spectacular photographs take me there.

Looks almost as if you've stepped back in time during the peak of the dinosaur era!

Your photography is amazing!! It's far from amateur. I think it's time you update your profile description from "amateur" to professional! :)

Wow... I didn't know this.
I cancelled my Spotify subscription the moment they started upping the subscription price, removing songs and when I found out they were underpaying artists.

Since then, I have switched to purchasing songs on Bandcamp, purchasing CDs and downloading songs online.

Man... the irony of this being at a convention on ecology and conservation is baffling. It reminds me of all these climate change conferences attended by people who got there in private jets which spew more carbon dioxide into the atmosphere in one flight than most people generate in a month.

Easily one of the most beautiful photos I've seen on this site so far!

Female king parrot

Early morning visit from the king parrots this morning. They started chirping away from around 06:30.

#Australia #Canberra #spring #october #birds #photography #BirdPhotography #WildlifePhotography #NatureLovers #BirdingAdventures #Ornithology #parrot #bird

Large duck orchid (Caleana major) west of Mallacoota, East Gippsland, VIC

Double ducks west of Mallacoota, East Gippsland, VIC. Didn't see a lot of large duck orchids (Caleana major) on my couple of brief East Gippsland trips this year but did see scattered plants in full flight at a couple of locations. #orchids #inthefield #ozplants

Gorgeous colours!

Gotta love sulphur-crested cockatoos and their comical antics. That, and how photogenic they are!

They truly are one of the birds of all time! 🤣

(10) You don't have to be 'perfect' at art. Heck, you don't even need to be that 'good' at it. All you need is to be genuine and love what you do.

Only we can create art. Art requires a soul, which is something all people inherently have and which machine learning algorithms do not

#antiai #aislop

(9) There is still so much love and creativity in the world, even though it may not seem it at times.

There will ALWAYS be light in the darkness.

If you can't find the light, BE the light. ❤️🌟

#antiai #aislop

(8) Please, reach out to your friends and family who engage in creativity. Ask them what their favourite topic is, how they do their work, why they love what they do.

Even better, meet them in person and ask them to show you how they do it. Tell them how much you love them.

#antiai #aislop

(7) You can show me even the most 'spectacular' AI-generated image (if you could even call it that), but there is nothing behind it but text into a computer. There is no story. There is no soul. You cannot show the creative process or the talent behind it, because there is none.

#antiai #aislop

(6) You will hear the pure joy in these peoples voices when they tell you just how much they love what they do.

This is not something that can be taken away from us.

#antiai #aislop