Flowering gum
This is 'Corymbia ficifolia', the 'Mini Red' flowering gum - native to the south-west of Western Australia, but now prolific in Cherrybrook, in northern Sydney!!
I had to fight off hordes of Rainbow Lorikeets, squadrons of King Parrots and a small army of Crimson Rosellas, in order to photograph these eucalyptus blossoms in the late afternoon, today Sunday, 13th December, 2020.
But even then the Rainbow Lorikeets, working alone or in pairs, would insist on landing right next to the blossoms I was trying to photograph.
Here are some images to show you what I had to contend with:
www.google.com/search?q=rainbow+lorikeet+on+flowering+gum...
My Canon EOS 5D Mk IV, with the Canon f 2.8. L 100mm macro lens
Flowering gum
This is 'Corymbia ficifolia', the 'Mini Red' flowering gum - native to the south-west of Western Australia, but now prolific in Cherrybrook, in northern Sydney!!
I had to fight off hordes of Rainbow Lorikeets, squadrons of King Parrots and a small army of Crimson Rosellas, in order to photograph these eucalyptus blossoms in the late afternoon, today Sunday, 13th December, 2020.
But even then the Rainbow Lorikeets, working alone or in pairs, would insist on landing right next to the blossoms I was trying to photograph.
Here are some images to show you what I had to contend with:
www.google.com/search?q=rainbow+lorikeet+on+flowering+gum...
My Canon EOS 5D Mk IV, with the Canon f 2.8. L 100mm macro lens