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Uncletimrob

@uncletimrob.bsky.social
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I'm a nearly 70 year old Aussie - immigrated in 1964. I'm a Maths and Physics teacher, and outside work my passions are photography, ham radio, astronomy and birds - as well as calling out obscene politics.

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Uncletimrob @uncletimrob.bsky.social · 11h
Magpie Geese near Darwin. #BirdOfTheDay #Waders #darwin #magpiegoose #goose #birds #birding #photography
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Uncletimrob @uncletimrob.bsky.social · 20h
My new daytime all-sky dome camera is up and running. Here's a brief video from this morning. Still some work to do with exposure settings, but it seems to be working well. #allsky #domecamera #photograpy #sky
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Uncletimrob @uncletimrob.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Female Figbird eating ---- a fig. I believe it's a Moreton Bay Fig. #BirdOfTheDay #Eating #birds #birding #figbird #photography
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Uncletimrob @uncletimrob.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Our first Frangipani flowers for this season - pic taken just now in our garden in western Brisbane. We have half a dozen trees with various coloured flowers, so the garden will be as beautiful as usual in a few weeks. #photography #flowers #frangipani
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Uncletimrob @uncletimrob.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Maned Duck family in a children's "play pond" at a local park. Blue water from the paint .... #BirdOfTheDay #BlueWater #duck #birds #birding #photography
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Uncletimrob @uncletimrob.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
A left-footed Sulphur-crested Cockatoo standing on our wall eating a passionfruit. The majority of Cockies are left-footed, but some are right-footed. I do have a pic of one but he is on a branch. #BirdOfTheDay #Perched #cocktoo #photography #birds #birding
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Uncletimrob @uncletimrob.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
A few more of my wife's orchids. Photos taken a few minutes ago - western Brisbane. #orchid #plants #flowers #photography
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Uncletimrob @uncletimrob.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Laughing Kookaburra monochrome - in our tree a few minutes ago. #photography #birds #birding #kookaburra #monochrome #blackandwhite #b&w
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Uncletimrob @uncletimrob.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Just looking up some astro photos from the last couple of years. This is Messier 20 aka M20 aka the Triffid Nebula aka NGC 6514. Taken with a EVscope in July 2025. Some colour adjustments. #astronomy #astrophotgraphy #astro #messier20 #NGC6514
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Uncletimrob @uncletimrob.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Little Black Cormorant - drying out after a dip. Dan Stiller Reserve, western Brisbane. #BirdOfTheDay #WingsOpenNotFlying #photography #birds #birding #cormorant
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Uncletimrob @uncletimrob.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Black-capped Lory - I believe. I cannot remember where I took this photo, but probably at a bird sanctuary somewhere here in Queensland. They are native to New Guinea and nearby islands. #BirdOfTheDay #Black&Red #photography #birds #birding #newguinea #lory
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Uncletimrob @uncletimrob.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Channel-billed Cuckoo - as seen in western Brisbane. These are migratory and arrive in Oz in September and leave in April. #BirdOfTheDay #BestBeaks #photography #cuckoo #birds #birding
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Uncletimrob @uncletimrob.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Night sky timelapse last night from my all-sky dome camera. The white blob at the bottom is the waning moon. Close to 11 hours of pics - exposures variable, related to how much light enters the dome. #imelapse #allsky #domecamera #astrophotography #photography
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Uncletimrob @uncletimrob.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Australian Magpie and a monchrome pic of an Australian Brush Turkey #BirdOfTheDay #Black&White #photography #birds #birding #magpie #turkey
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Uncletimrob @uncletimrob.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Messier 57, enlarged, cropped and sharpened from the original image posted a little while ago. #photography #astro #astrphotography #messier57 #m57
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Uncletimrob @uncletimrob.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Messier 57 and some friends, as seen from my backyard in western Brisbane this evening - looking roughly North. #photography #astro #astrophotography #messier #messier57 #m57
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Uncletimrob @uncletimrob.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Now this one is my best for September. A Laughing Kookaburra sitting on a Frangipani tree in our backyard. #BirdOfTheDay #BestOfTheMonth #photography #birds #birding #kookaburra
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Uncletimrob @uncletimrob.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I'm not sure I'd call it my "best", but it's the most unusual one. The shadow of a bird standing on my all-sky dome camera. I believe that it is a Crow #BirdOfTheDay #BestOfTheMonth #crowsfeet #photography
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Uncletimrob @uncletimrob.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Egyptian Geese. E and G for bird of the day Tanzania in 2013 #BirdOfTheDay #EFG #birding #birds #photography #tanzania #goose #egyptiangoose
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Uncletimrob @uncletimrob.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Blue-faced Honeyeater. Known as a wattled honeyeater as it has a blue patch - the wattle - over and behind its eye. These are fairly common in our garden in western Brisbane. #BirdOfTheDay #Bokeh #birds #birding #honeyeater
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Uncletimrob @uncletimrob.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Just playing around with channel inverts (negatives) from colour photos. #photography #negatives #channelinverts
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Uncletimrob @uncletimrob.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Water Dragon at the lakeside at Forest Lake - western Brisbane. #waterdragon #forestlake #wildlife
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Uncletimrob @uncletimrob.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Some mono's from Stanthorpe - southern Queensland, back in June 2024. Last pic using a fisheye lens. #stanthorpe #monochrome #blackandwhite #b&w #photography
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Uncletimrob @uncletimrob.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Brown Booby surfing on a boat mooring float - Broome, Western Australia. The Booby aka Sula leucogaster is a brown Gannet and is found along the northern coast of Australia. #BirdOfTheDay #Seabirds #birds #broome #brownbooby #birding #photography
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Uncletimrob @uncletimrob.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
ARRGH! No astro tonight as there is a big cloud mass heading up to Brisbane from the South. Brisbane is roughly in the centre of this sat view from a couple of minutes ago. I was hoping for a clear night after a lovely sunny day. #photograhy #astrophotography #cloudynights
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Uncletimrob @uncletimrob.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Apparently this was on truth social - not that I go to that shithole. The ABC here in Oz reported it. #trump #iran ##straightofhormuz #war #usa
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Uncletimrob @uncletimrob.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Rainbow Bee-eaters near Broome, Western Australia. #BirdofTheDay #Pairs #birds #birding #bee-eaters #photography
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Uncletimrob @uncletimrob.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
A couple of mono's from Wilson's Walkway - western Brisbane. The river is Brisbane River aka the Brown Snake. So called because of it's brown colour and winding path. #photography #monochrome #blackandwhite #b&w #wilsonswalkway #brisbaneriver
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Uncletimrob @uncletimrob.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Sacred Kingfisher. #Birdoftheday #thedivers #birds #birding #kingfisher #photography
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Uncletimrob @uncletimrob.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Brahminy Kite - Dan Stiller Reserve, western Brisbane. #BirdOfTheDay #Raptors #brahminykite #kite
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Uncletimrob @uncletimrob.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Some Eastern Grey Kangaroos at Pooh Corner - western Brisbane, this morning. #kangaroos #easterngrey #poohcorner
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Uncletimrob @uncletimrob.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Some random mono's taken this morning at Pooh Corner - western Brisbane. Canon EOS M, set to mono. Some adjustments to contrast. There are Koala's in this park but unfortunately I didn't see any today. #monochrome #blackandwhite #b&w #poohcorner
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Uncletimrob @uncletimrob.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
King Parrot (male), Queensland. #BirdOfTheDay #RedHeads #birds #photography #parrot #kingparrot
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Uncletimrob @uncletimrob.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
One of our cacti flowered today. Its an Echinocereus - not sure which one, but I believe pentalophus. #cactus #flowers #echinocereus #plants
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Uncletimrob @uncletimrob.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
A couple of my wife's orchids spring flowering. They are much earlier than she expected them to be. #flowers #orchids #plants
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Uncletimrob @uncletimrob.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
#BirdOfTheDay #CaptionThatBird #birds #photography #lorikeet #rainbowlorikeet I'll drink to that!
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Uncletimrob @uncletimrob.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Messier 73 as seen tonight from my backyard in western Brisbane. It's tiny and is not a cluster as the four stars are unrelated and moving in different directions. #Photography #astrophotography #messierobjects #messier73 #nightsky
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Uncletimrob @uncletimrob.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Wonga Pigeon at Cameron's Scrub near Ipswich, Queensland #BirdOfTheDay #Pigeons&Doves #photography #birds #birdlife #pigeon
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Uncletimrob @uncletimrob.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Messier 8 aka the Lagoon Nebula aka NGC6523 as seen last night from western Brisbane. Lovely clear night with low humidity, so very little extraneous light. #messier8 #astrophotography #nightsky #NGC6523 #lagoonnebula #photography
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Uncletimrob @uncletimrob.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Maned Duck aka Australian Wood Duck ducklings in monochrome. Pic taken this morning at Rocks Riverside Park - western Brisbane. #BirdOfTheDay #ODG #Photography #birds #ducks #ducklings #monochrome #b&w #blackandwhite
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Uncletimrob @uncletimrob.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Some monochrome pics taken this morning with a Canon M5 set to mono, using an 8mm fisheye lens. Rocks Riverside Park - western Brisbane. #photography #monochrome #blackandwhite #b&w #fisheye
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Uncletimrob @uncletimrob.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Old produce export lables from Tasmania in the 1960's and 1970's. #tasmania #history #producelables
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Uncletimrob @uncletimrob.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Timelapse of a night flowering cactus of ours - April 2024. It lives in a pot outside and I brought it inside for this timelapse, in an attempt to get the lighting right. 10 fps, so about 110 pics in all. #timelapse #cactus #flowers
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Uncletimrob @uncletimrob.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Timelapse last night - western Brisbane. #nightsky #timelapse #domecamera #astronomy #astrophotography
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Uncletimrob @uncletimrob.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Double barred Finch - near Ipswich, west of Brisbane. #BirdOfTheDay #Finches #birds #birdlife #photography
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Uncletimrob @uncletimrob.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Timelapse from last night - western Brisbane. Some blotches from extraneous lights. #nightsky #timelapse #astrophotography #stars
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Uncletimrob @uncletimrob.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Startrail from last night - western Brisbane. Looking North, South at the top, East to the right #photography #nightsky #startrail #astrophotography
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Uncletimrob @uncletimrob.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
NGC 6960 aka the Veil Nebula, as seen from my backyard this evening - western Brisbane. About 45 minutes exposure and some colour adjustments to show up the veil. Also some sharpening as the evening is quite humid. #NGC #NGC6960 #astronomy #astrophotography #photography #nightsky
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Uncletimrob @uncletimrob.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Messier objects as seen from my backyard last night - the clearest night we have had here for a long time. Some light pollution from the city and fairly high humidity. Messier 71, Messier 14 and Messier 11 #photography #astrophotography #messier #nightsky
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Uncletimrob @uncletimrob.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Scarlet Robin (male)- Waterworks Reserve, Hobart #BirdOfTheDay #Robins #photography #birds #birdlife #hobart
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