CIE-HDR conference 2016 pics and photo competition

Images taken by CIE members – click on any image to enlarge

— BEHIND THE SCENES —

: Conference Organizers

: CIE Group # 1

: CIE Group # 2

: CIE Group # 3

: Photo Panels # 1

: Photo Panels # 2

— NATURE’S COLORS AND PATTERNS —

: Andrea West, winner

: John Patykowski, runner-up: The psychedelic worm @ Heathcote-Graytown National Park

: Drosera @ Grampians National Park

: Emus can walk both directions at once @ Lake Henry, Birdsville Track

: Lake Disappointment @ Gibson Desert, WA

: Perfect blonde @ Pope’s Eye Gannet Colony, Port Phillip Bay, VIC

: The Peacock Portrait

: @ Bellbrae, Victoria

: Rising towards the sky @ Madagascar

: @ Mallee, SA

: A striated pardalote (Pardalotus striatus) shows off his magnificent hair-do @ Serendip, VIC

— ANIMALS INTERACTING —

: Kelly Miller, winner: Time to wake up Mum @ Puerto Maldonado, Peru

: Tim Doherty, runner-up

: Life on the wrack @ Cape Conran Coastal Park

: Rats of the air @ Half Moon Bay

: Silver gull eating banded stilt chick @ Lake Eyre

: Just us @ Point Danger Gannet Colony, Portland, VIC

: Magpie vs. Raven: Blades of grass ruining a perfectly good shot

: Delicious human: Underwoodisaurus mili enjoying a succulent meal @ Griffith, NSW

: @ Griffith, NSW

: Are you impressed yet? @ Kerguelen Islands, Southern Ocean

: @ Eyre Peninsula, SA

: A tawny frogmouth (Podargus strigoides) holds its ground against a nosy photographer @ Serendip, VIC

— RESEARCHERS AT WORK —

: Raoul Ribot, runner-up

: Ash Trail @ Grampians National Park

: ‘Guess-timating’ cliff heights with the Deakin Science Society @ Fossil Beach, Mornington

: Heather Gibbs banding banded stilt chicks @ Lake Torrens

: A hard-earned thirst: Digging pitfall traps in mallee country is a hot and thirsty business @ Griffith, NSW

: Following their path @ Kerguelen Islands, Southern Ocean

: @ Griffith, NSW

: It’s hard work, but someone’s got to do it. A researcher helps monitor black swan (Cygnus atratus) cygnets as part of long-term research @ Albert Park Lake, Melbourne, VIC