Ian Smissen Photography

Crimson Rosella feeding on Grevillea flower

Little Pied Cormorant roosting in late afternoon

"Toad" Dinghy on Top Lake in Merimbula, NSW

Stack of coloured fabrics in a street market in Quito, Ecuador

A half hour before sunrise, the new moon and Mercury were rising in the eastern sky. You need to look carefully for Mercury but it's there.

One of Australia's most spectacular parrots, the Rainbow Lorikeet is also one of the most raucous, often travelling in large, noisy flocks

This Orca was photographed as it was about to dive straight under the bow of the boat

As a late afternoon storm approached, a splash of sunshine bathed these two Australian Pelicans

Sunset over the Cerebrus, Black Rock, Victoria, Australia

Boat wreck abandoned in the mangroves

Camel Rock near Bermagui, NSW shot just after sunset

Reflections of pier pilings at Princes her, Port Melbourne

Sunset at the old mile marker on Ricketts Point in Beaumaris, Melbourne

Crepuscular rays over Port Phillip Bay just before sunset

Bermagui Harbour, NSW

I captured this image just as this Royal Spoonbill landed on the stump.

Moonrise and the milky way behind silhouetted trees

Quarry Beach, Mallacoota, Victoria, shot at 4:30am under full moon.

Sunset at Dog Rocks, Batesford, Victoria

Stormy sky over Eileen Donan Castles is Scotland

Boats at high tide in Mousehole Harbour, Cornwall

Half Dome from Glacier Point, Yosemite National Park

Windmill and water tank, rural Victoria, Australia

Row of hire boats at twilight

Another in my intermittent rural roadside scenes series. I couldn't resist the flock of sheep resting under the giant River Red Gum in this interesting late afternoon hazy light. The sheep in the bottom corner raising its head as I pressed the shutter made the shot for me.

Honeybee feeding on Melaleuca

Old corrugated iron shed at sunrise

Wreck of the paddle steamer, 'The Ozone', late evening at Indented Head, Victoria

Cows and abandoned farmhouse in late afternoon

Adult Wandering Albatross, Pacific Ocean off east coast of Australia

White-vented Storm-petrel dancing on water surface

Stalked barnacles, Ucluelet, Vancouver Island, Canada

Standing stone at Callanish, Isle of Lewis and Harris, Scotland

Sepia toned image of the wreck of the paddle steamer, 'The Ozone' at Indented Head, Victoria

Blue hour after sunset at Horgabost Beach, Isle of Lewis and Harris, Scotland

Olive green leaves artistic design