Tashwita Wildlife Photography

Tashwita Wildlife Photography Where the light meets the wild, you'll find me. Melbourne based Wildlife and Nature Photographer
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Nothing says Australia quite like a kangaroo, and I am thrilled my very first kangaroo photo turned out to be this one, ...
08/09/2026

Nothing says Australia quite like a kangaroo, and I am thrilled my very first kangaroo photo turned out to be this one, an Eastern Grey mum with her joey peeking out of the pouch. What a morning it was, I was sitting on the ground when this mum and her joey hopped straight toward me, saw me on the path, and stayed completely relaxed. Thrilled to share more from this series, so many mums and joeys hopping around right now, spring’s a great time to catch them out and about.

Captured with Nikon Z6III + Z180-600mm, Woodlands Historic Park.

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Managed to get two Eastern Grey Kangaroos sharp in the same frame here, mid-hop and all, plus the joey in the pouch. What it took was f/8, and a bit of luck that the kangaroos were close enough together in distance for both to land in focus. Photographing kangaroos mid-hop also rewards a fast shutter speed, there’s real motion to freeze here. 1/3200 ( was photographing birds when I saw them)

Captured with Nikon Z6III + Z180-600mm, Woodlands Historic Park.

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Look closely and you can just see this joey’s head poking out of the pouch. Joeys usually start doing this around six months old, after spending their earliest months developing inside, permanently exiting the pouch closer to eight to ten months. This one’s still got a while to go before it’s hopping alongside mum on its own.

Captured with Nikon Z6III + Z180-600mm at Woodlands Historic Park.

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Bright morning light at the Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne meant one thing, chasing the high-key shot. This Bell Miner ...
07/09/2026

Bright morning light at the Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne meant one thing, chasing the high-key shot. This Bell Miner made it easy, swinging off a eucalyptus branch at eye level like we weren’t even there.

Shout out to James Lambrou for helping spot this little guy.

Captured with Nikon Z6III + Z180-600mm, Royal Botanical Gardens, Melbourne.

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This Bell Miner would not let go of that eucalyptus leaf. Gripped it, swung with it, wrapped around it like it was the last one on the tree. Very “my precious” energy for a bird that small.

Captured with Nikon Z6III + Z180-600mm, Royal Botanic Gardens, Melbourne.

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A quick technique note: shooting into bright daylight with the sky behind your subject is exactly when high-key works best. Let the sky blow out to pure white and the bird does the rest.

Captured with Nikon Z6III + Z180-600mm, Royal Botanic Gardens, Melbourne.

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What’s a Bell Miner actually doing up there? Hunting lerps, tiny sugary domes that psyllid insects build on eucalyptus leaves for protection. It carefully peels off just the lerp and leaves the insect alive, so it rebuilds and the bird gets to come back for more.

Captured with Nikon Z6III + Z180-600mm, Royal Botanic Gardens, Melbourne.

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Ducks are ducks, sure, but there’s always another way to see them. I’ve wanted to try high-key with one for a while, and...
06/09/2026

Ducks are ducks, sure, but there’s always another way to see them. I’ve wanted to try high-key with one for a while, and this male Australian Wood Duck obliged, flying straight toward us as we watched. Light and perspective can make even the most ordinary bird look completely different.

Captured with Nikon Australia Z6III + Z180-600mm, Sunbury, Victoria.

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Eye_spy_birds ALL TYPES OF BIRDS National Geographic Your Shot

03/09/2026

Every hour spent out in nature with a camera feels well spent….. no exceptions. This passion has connected me to wildlife in a way I didn’t expect, and to a community of people who genuinely love it and want to protect it too. Getting to share these moments with you all is honestly worth every early morning.

Hi, I am Tashwita, a bird and wildlife photographer sharing the quiet lives and unseen drama of wild things. Follow along for more moments like this. 📷

There’s something about spring, the way everything seems to come to life…… a signal of happier, more vibrant times ahead...
02/09/2026

There’s something about spring, the way everything seems to come to life…… a signal of happier, more vibrant times ahead. And nothing signals that better than watching a pair of Galahs, heads tucked together, gently preening each other. It’s the same story every year, and somehow it never gets too old to watch.

Captured with Nikon Z6III + Z180-600mm.

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Did you know you can tell a female and male Galah apart? Females have a red or pink eye, males generally have a dark brown to black eye. Galahs are fascinating too, they pair for life, staying with the same partner year after year, only re-pairing if one dies.

Captured with Nikon Z6III + Z180-600mm.

Hi, I am Tashwita, a bird and wildlife photographer sharing the quiet lives and unseen drama of wild things. Follow along for more moments like this. 📷

First day of spring in Melbourne, and there was no better way to mark it than with an Eastern Spinebill working its way ...
01/09/2026

First day of spring in Melbourne, and there was no better way to mark it than with an Eastern Spinebill working its way through the flower beds at the Royal Botanical Gardens

Captured with Nikon Z6III + Z180-600mm, Royal Botanical Gardens Melbourne

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This Eastern Spinebill at the Royal Botanical Gardens, Melbourne has a bill built exactly for this. Long and curved, made to reach deep into tubular flowers like these salvias.

Captured with Nikon Z6III + Z180-600mm, Royal Botanical Gardens, Melbourne



Eastern Spinebills at the Royal Botanical Gardens are altitudinal migrants, moving to lower ground over winter and returning as spring kicks in. Good timing for this one to be out in full flow today.

Some birds need more than one frame to show what they’re really about. Photographing this male Red-rumped Parrot felt li...
31/08/2026

Some birds need more than one frame to show what they’re really about. Photographing this male Red-rumped Parrot felt like watching nature work as an artist, one angle, one pose at a time. Australia is home to over 50 native parrot species, more than anywhere else on earth, and this one’s proof of how much colour and detail this continent got right.

Captured with Nikon Asia Z6III, Z180-600mm.

Hi, I am Tashwita, a bird and wildlife photographer sharing the quiet lives and unseen drama of wild things. Follow along for more moments like this. 📷



Red-rumped Parrots are so colourful that every angle reveals something new. In flight, it’s the blue, flashes on the wings that stay hidden the second he’s perched again.



Perched, he’s mostly green and gold, calm and unhurried, nothing like the flash of colour he becomes mid-air.

Captured with Z6III, Z180-600mm.



Still green and gold, but a different angle gives you a different bird entirely. See if you can spot what’s changed. Watching him is like watching nature work as an artist, never quite the same brushstroke twice.

Haute couture in the bird world? For me its the New Holland Honeyeater. Black and white with one clean flash of yellow, ...
28/08/2026

Haute couture in the bird world? For me its the New Holland Honeyeater. Black and white with one clean flash of yellow, the New Holland Honeyeater looks like it walked straight off a Paris runway. High-contrast and no fuss. But the couture look doesn’t mean couture pace as this bird darts around looking for nectar and insects. The first frame is a composite…. my first attempt at trying to hold onto a moment this bird never actually gives you to fully admire it.

Captured with Nikon Z6III + Z180-600mm at You Yang Ranges, Victoria.

Hi, I am Tashwita, a bird and wildlife photographer sharing the quiet lives and unseen drama of wild things. Follow along for more moments like this. 📷

This gorgeous female Wood Duck sat high in a tall eucalyptus tree, water nowhere in sight. She wasn’t swimming, she wasn...
27/08/2026

This gorgeous female Wood Duck sat high in a tall eucalyptus tree, water nowhere in sight. She wasn’t swimming, she wasn’t dabbling, just perched there calling out, long notes rising into the trees. Somewhere out past the gum leaves was her mate, and she kept calling……patient and confident….knowing he would find her.

Captured with Nikon Z6III + Z180-600mm at the You Yang ranges near Melbourne.

Hi, I am Tashwita, a bird and wildlife photographer sharing the quiet lives and unseen drama of wild things. Follow along for more moments like this. 📷

It’s Wednesday, folks! Whatever mood you’re in, grumpy, confused, alarmed, unimpressed, judgmental, suspicious, or misch...
26/08/2026

It’s Wednesday, folks! Whatever mood you’re in, grumpy, confused, alarmed, unimpressed, judgmental, suspicious, or mischievous…..I have got a bird for it. So take your pick.
Stay caffeinated and stay sane…. the weekend is in sight.

Captured with Nikon Z6III + Z180-600mm.

Hi, I am Tashwita, a bird and wildlife photographer sharing the quiet lives and unseen drama of wild things. Follow along for more moments like this. 📷



This Brown Fish Owl is giving certified grumpy energy at the 9am standup.



This Australasian Gannet staring at a 4.45pm meeting invite that showed up with zero agenda.



Changeable Hawk-Eagle, crest fully up, alarmed by the reply-all email. Big “did I mean to hit send” energy.



Crested Pigeon, radiating unimpressed. The face of someone who just read “quick sync” on their calendar.



Australasian Swamphen, judging your third coffee of the day from point blank range. Rude, but fair.



Crested Serpent Eagle is suspicious of the random “got a minute?” When she know it will take 20 min of her lunch break.



Rainbow Lorikeet, mischievous and fully unbothered by the deadline. Already planning the long lunch.

Missed deadlines are a Friday problem

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