Raoul Slater

Pomona, Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia

Wattlebird on forest grass tree (Xanthorrhoea latifolia)

"The two grass trees were growing at my neighbour's gate, and they sent up two beautiful, parallel flower spikes. I set up a hide and photographed the honeyeaters that came to feed on the copious nectar. This wattlebird was just long enough to reach from one spike to the other, giving the image a pleasing tension. I almost never photograph a wildlife subject against a blue sky, but the project called for bold, clean images, so I broke one of my own rules.."