I didn't have a lot planned for the day so my fiance and I drove up to Burra (156 km from home) to take some photos of the "Diesel House". This old Cobb & Co cottage was made famous by a well known Australian photographer, Ken Duncan. Duncan's image was made even more famous because it was used as the front cover to the Midnight Oil album "Diesel and Dust", hence the commonly used name "Diesel House".
There I was, happily snapping away when I had an unexpected visitor.
Mr or Mrs Magpie was really not happy that I had intruded on its territory and it certainly let me know. When I think back I feel very lucky that my other half didn't have a camera - it was quite an elaborate dance/display I put on.
I gotta laugh though because in typical photographer style, even though a crazed bird was trying to peck out my eyes I felt the overwhelming urge to capture it on film!
It's a pity the image is not sharper but it was taken under duress.
Don't for one minute think I was using a large zoom - it was taken with my
18-55mm
