I learnt a lesson in observing nature over the past week—don’t always take for granted what you see at first glance and look a little closer at the scenario in front of you. I had a couple of quite interesting experiences while photographing birds around the area. The first was taking shots of some colourful Eastern Rosella near one of the nesting boxes in the central creek line habitat at The Cape, and the second, while taking photographs of beautiful Double-banded Plovers at a local Hooded Plover breeding site. On both occasions, I was so focussed on getting a half decent image that I missed something special that I didn’t notice until I was processing the photos later.