A voyage on the Oceania Riviera took us from Sydney, Australia to Bali, Indonesia. Stops included Brisbane, Whitsunday Island (Airlie beach), Cairns, Cooktown, Darwin, Komodo Island, and Bali. Generally cruise ships only enable 1 tour per day; for any wildlife related trips, a bus ride of up to 45-90 min was often required from the port.

Images were taken with either:

• OM-1 MarkII + 150-400/F4.5 (a few with Olympus 12-100/F4),
• Sony A1 MarkII with 70-200/F2.8 (a few with Tamron 25-200/F2.8-5.6), or
• iPhone 17 Pro

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Scarlet macaw, ILCE-1M2, 1/500, F2.8, ISO.250, 200.0 mm

Blue-white macaw, 1/1000, F5.6 ISO.1600 473mm.

OM-1MarkII, Left: 1/1000, F4.5, ISO.1000, 300 mm. Right: 1/500, F2.8, ISO.160, 250 mm

Palm cockatoo, OM-1MarkII, 1/1000, F4.5, ISO.1000, 300 mm

Rainbow lorikeet (from Darwin), OM-1MarkII, 1/1600, F4.5, ISO.640, 650 mm

Lorikeets (from Brisbane), OM-1MarkII, 1/320, F4.0, ISO.4000, 240 mm

Barn owl (Darwin) OM-1MarkII, 1/1000, F5.6, ISO.640, 1000 mm

OM-1MarkII, 1/2000, F5.6, ISO.1000, 876 mm

Green birdwing butterfly (male) taken at Kuranda butterfly sanctuary OM-1MarkII, 1/2000, F4.0, ISO.3200, 200 mm (OM 12-100/F4)

Two unknown butterflies (right may be a blue moon), ILCE-1M2, 1/2500, F5.0, ISO.8000, 209.0 mm (Sony 70-200/F2.8)

Large yeoman butterfly OM-1MarkII, 1/1000, F4.5, ISO.1600, 200 mm (OM 12-100/F4)

Crimson finch, OM-1MarkII, 1/320, F5.6, ISO.3200, 750 mm

Knobbed hornbill, ILCE-1M2, 1/15, F11.0, ISO.125, 82.0 mm

Jungle fowl, OM-1MarkII, 1/2500, F4.5, ISO.1250, 356 mm

Anoles, OM-1MarkII, 1/500, F5.6, ISO.3200, 1000 mm

Masked plover lapwing, OM-1MarkII, 1/1600, F5.6, ISO.200, 756 mm

Australian king parrot (female) ILCE-1M2, 1/800, F5.6, ISO.3200, 200.0 mm (Tamron 25-200/F2.8-5.6)

Black-capped Lory parrot, ILCE-1M2, 1/250, F2.8, ISO.800, 200.0 mm

Moluccan king parrot ILCE-1M2, Left: 1/250, F2.8, ISO.800, 102.0 mm; Right: 1/250, F2.8, ISO.800, 102.0 mm

Bali starling, ILCE-1M2, 1/1600, F2.8, ISO.1250, 194.0 mm (caged)

OM-1MarkII, 1/1600, F5.6, ISO.3200, 1000 mm (forest)

Southern cassowary, one of the most dangerous birds in the world due to its large sharp claws, OM-1MarkII, 1/250, F4.0, ISO.2000, 520 mm (from Brisbane)

ILCE-1M2, 1/250, F2.8, ISO.1600, 122.0 mm (from Bali)

OM-1MarkII, 1/800, F4.0, ISO.2000, 560 mm (Brisbane)

OM-1MarkII, 1/500, F4.0, ISO.2000, 480 mm (Brisbane)

Gray-crowned crane, ILCE-1M2, 1/250, F2.8, ISO.800, 70.0 mm

Bar-shouldered dove, ILCE-1M2, 1/800, F7.1, ISO.500, 108.0 mm, Tamron 25-200/F2.8-5.6

Brahamani kite, OM-1MarkII, 1/4000, F4.5, ISO.5000, 378 mm

Wedge-tailed eagle (pre-capture, somewhat sad to see the leashed legs as this bird was part of the Flight Deck show outside of Darwin), ILCE-1M2, 1/160, F5.6, ISO.200, 280.0 mm (the slow 1/160 shutter speed was a mistake as pre-capture should be 1/3200 or faster)

Coucal pheasant (pre-capture) ILCE-1M2, 1/3200, F5.6, ISO.1600, 238.0 mm

ILCE-1M2, 1/3200, F5.6, ISO.1600, 238.0 mm

Osprey (pre-capture set) OM-1MarkII, 1/4000, F5.6, ISO.2000, 376 mm

OM-1MarkII, 1/4000, F5.6, ISO.2000, 376 mm

Komodo island: Entry gate to the park iPhone 17 Pro, 1/1105, F2.2, ISO.20, 2.2 mm (equivalent to 13mm full-frame, shot vertically and heavily cropped)

The 'front office' to the park iPhone 17 Pro, 1/121, F2.8, ISO.200, 16.9 mm

Morning view of the shore ILCE-1, 1/800, F8.0, ISO.125, 61.0 mm

Two komodo dragons with extended tongues ILCE-1M2, 1/640, F8.0, ISO.1250, 119.0 mm

ILCE-1M2, 1/500, F8.0, ISO.500, 188.0 mm

Komodo dragon with saliva dripping ILCE-1M2, 1/800, F5.0, ISO.500, 238.0 mm

Komodo dragon with either bloody saliva or blood from a meal? ILCE-1M2, 1/640, F4.0, ISO.2500, 280.0 mm

Wallace's hawk-eagle (its lunch is the yellow chick in its claws) , OM-1MarkII, 1/1000, F4.5, ISO.2500, 300 mm

Saltwater crocidile in a river (juvenile), OM-1MarkII, 1/1000, F8.0, ISO.640, 720 mm

Wallaby in the wild, OM-1MarkII, 1/2000, F5.6, ISO.2500, 472 mm