Below is a sample of a few of my better photographs. All of my best pictures are on My Flickr Page. I also have a large collection of nature pictures on SydneyNature.Com. I am a member of the Ryde Eastwood Leagues Club Camera Club. Recently I have become a moderator of Flickr's popular Photography Critique group.

These tiny birds are among my favourites. The male is in blue and the female is brownish. This photo was taken with a point-and-shoot camera. It is featured on the cover of the book Sydney Birds and Where to Find Them. It has also appeared in many other places including The Nature Conservancy.

I'm very much interested in Creative Photography. Although I have only done a few images, this one is among my favourites of all my shots. On one hand you can look at this image and see it as very sad -- on the other hand you can stand back and say it is silly. This is what I like: creating an image that is artistically pleasing yet brings an emotional ambivalence or cognitive dissonance to the viewer.

In the background is a flower being refracted through dripping water from a faucet. This image got an acceptance at the 2011 Sutherland Shire National Exhibition of Photography -- my first photo to get national recognition.

I have a fear of spiders. I really find them very very creepy. Yet for some reason unknown to me, I love to photograph them.

These small birds are not so common in my area. Best time to photograph them is when the bottlebrush flowers are blooming (in October), as seen in this shot.

Recently I have been getting into Seascape photography. This shot is from what I believe is the most interesting coastal area in Sydney: Long Reef. The water is very very shallow (i.e. a few inches) for a long way out and then drops off in the distance. There are some beautiful large rocks on the shallow reef: you can see some silhouettes here.

Skinks are very tiny lizards found all over Sydney in the summer time. Thie one came into my apartment so I had to pick him up with the chopstick and do a few shots before I let him free. Ain't he cute?

• Scott Contini's photography page
• Scott Contini's flickr page
• SydneyNature.Com