Time for my Kookaburras to pay for their keep.

I was thinking the other night what I could do differently to get some unusual photos of my Kookas.

I’ve stacks of them interacting with themselves & others at the Tapas Bar. More of them on my hand. Hundreds in flight. I play around with Tapas Bar position and background view.
And I’ve done it all to death.

Don’t get me wrong. Those photos will continue, as those are the only options I have. But it did get me thinking.

The one thing I have that’s a constant is their desire to eat. I can place a piece of meat anywhere & be confident they will fly in & grab it.

With that thought in mind I started thinking “grab off what”. And it occurred to me “off anything”

Would people pay for that? Product placement? So who’d be interested in that………

KOOKABURRA Cricket Balls. That was my 1^st thought. I was telling a work colleague my thoughts and asked him if his kids played or new anyone that played cricket as I’d like to borrow a ball. He laughed and informed me he had just joined an indoor cricket team & had a new ball at home. Seems the Gods were smiling.

So, ball in tow I set out to see if the birds would play the game.

To say I was totally chuffed with my first efforts would be an understatement. But I wanted more. I had photos from all sorts of angles of the ball on the grass.

What I wanted was a photo of a bird flying in where all you see is the ball with wings.

What I needed was a cricket stump. So back to Steve, who again obliged me (thanks Steve).

The Idea. The one shot I wanted. A “Ball with wings”. I    got     it.

The shot I wanted!

KOOKABUURA Balls......

You'd swear they had wings.

KOOKABURRA Menace, from our Bodyline Series.
Guaranteed to take off a head or two.

A diving catch

“Good morning, Ladies & Gentleman. The SCG is packed to capacity. The sky is blue, temp in the high 20’s and a slight nor-east breeze. 53,217 patrons all excited for the coming days play. It is just a simply marvellous sight.”
“Good Morning Richie. The crowd is certainly amped. A lot of pressure on young Bitey. They’re expecting big things from him after his stellar performance in the last Innings”
“C’mon, Bitey, C’mon, C’mon.” chanted the crowd.
“The bowler runs in, the crowd holds their breath……………………,
He’s sent down a Yorker that’s got under Biteys defence and……………….
Collectively 53,217 people whispered “Phuuuuck”

"Richie, that's got to hurt"

“If he can only hold on to it, this will be a simply marvellous catch”

“The tail has wagged ladies & gentlemen. 3 runs to win. 6 balls left. No batsman in reserve.
The Captain walks up & whispers in Warnie’s ear.
The field is set in close. They ring him.”
“Warnie steps in and sends down a “Wrong ‘un”.
“Bitey steps forward, completely misjudging the length, this must surely be the game. But no, he clips it with the tip of his beak. It hurtles between the man at close off & 3rd slip. They won’t chase that down”...
“Bitey has won the series. Simply Marvellous”

KOOKABURRA.
"The name behind the ball"

“Bitey turns to take a cheeky 3rd.”
“His problem is who is fielding long on. Brave Baby has without a doubt, the best beak in the series.
“She lets fly. It will be close folks……..”
“And…..”
“That’s….”...
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“Simply Marvellous”

I’ve sent a few of these photos to the Marketing Manager at KOOKABURRA Sports to see if they are interested in entering into a dialogue.

Either way, it was a bit of fun. Not only the photos but matching them with comments.

"Simply Marvellous" RIP Richie Benaud.


Update: Yesterday I received the following reply email to my offer; 

"I will follow up internally but I am sure we would be interested in using some images! Great shots!

We may look to replace the ball with a better quality ball!

Look forward to talking to you later in the week!"

I was surprised when I got a call today from his PA saying thanks but, not interested, as they already had Kooka photos posing with their product.