big bat in flight

gtc

grey headed flying fox-large colony of them by the river in melbourne-this is a large male -wingspan of a metre.

-not great,out of frame etc but will be back this weekend to nail one-this is the closest i have got to a frame filler with these hard to shoot bats-exposure is difficult as is keeping them in frame-also i am manually focussing.

Thusie

Wow! You can see the veins in the wind membrain! I seen a couple of your other bat shots and you are getting closer and closer, very cool

BrettG

Wingspan of a metre? Holy :wow

The bats around here are... well, I've never seen one, so they must be small

Rohirrim

Damn, thats one big bat. Nice job with a difficult subject.

CookieS

OH Flying foxes, one of my favorites when I was a kid studying wildlife, very Cool. always wanted one as a pet when i was young. strange girl, yeah I know

MrBook2

Nice work on a tough subject. I can't wait to see more!

--Aaron

gtc

thanks

CookieS wrote:

OH Flying foxes, one of my favorites when I was a kid studying wildlife, very Cool. always wanted one as a pet when i was young. strange girl, yeah I know

not strange-different

yes a difficult but interesting subject-friends in Far North
Queensland nursed an injured one back to health and they loved it-said it was friendly like a dog,but smarter-which makes sense because they are ,unlike normal bats,not rodents but primates,related to the lemurs of madagascar and so , therefore as primates , related to humans.

dallas

Excellent post, and he must be very difficult to photograph. Thanks for the capture, and the interesting information about bats.