grey headed flying fox

gtcgtc Registered Users Posts: 916 Major grins
edited March 15, 2006 in Wildlife
the one on the right is a frisky male-the one on the left is an un-enthusiastic female-got a few in flight shots will post in a couple of days59812216-M.jpg
Latitude: 37° 52'South
Longitude: 145° 08'East

Canon 20d,EFS-60mm Macro,Canon 85mm/1.8. Pentax Spotmatic SP,Pentax Super Takumars 50/1.4 &135/3.5,Pentax Super-Multi-Coated Takumars 200/4 ,300/4,400/5.6,Sigma 600/8.

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  • saurorasaurora Registered Users Posts: 4,320 Major grins
    edited March 14, 2006
    Boy those claws are something else!!! It looks so bright out....do they hang around in the bright sunlight??? Great capture! thumb.gif
  • gusgus Registered Users Posts: 16,209 Major grins
    edited March 14, 2006
    Great catch greg. Youve got me looking at the tide times to go & shoot ours in the magroves again thumb.gif
  • CookieSCookieS Registered Users Posts: 854 Major grins
    edited March 14, 2006
    Again....AWHHHH theyre so Cute ! Nice crisp shot.
  • RohirrimRohirrim Registered Users Posts: 1,889 Major grins
    edited March 14, 2006
    Neat captures Greg of a unique subject. I sill can't get over the size of these critters.
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  • ThusieThusie Registered Users Posts: 1,818 Major grins
    edited March 14, 2006
    Very, very cool. So glad you share them with us.
  • gtcgtc Registered Users Posts: 916 Major grins
    edited March 14, 2006
    thanks
    thanks-glad you like them-they mainly try and sleep during the day but the bachelor males sneak in when the big male is off somewhere else and hassle the females for sex-it usually results in a fight,with a lot of hooking etc.the colony has a couple of thousand in it and they head out each night to feed ,mainly on nectar and berries etc-they fly up to 30 kms to feed.

    i will post some more later in the week.i took these wth my pentax multi
    coated takumar 300/4 (circa 1971) on my 20d,handheld.
    Latitude: 37° 52'South
    Longitude: 145° 08'East

    Canon 20d,EFS-60mm Macro,Canon 85mm/1.8. Pentax Spotmatic SP,Pentax Super Takumars 50/1.4 &135/3.5,Pentax Super-Multi-Coated Takumars 200/4 ,300/4,400/5.6,Sigma 600/8.
  • HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
    edited March 15, 2006
    Excellent Greg. thumb.gif
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