greh headed flying fox

gtcgtc Registered Users Posts: 916 Major grins
edited March 21, 2005 in Wildlife
this is a grey headed flying fox flying out to feed at night-australias largest bat ,we have thousands in melbourne -they are hard to shoot,this is a crop,i am still working on my technique.focussing is a real issue as they move quickly and its dark-i want to get one closer and wider with more light but there is a fair amount of luck involved...it is a little underexposed but I dont mind as it looks more like a drewaing than a photograph17872125-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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  • HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
    edited March 21, 2005
    I liked this the first time you posted and I still like it. :D
    Harry
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  • gtcgtc Registered Users Posts: 916 Major grins
    edited March 21, 2005
    oh no-i've posted twice!
    Harryb wrote:
    I liked this the first time you posted and I still like it. :D

    to quote maxwell smart "sorry about that chief"
    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 21, 2005
    gtc wrote:
    to quote maxwell smart "sorry about that chief"
    Not to worry. If you do a third time, look out! rolleyes1.gif
    Harry
    http://behret.smugmug.com/ NANPA member
    How many photographers does it take to change a light bulb? 50. One to change the bulb, and forty-nine to say, "I could have done that better!"
  • wholenewlightwholenewlight Registered Users Posts: 1,529 Major grins
    edited March 21, 2005
    I just did a google search on "grey headed flying fox".

    A wingspan of one meter???

    Whoa . . . bigger than I would have guessed.

    eek7.gif
    john w
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    I knew, of course, that trees and plants had roots, stems, bark, branches and foliage that reached up toward the light. But I was coming to realize that the real magician was light itself.
    Edward Steichen

  • gtcgtc Registered Users Posts: 916 Major grins
    edited March 21, 2005
    another one
    yes they are large and fly up to 50kms each night in search of food,mainly nectar.

    here is another one-note the nice red collar of fur


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    wholenewlight wrote:
    I just did a google search on "grey headed flying fox".

    A wingspan of one meter???

    Whoa . . . bigger than I would have guessed.

    eek7.gif
    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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