flight, a photo from Victoria, East

Photographer's Note

There was a large colony of fruit bats which roosted in Melbourne's Botanic gardens. So numerous were they that they were damaging non-native trees in the park and causing a bit of a smell. After a number of attempts to relocate them they finally moved to Yarra bend park, itself in an intercity area. There are many thousands of them there now. Here is one.

borka, ScottKY, jaywalker, AnimeshRay, inuit66, vonp has marked this note useful

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borka (264) 2007-01-12 23:14

Hi Stephen,
That's an amazing shot you got - POV, DOF are perfect.
Regards,
Boris

fotoguy22 (4795) 2007-01-12 23:38

Hi Stephen: This is a very impressive photograph. The animal's head and face are in sharp focus and with the backgound thrown out of focus because of your f 3.5 it really makes the bat stand out. Well done.

Greg

ScottKY (255) 2007-01-12 23:39

The bat itself is perfect. Ive seen no other... The background on the other hand is a bit noisy.

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jaywalker (16105) 2007-01-12 23:49

Hi Stephen, Aweaom photo you have captured the flight of the bat perfectly, the shallow DOF is excellent & some wonderful detail stands out, MAGNIFICENT, kind regards Wilson.

Ina (2687) 2007-01-13 0:21

Wow what a clear and fantastic shot... I love how you managed to freeze the small fellow flying by...Congratulations and TFS... Ina...

AnimeshRay (9089) 2007-01-13 0:30

A perfect shot. The bat is in perfect focus and in full flight. Excellent timing. Nice sharpness.
The image would be even better if you cropped the top a bit and then, to balance, a bit from the right also.

Gdouble (0) 2007-01-13 3:56

Hi Stephen,
Batman in action, ... ;-))
Wonderful shot you did here.
Guy

inuit66 (663) 2007-01-13 4:51

What can you say? This is one of the most unusual and beautiful animalphotos I have seen. Excellent. Thank's for sharing. Regards Jens

vanmidd (148) 2007-01-13 5:29

great shot stephen...just to put my two bobs worth in re the workshop...I think its much better left as it is. I think the compsoition that has the bat bottom left and leaves a broad open green area above and in front of it is perfect. A thick black border detracts from it IMHO. T

hanks for sharing, van

ein22 (478) 2007-01-13 20:43

That photo was taken at just the perect time. I like that it even has details in the eyes with a bit of glint. very well seen.

TFS
Andrew

vonp (2235) 2007-01-16 2:15

Ciao Stephen,
What a wonderful shot!
You captured the perfect flight of this bat.
Great is the focus and the composition.
Really well done.
See you soon...
Paolo

entrelec (8328) 2007-01-16 3:36

Not easy to catch! I saw many of the biggest ones in Sumatra, very impressive.
Regards

Joel

danyy (0) 2007-02-06 7:58

Hello Stephen,
une photo qui m'impressionne par sa qualitй technique au niveau de l'arrкt sur image. Net et sans bavures, un focus prйcis sur la cible malgrй une DOF faible.
J'apprйcie ce genre de document.
Greetings.
Daniel.

Emiel_Skyfreak (3002) 2007-04-18 4:07

This capture of a bat in full flight is great. The DOF works very well and the bat remained well, quite sharp!! I like the appearance of the wings, shiny..and it's hair..funny :) Nice colour! I think the Sigma 70-200 did a quite good job. I wanted that lens before too..but now that Pentax has announced a 60-250 F2.8, which is also weathersealed and has SSM (SuperSonic Motor), well, I'm going to put money aside for that one. Will be an expensive one, hehe!

Greetings,
Emiel.