bats and the moon, 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 are a few of them hanging in a tree with the moon appearing in the sky behind them

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Rushabh (389) 2007-08-31 19:17

A nice balance,show of the background and the bats. A mono will also look good.

MarcT (20964) 2007-08-31 21:14

This is a well balanced soft picture. Simple and yet lots od details. You can even see the eye of the first bat.
Marc

jmdias (116579) 2007-09-01 17:44

stephen

very interesting photo, full of meaning if you think about legends. hahaha.. The way you put these animals, the branches and the moon are very nice to see. Good Compo..

Jorge

Hellas (7123) 2007-09-13 5:37

Stephen, this composition is great!
Night is coming and in a few minutes all of them shall be in the air hunting! You were there before their leaving. Very good sharpness where it was a need and a blurred DOF.
Best wishes,
Athanasios.

swavek (127) 2008-02-26 18:12