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I went out for a ride around Riamukka State Forest today and here are a few of the images I collected along the way

A patch of various ground and treeferns beside the track, panorama made from 5 X 30mm photos in portrait orientation.



Not far down the track I came around a bend and there was a feral cat on the track. It was carrying a kitten, but dropped it and growled at me from about 5 metres away. The kitten spat and hissed a bit, but got used to me fairly quickly, it had amazing blue eyes. Being a feral cat I should have whacked it on the head, but it was too cute for that. You have all no doubt heard how big feral cats get, well this pic was taken with a wide angle lens from a metre away, it was huge!



Here's a couple of macro pics of daisies, they were out in abundance.





Gordon

Gordon, that 1st pano is a ripper. Love it

Gordon, great photos but a good cat is a dead cat - would have made a nice steering wheel cover for some old lady...

cute shot of the cat, but feral cats do a lot of damage to native wildlife and need to be whacked.

definitely wouldnt have picked it for a feral either.

Steve

avkomp wrote:cute shot of the cat, but feral cats do a lot of damage to native wildlife and need to be whacked.
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Steve

I'm not a cat person, and yea I know the damage they do, fortunately the goannas eat them around here
My gf, who is a cat person, would not have been impressed if I told her I took the pics then whacked it though!
Apart from that, that area is a declared hunting area according to the sign that appeared very recently, so the shooters will no doubt be blasting away at them.

Gordon

in the past I have shot them on sight but agree could not have whacked it after taking shots such as this

glad the goannas get em up your way.

I got a few shots of one over 4 feet long yesterday. Posted a few shots also
was the biggest lizard I have seen in the wild for ages
http://www.dslrusers.com/viewtopic.php?t=14301 if anyone is interested.

I would have thought that the feral cats would be able to escape a lizard, although I have seen em go pretty fast when they have to.
Steve

avkomp wrote:...
I would have thought that the feral cats would be able to escape a lizard, although I have seen em go pretty fast when they have to.
Steve

agreed, I doubt a goanna would catch a lone adult feral cat, but I have seen them eating the kittens while the mother looked on helplessly here at home.
And I thought that was a very good thing

Gordon
pano hint #2, do NOT use Auto WB when making a 360 degree panorama!

actually makes more sense. goannas go after the easy meal where ever possible. birds eggs, carrion etc.

steve