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Postby blacknstormy on Fri Jan 06, 2006 3:22 am

Ok, it's 2.19am, and I've been in the backyard taking photos of bats?
Are the neighbours right to call me a loony tunes????? LOL
Some of the bat shots from tonight - SB600 and 70-200 :)

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Postby Glen on Fri Jan 06, 2006 3:28 am

I'd say both shots justified the late bedtime :D
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Postby blacknstormy on Fri Jan 06, 2006 3:45 am

Thanks Glen :)
I'm off to bed .... holy s**t batman, it's 2.44!!!! :)
Hang on, I've got my excuse , but what are YOU still doing up??????
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Postby Steffen on Fri Jan 06, 2006 4:26 am

Very nice shots, but I thought bats were flying around at night time?

It appears that #2 is a male... :lol:

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Postby Slider on Fri Jan 06, 2006 7:33 am

And now the first post as a sensible time :roll:

Great shots Rel. Worth the effort. :D
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Postby Oneputt on Fri Jan 06, 2006 8:19 am

I guess you will not be up to read this yet, but great shots . They really are nice creatures.
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Postby marcotrov on Fri Jan 06, 2006 10:13 am

Nice images Rel. Certainly worth getting up for, if only to get a shot of the only non-jewish exhibitionist member of that rookery :lol:
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Postby Zeeke on Fri Jan 06, 2006 10:48 am

Top images Rel... i was up at 3am but looking after a sick dog.. i heard the fruitbats in my backyard around the same time too

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Postby sirhc55 on Fri Jan 06, 2006 10:55 am

At that time of morning Rel you should have taken a self portrait too :lol: :lol: :lol:

Well worth the effort with some great shots :)
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Postby big pix on Fri Jan 06, 2006 11:28 am

sirhc55 wrote:At that time of morning Rel you should have taken a self portrait too :lol: :lol: :lol:



I am not touching this one........':lol:' :lol: :lol:
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Postby kipper on Fri Jan 06, 2006 1:09 pm

Nice shots Rel, and as you were posting this and going to bed, I was just getting up :)
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Postby blacknstormy on Fri Jan 06, 2006 1:50 pm

Thanks Steffen - bats fly out of wherever they've roosted at dusk, and go out to feed... we have a huge Chinese Elm (bloody weed) growing next door, and the bats come into the tree to feed on the berries at night. When they've finished feeding, they'll fly back to their roost at dawn :) And yes, he is definitely a boy - but has retracted his penis. When they are 'hanging out', they reach all the way down to their chest.... I'll see if I have a photo of one :oops:


Thanks Mark & John :) Really appreciate you taking the time to have a look ... they are fascinating little buggers. Many of the bats last night were very very young, and were playing in the trees, and basically belting the s**t out of eachother - entertaining to me at least :)

Marco - will definitely find you guys a shot of a 'displaying' male, most defintely NOT jewish :) ;)

Tim - sorry to hear about the dog... is everything ok??

Chris - would have been a seriously scary portrait !!!!! Running around the backyard with a headlamp on, trying to focus on the bats over the fence, and ducking back inside between downpours :) The neighbours kept looking out the window to see what the hell was going on - have to apologise later, and warn them that I'll do the same thing tonight :?

Bernie - you've met me, so know it would be a scary portrait - even more so seeing I have to check that all of the snacks are ok, so am slightly rotund :) :D

And finally to Darryl - thanks for looking :) Have to ask - what on earth do you get up for at that time of the morning? Then again, I get up at 4 to go to work, but I'm crazy :) ;)

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Postby Mj on Fri Jan 06, 2006 1:51 pm

Much better shots than my last attempt... the buggers wouldn't stay still for me and their eyes kept coming out bright orange reflecting from the cocos palm fruit they were feeding on !!!
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Postby big pix on Fri Jan 06, 2006 1:53 pm

rel....... you are one beautiful lady...... damian is a lucky guy.....
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Postby Mj on Fri Jan 06, 2006 1:57 pm

blacknstormy wrote:Running around the backyard with a headlamp on, trying to focus on the bats over the fence


Ahh... and that answered a question of mine seeing how I was atempting to primarily fire off into the black of night... will have to get me one of those miners caps... lol.
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Postby blinkblink on Fri Jan 06, 2006 2:13 pm

Are the neighbours right to call me a loony tunes????? LOL


Rel, you're not loony just batty.


Great shots BTW.

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Postby Mj on Fri Jan 06, 2006 2:26 pm

Can someone please capture a photograph of Rel tonight... lamphat on head... running round her backyard... feeding snacks to the bats ???

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Postby kipper on Fri Jan 06, 2006 3:55 pm

Rel, well sunrise here are the moment is around 5.50-6.00am. The first hour or two at sunrise and the last hour or two at night are the best times for photographing birds :)

Where I was photographing today, and usually most of the places that I go to are around 1-1.5hrs worth of travel from home. This requires getting up at ungodly hours and getting home at stupid times of night. I do really prefer sunny winter days as sunrise is later, and sunset is earlier so I can pursue this hobbie at more sane hours :)
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Postby Alex on Fri Jan 06, 2006 7:40 pm

Rel,

Excellent shots. Thanks
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