Wildlife Image of the Week for the week ending April 19th, 2013: Don Railton - Mum & Junior
Congratulations Don!
Hello all,
I am lucky enough to live close to a bit of Australian Bush surrounding a cemetery. Its apparently Kangaroo heaven because the bush provides the shelter/ cover after dark while the lush green grass that's regularly watered keeps the Kangaroos thriving. The roo's are wild but very use to people and at the local cemetery you can get quite close to some of them although I would not advise this. When they feel cornered they sit back on the tail and lash out with the rear legs and can cause serious damage…
In this image Junior had just finished doing fast circuits around mum and then racing back to stand next to her. He was looking pretty proud of himself, reminded me of my daughter in her first car actually. Something had spooked him and in the next few frames he partly dives into the pouch you can see between mums paws...
1D4 + 500 F4 at F7.1, ISO 1250. Hand Held. Small crop off he bottom.
I should have pushed the ISO further because a little more DOF is needed on mum’s nose...
DON
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