Flying Fox

[Jeroen Stel]

Hi Guys,

Here's another from my recent trip to Australia. We spent some time at the Goldcoast where late at night i saw a couple of these flying around. I waited for them to land in one of the palm trees and was able to get a couple of shots...

Greetings,

Jeroen Stel

Canon Eos 1D Mark3
Shutter speed: 1/100 sec
Aperture: F 16
Exposure mode: AV
Exposure compensation: +2
Flash:yes+Better Beamer
Flash exposure compensation: +2
Metering mode: Evaluative
Drive mode: AI Focus
ISO: 800
Lens: Canon 600mm F4 + 1,4x TC
Focal length:1092 mm
AF mode: Auto Focus
On tripod and Wimberley Sidekick
Levels/Curves/USM/Contrast/Saturation/Noise Ninja/Lab-Sharpening
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Good things come to those who wait...
Golden rule in Nature & Wildlife Photography

[Maxis Gamez]

What in the world?? This is awesome! Love the details and pose!

[Fabs Forns]

That is one sight to see!!!!!
I would probably run the other way :)

Great use of flash. I would go back a tiny bit on the sharpening, or erase the small highlights in the fur.

Glad you had a nice trip.

Happy New Year!!!

[Alfred Forns]

Love the capture Must have been a sight to see in person !!!! Agree in backing down the USM a bit Big Congrats !!!!

[Robert O'Toole]

Way cool image Jeroen, I have seen these guys up close, they are huge.
For me the perch makes the image so interesting!

Robert

[Jasper Doest]

Hi Jeroen,

Nice to see you posting here. We don't see subjects like this every day....nice interesting shot. I do think the flashlight is a bit on the harsh side...actually, I'm quite surprised that you were allowed to use flash on them. When I was in Costa Rica we weren't allowed to use such harsh flashlight (+2 is pretty hard) on the bats we came across. Excellent sharpness at such a huge focallenght....!

[D. Robert Franz]

Well done amazing to get seperation from the BG with such a dark subject....

[Robert D. Gregg]

Great capture. I hope he's not hungry. :)

BigBob...