I was sitting under my kwik camo waiting for pigeons at an waterhole in outback Queensland. It was late afternoon when this female Wallaroo appeared.
Canon 40D, 500 f/4, tripod, evaluative, Av, ISO 200, f/13, 1/100. Shot vertical a bit, cropped from left and bottom. I digitally removed a small dry grass stem that was sitting on her forehead.
Last edited by Simon Bennett; 08-04-2009 at 07:34 PM.
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Thank you for your comments Kiran and Mike. Do these make pets? She certainly is appealing enough to be a pet, but no kangaroos are kept as pets in Australia. Maybe because you need 8 foot high fences. Also the blokes are not quite so good looking.
Last edited by Simon Bennett; 08-05-2009 at 02:45 AM.
I love the OP. What light. What a face. What hands and arms. Loverly symmetry.
Near the right frame edge, several inches above the ground, their is a dark area on one of the grass stems that I would eliminate if this were mine.
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Great picture Simon, love the gorgeous evening light and the pose is great too.
I do disagree about not being kept as pets. That's an assumption just like people don't speed on the roads. :)
Of course the law is that without the appropriate licensing (NPWS in NSW) native fauna may not be kept. But I do wonder how many folks do keep friendly roos and other animals, especially in the outback? At times we get enquiries thorugh WIRES from anonymus callers even in the Blue Mountains area about how they can look after a wild animal including Wallabies etc. Of course those people are too selfish and ignorant (or just plain stupid) to realize that wild animals need specialized care and diets and don't want to give up their little cute, cuddly friend. :) Sometimes they can be talked into handing the animal(s) over to trained carers. BUt many cannot. Or they have been known to threaten to harm the animals. I may be cynical, but people make the worst animals of them all. :D
Hi Simon,
Nice image. I like the depth of field. I would reduce the contrast a bit.
Wild animals with the exception of warthog, wild boar etc and may be a few others, look cute when they are small. However, they become difficult to handle once they grow up.
There is a rule of posting one image per thread, and I find it helpful as we can focus on critiquing one image.
Clever placement of that face right in the middle. That light really compliments her fur. I might be tempted to remove the in-focus grass at left, the light dot in her left ear, in addition to the small dark spot mentioned by Artie.
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