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    These little guys would roost under the thatched roof of our accommodation, quite harmless, unless like one person did and tried to pick one up that had a damage wing.

    As light was not great, a small hint of fill-in flash was used and had no effect on the bat itself. Wedged into a corner it's amazing how low you can go hand held. The wiry item towards the top RH corner is bits of thatch. Also no NR has been applied to the BKG, this is as shot. Changing/tweaking my workflow has allowed me not to apply the minimal I might have chosen in the past.

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    Subject: Peters's Epauletted Fruit Bat (Epomophorus crypturus)
    Location: Botswana
    Camera: Canon MKIV
    Lens: 300f/2.8 + 1.4x - HH
    Exposure: 1/20s at f/5.6 ISO800 +2/3 stop compensation, -2 2/3 flash
    Crop: Slight crop (original capture vertical)
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    Hi Steve,
    What a funny little guy. So cute but ugly at the same time. It is nice to see something different. Good techs and exposure. I wish the catchlight in his eyes wasn't so large and distracting. Love the texture in the wings and your ability to bring this out in the shot. Great Dracula pose with the wings folded over like that.
    I would clone out that stray piece of thatch in a heartbeat. Looks like electrical wire - very distracting.
    Now, I have to go and stand on my head or turn the computer upside down so I can get a really good look at him!
    Gail

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    Steve - I agree - nice to see something so different. I also agree that I wish the catchlights were a little smaller or not as strong and also wish for a bit more dof. From the techs though it looks like it was a difficult to get the shot. I like the diagonal lines and comp and the bit of white by the ears.

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    Nicely done indeed Steve , May try for tight compo
    TFS

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    What a neat looking bat. Love the shallow DOF and how it accentuates the face. Well done..

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    Thanks guys.

    Cheers Dale, considering it was around midday and the temperature was over 40 degrees I was still fighting for light, just about right I think for the DOF, any less and I am not sure how much it would have retained, just and no more? Just proves have far you can take HH a camera.

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    Hey Steve,
    Don't know if I'd like to share accommodations with this guy and his buddies. I like the color combo of the bat and the thatch. A small observation, although the angle of the bat itself doesn't bother me, the angle of the beam and thatch seems better to my eye if the bat is rotated a bit so he's almost level.

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    Nice use of DOF and fill flash here. I am always amazed at the SS you seem to manage while handholding
    There's a whole colony of bats "roosting" under one of the large thatched roofs of the cafeteria at Skukuza Rest Camp, Kruger Park. Visitors sit underneath them all day, and obviously photograph them as well. I've yet to hear of one getting caught in a tourist's hair .
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