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    Default Eastern Grey Kangaroo (Macropus giganteus) joey Tidbinbilla ACT Australia

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    Eastern Grey Kangaroo (Macropus giganteus) joey Tidbinbilla ACT
    Canon EOS 7D Lens 400mm L USM ISO400 F7.1 1/200 available light 3 April 2012 7.47am
    Taken early morning at Tidbinbilla I had stopped to take an adult female Eastern Grey Kangaroo with a joey out of the pouch but taking milk from in the pouch. I noticed another young joey some distance away in attractive upright stance staring in my direction. He was too close but as I was focusing, he decided to hop straight towards me and stopped then immediately hopped closer still and I quickly took two images. The head and arms and the stare shown above was the result. He then took fright and bolted.Why the moist for forearms? Kangaroos' forearms have a network of blood vessels under the skin. The moisture is a result of licking and the moisture from the saliva and the evaporation allows heat loss. Of course in addition kangaroos also dig areas under shade trees and during the heat of the day escape to these spots to keep cool.
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    Rod Warnock

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    This is one sweet Joey portrait, Rod! Love the light, attentive stare, the details/IQ and the BG colours.
    Framed just right IMHO and the diagonal back position is adding a lot IMHO.
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    Rod - nice head on portrait with good detail and pleasing bg.

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    Lovely portrait with a perfect DOF and a nice blured background. Exposure & sharpness are excellent.

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    Excellent comp details and techs Rod. Very nice image.

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    Like the slant of the subject providing a slightly 'quirky' pose. Not sure if the Reds are running a tad high? Just keep an eye on your SS Rod.

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