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    Eastern Grey Kangaroo (Macropus giganteus) Tidbinbilla ACT Australia
    Canon EOS 7D Lens 400mm L USM 5.6 ISO400 F7.1 1/200 available light 3 April 2012 7.47am
    Joey suckling while outside pouch but will also be grazing while ouside.
    Eastern Grey Kangaroos inhabit the eastern Australian states from Cooktown in Far North Queensland from the coast to far western Queensland, almost all New South Wales, most of Victoria and a small part of south eastern South Australia. The specie is also the largest of our kangaroos having a height of 6 feet however the highest recorded speed was set by a female Eastern Grey Kangaroo at 64km/hr. Kangaroos have the ability to carry a pregnancy in a suspended state. Females fall pregnant the day after the birth of the 1 gm young which is born 6 days after mating and is blind and hairless and migrates to the pouch and becomes attached to one of the four teats in the pouch at the same time the female will be sucking another joey . For more see Australian Museum site at : http://australianmuseum.net.au/Eastern-Grey-Kangaroo
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    Rod - nice behavior, well captured. Techs look good. He seems a bit big to be suckling, at what age are they weaned? Only nit is that I'm not sure about the comp, seems like a bit too much space on the rhs.

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    Hi Rod,
    I agree with Rachel about the space on the right hand side, but other than that, you have a wonderful image with bags of detail, wonderful light and low POV.
    Thanks for sharing and best wishes,
    Mark.

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    Another nice Kangaroo image, Rod. The low angle makes it and the behaviour is great.
    I agree that there's a bit too much dead space on the RHS. I would consider just cropping some of that off, even if it leaves the image square-ish.
    In an ideal world a bit more head-turn from mom would've been sweet!
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    Thanks Rachel and Mark , I pondered the inclusion of that space to the right as I wanted enough space to allow space for the tail of the roo, note the joey's tail and thought if I cropped someone would say the reverse. I am still ambiguous in my thoughts !!. Writing on the Eastern Grey Kangaroo (Macropus giganteus) I indicated that this species was our largest kangaroo this is incorrect the Red Kangaroo (Macropus rufus) is the largest. The error occurred as I was researching data on the Eastern Grey Kangaroo both size and biology and had a number of web pages open. Two of those websites were:
    The Koalaexpress website at http://www.koalaexpress.com.au/kangaroo%20facts.htm
    Some kangaroo facts and figures
    Common name Scientific name Height Weight
    Eastern Grey Macropus giganteus 3 - 8ft (0.9 - 2.4m) 40 - 200 lbs (18 - 95kg)
    Red kangaroo Macropus Rufus 3 - 9ft (0.9 - 2.7m) 40 - 150 lbs (18 - 70kg)
    Western Grey Macropus fuliginosus 3 - 7ft (0.9 - 2.1m) 63 - 120lbs (28 - 54kg)


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    The Australian Museum Website at http://australianmuseum.net.au/Eastern-Grey-Kangaroo on the Eastern Grey Kangaroo which did not say it was the largest kangaroo


    Had I gone to The Australian Museum Website on the Red Kangaroo at : http://australianmuseum.net.au/Red-Kangaroo/ it clearly states clearly states Red Kangaroo as our largest kangaroo.


    Presumably the Australian Museum would be the senior authority on this matter.


    My apologies for the error . The adult males of the two species are both large.


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    Rod

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    Love the behavior captured here. Agree that I"d like to see your subjects less centered. Lovely details and IQ.
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