Bat

Gallery: WildlifePosted May 24, 2012844 views21 comments

Bat (species) ?

Workshop: Bill Forbes Pond, Amado, AZ

D800, 300/2.8, ISO 640, f18, 8 sec, Multi Flash, PhotoTrap triggered.

Spent a few great evenings with the group doing bats under Bills guidance. What a great and addictive experience.
Besides all the wonderful birds that come into the pond during the day, it was such a treat to try something different. I highly recommend visit to the pond for both the birds and bats.

Comments

21 comments

Comment posted by Richard Olsen on May 24, 2012 at 2:29 PM

Totally COOL Alan!

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Comment posted by Lorna Taylor on May 24, 2012 at 6:06 PM

Amazing shot, a very captivating POV !

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Comment posted by jack jaeger jr on May 24, 2012 at 6:46 PM

Great capture !

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Comment posted by Tonia Graves on May 24, 2012 at 9:27 PM

Alan, thanks for posting this! This is awesome! I like the partial reflection of the bat.

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Comment posted by Vincent Grafhorst on May 25, 2012 at 1:07 AM

This is an absolutely incredible capture Alan. Excellent work! It would have been even cooler with the entire reflection included, but that is asking for too much probably

Just curious about your set-up, did you use an infrared beam trigger?

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Comment posted by Ken Archer on May 25, 2012 at 1:55 AM

A Simply Awesome Photo Alan

Ken Archer

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Comment posted by James Campbell on May 25, 2012 at 2:25 AM

Really awesome! Fantastic to capture this shot, mouth open and all

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Comment posted by Jenaya Launstein on May 25, 2012 at 2:58 AM

Wooooweeeee, what a shot! Spectacular image, Alan!

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Comment posted by Alan Murphy on May 25, 2012 at 7:10 AM

This is an absolutely incredible capture Alan. Excellent work! It would have been even cooler with the entire reflection included, but that is asking for too much probably Just curious about your set-up, did you use an infrared beam trigger?"

The PhotoTrap is a infrared trigger.

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Comment posted by Lon Sharp on May 26, 2012 at 12:13 AM

Oh my, what a fun time you must have had getting this! Thanks for sharing!

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Comment posted by Jude Haase on May 26, 2012 at 9:23 AM

Alan, that's sweet man!! Beautiful angle!

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Comment posted by Manoj Wijekulasuri on May 27, 2012 at 8:46 AM

Stunning Image ……..

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Comment posted by Gary McGhee on May 27, 2012 at 4:46 PM

Wow, cracking shot.

Gary.

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Comment posted by Nicolaus Wegner on May 27, 2012 at 9:47 PM

Wow awesome...this must have taken some incredible patience.

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Comment posted by Nathan Apodaca on May 31, 2012 at 3:01 PM

One of the coolest shots I've seen in a while! It especially sticks out to me because I just went through my first cave in Tennessee, where hundreds of bats were flying around deep down there... Great capture!

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Comment posted by Scott Fricke on June 1, 2012 at 12:01 AM

Simply amazing capture Alan, such perfect timing with the mouth open and the great wing position. Congratulations on a well deserved Editor's Pick!

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Comment posted by Kurt Bowman on June 1, 2012 at 2:44 AM

Alan, this is fantastic! I met a guy from Tucson when I was out at the Santa Clara Ranch, who I believe knows this guy. He was talking about how awesome it was. So glad to see some excellent examples of this place. Congrats on the WP and thanks for sharing info about this workshop.

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Comment posted by Stuart Williams on June 1, 2012 at 4:11 AM

exquisite. that's what the technology is all about.

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Comment posted by Rebecka on June 1, 2012 at 7:02 PM

My jaw dropped and has yet to come back up. Unbelievable.

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Comment posted by Colin Pickett on September 9, 2012 at 4:33 PM

Wow one of the best I've seen

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Comment posted by Verdon on September 9, 2012 at 7:32 PM

What to say?!? My jaw dropped like happened to your bat, STUNNING!!!

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