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Numbat - The WA Fauna emblem

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Numbat - The WA Fauna emblem

Postby BullcreekBob on Wed Mar 05, 2008 2:31 am

Numbats - Myrmecobius fasciatus or Walpurti or Banded Anteater originally were selected as the WA fauna emblem 'cos they're cute critters. Sadly they were almost extinct too, however due to a number of breeding and release programs, they are now classified as vulnerable or at-risk. They live in the forrests of South West WA and munch on a diet of termites.

All these were taken with my *new* D300 (Thanks Gary and Poon) and my Xmas present from my wife, a 18-200mm Nikkor VR (Thanks Gary and Poon). Images cropped and resized in Capture NX, but no PP as yet - I may do some if you folks recommend it, but I kinda like 'em the way they are. Forum Images are sized at 750 * 500pixels and around 200K , click on them for a 1200*800 higher quality image around 600K

640ISO; F5.6; 1/640sec; 170/255mm focal length
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640ISO; F5.6; 1/500sec; 170/255mm focal length
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640ISO; F5.6; 1/640sec; 170/255mm focal length
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640ISO; F5.6; 1/640sec; 170/255mm focal length
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Let me have some C&C please.

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Re: Numbat - The WA Fauna emblem

Postby Killakoala on Wed Mar 05, 2008 6:58 am

Numbats rock. They also have the longest tongue I have ever seen on an animal.

I assume this is one of the fellas at the Perth Zoo?

The pics are good. A difficult subject to shoot due to their quick movements and timid nature.
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Re: Numbat - The WA Fauna emblem

Postby BullcreekBob on Wed Mar 05, 2008 9:13 pm

Killakoala wrote:I assume this is one of the fellas at the Perth Zoo?


Yup, it certainly is. It took an extraordinary amount of patience to get him to come out. My advice would be to never go to the Zoo on weekends or school holidays - kids are v v noisy.
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Re: Numbat - The WA Fauna emblem

Postby ChrisB on Fri Mar 07, 2008 5:58 pm

Aww they sure are cute.

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Re: Numbat - The WA Fauna emblem

Postby photohiker on Fri Mar 07, 2008 8:11 pm

Great shots!

I'd PP that pesky bit of bright green pine branch that sits behind him in the first 3, and darken the log behind him in the last one.

But I know nuffin. :)

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