Bat stares Photo | TrekEarth

Photographer’s Note

Ten cm of bat sh*t on the ground, bat droppings on my head and camera, and a pretty bat smell. Bat conditions for getting this photo of the bat cave, and very bat light, almost completely dark

Thanks for your critiques.

Regards, Huub

ChrisJ, jhm, Florian88, cobraphil8, shirgold, Edgar_Delacroix has marked this note useful

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gaudi-spirit (187) 2005-07-06 3:51

Wow... It's frightening !

ChrisJ (71614) 2005-07-06 3:56

Hi Huub

Good use of repetition in the compo & full marks for the effort & discomfort you went to in order to get this shot. Excellent sharpness & well managed use of flash. Good work!

summersun (4978) 2005-07-06 4:21

oh, that's a scary picture with all the eyes lightened by the flash, staring at you like they want to jump on you... it's giving me chills :(
good sharpness and details. nice courage too.
Vanessa

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fahrik (160) 2005-07-06 4:23

WOW
The way they look is awesome. Did they attack you ;)
Kidding, didn't they scared wneh you used flash and start flying?

jhm (85052) 2005-07-06 7:37

Dag Huub,
Ik doe het in het Nederlands, dit is absoluut geen gemakkelijke opgave om van deze Vleermuizen een foto te nemen, want meestal als u licht maakt zijn ze aan het fladderen, Ik vind persoonlijk een goede foto, en leren moeten wij allemaal.
Groeten en bedankt!
John

robyrad (610) 2005-07-06 7:37

aaaaaaaaaahhh... what a terrific pattern! ;)

Florian88 (877) 2005-07-06 9:10

He huub! Mooie foto, al die aanstarende oogjes, erg grappig! 2 punten! Groetjes Florian

cobraphil8 (11656) 2005-07-07 7:21

Hi and welcome to TE,

your first shot here are very good and this one too.
I like this composition and repetition of bat!
Where is Batman?

Good job
Philippe

eugeneahn (298) 2005-07-07 23:15

Oh wow this is such a surreal image. I had to stare at it for a while to figure out my sense of bearings. What am I looking at? Where am I? What's cool is that all the answers are in the image. They just require a little mind-bending (for me at least). Great use of flash in this dark cave. You come away with something that evokes collage art, pagan rituals, fever dreams, and campfire stories. And the wings of the bats aloft are velvety sleek. Well done and bonus points for your fearlessness.

ndb1958 (9249) 2005-07-09 17:24

Wow, this is cool. The result for the discomfort you had is great! Congratulation,
Nino.

danielswalsh (13350) 2005-07-17 4:29

Awesome shot Huub!

Living here in Singapore I've seen my fair share of bats, but you've outdone anything I've captured with this shot here. The flash you were using must have been a really good one, my flash on my Canon 300D sure wouldn't be able to do this.

The detail, and shear numbers of them in such a small are is great. I love all the eyes looking at you.

Cheers!
- Dan

shirgold (2440) 2006-04-26 15:42

WOW - fantastic shot
The note made me laugh - and did the Haze filter help to get a shot through the bat droppings?
TFS - Shir

Edgar_Delacroix (551) 2008-05-20 15:26