Fruit Bat in Flight
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A Fruitbat in flight near The Mataranka hot spring, Australia.
The Mataranka hot springs were once very well visited. But now there are hardly any people. It is situated in a beautiful area, there is a posh resort build right next to it and it is very close to the highway which makes it easily accessible. But recently business has been spoiled by flying creatures. A mass of thousands of bats flew in and are not likely to leave anytime soon.
I don't make it completely clean to the hot springs. Everywhere you look there are bat dumpings and the smell is overwhelming.
69 Responses
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On 21 September 2007 m matteoli said:
Wow! What an amazing shot! I love how you can see the veins... great job!
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On 21 September 2007 Karin Burton said:
Great capture!
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On 21 September 2007 Megan Williams said:
This is amazing.
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On 21 September 2007 Elena & Omar Pineda said:
how great!
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On 23 September 2007 Nicholas Hendrickx said:
So it's real? Wow!
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On 26 September 2007 Antonello Incagnone said:
who has tried to photograph knows it how much is difficult.
bravo, bravo -
On 28 September 2007 Timothy Little gave props:
nice job.
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On 1 October 2007 Roland Hasseleid gave props:
Nice shot.
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On 22 October 2007 James Bailey said:
wow, thats really great!
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On 6 November 2007 Robino Robokow said:
man, that's such an awesome capture!
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On 8 November 2007 eni turkeshi said:
great!
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On 14 November 2007 Anca Demian said:
How did you know the name so well?
Awsesome capture, I love it, and the bat is so cute. :] -
On 16 November 2007 Audra Marie Bredwood said:
The little guy is so cute!
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On 3 December 2007 barbee cain said:
incredible! i love bats! :)
namaste
barbee -
On 7 December 2007 Meredith Ensell said:
Fabulous capture, I would just love to see this in black and white.
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On 7 December 2007 alisa courtney gave props:
amazing capture. i love the crip details! plus, i've always been a sucker for bats.
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On 7 December 2007 Jason Seda gave props:
exelente, very nice
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On 8 December 2007 weebzam said:
I'm romanian, thanks for the vlad dracul thing...
it's a bat, right?
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On 9 December 2007 Gijs Bekenkamp said:
yep, it's a fruit bat. I made this shot in the North of the Australian outback.
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On 9 December 2007 Bridget Badore gave props:
neat!
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On 11 December 2007 Devon Willson said:
Very cool shot. More fitting for a different theme like Split second I would think
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On 11 December 2007 Gijs Bekenkamp said:
And I've swapped it. I guess you're right Devon. Let's see what happenes
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On 14 December 2007 Paul Lavallee gave props:
great capture! amazing photo
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On 17 December 2007 Tiffany Edwards gave props:
Awesome.
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On 19 December 2007 Mike Despot said:
The discriton sounds awful but the photo is perfect. Great job getting this split second photo.
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On 22 December 2007 Yusuf Özkızıl gave props:
good catch
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On 25 December 2007 Trevor Jackson said:
Excellent... Well done...
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On 29 December 2007 Noe Todorovich gave props:
Great picture!
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On 31 December 2007 Audrey Kanekoa-Madrid gave props:
Wow!
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On 1 January 2008 coree coppinger gave props:
these guys are had to catch...
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On 16 January 2008 Bruce Kennedy gave props:
Great shot - timing, timing, timing...
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On 23 January 2008 David Rowan said:
Amazing, its like a little furry person on a glider that its made. Love it..
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On 29 January 2008 Jessica Kuligowski gave props:
Awesome!!!!!!
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On 14 February 2008 John Baycroft said:
I fly like this sometimes in my dreams. If they ever do a theme on evolution, this would have top be right up there on the eligibility list. We are still trying to perfect something they had mastered millions of years ago. Wild !
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On 31 March 2008 Mario Scattoloni gave props:
Excellent. In all respects. Great street foto...
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On 9 April 2008 Marshall gave props:
looks like one of those hang-gliders. nice capture!
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On 9 April 2008 * Tabitha Payne gave props:
Got my Vote! Awesome!
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On 9 April 2008 Andrew Lorimer gave props:
Amazing Capture !!! :)
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On 10 April 2008 Kelly Maize gave props:
Really cool.
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On 10 April 2008 Nick Edens gave props:
Perfect timing!
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On 12 April 2008 rosalina said:
his wings look like leaves, that's so crazy.
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On 13 April 2008 Andrew Benedict gave props:
i think you might win the "creature" theme...nice shot
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On 13 April 2008 Karen Zimmerman gave props:
Absolutley amazing capture!! They are so fast and zig zag so quickly! You're lucky if you get them in the frame at all! :-) I am sorry for the resort, but kudos to the bats! They are so needed for pollination and insect control, and habitats are shrinking...
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On 14 April 2008 Joli B gave props:
yes - fantastic flight shot! wonderful timing
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On 14 April 2008 Natalie Franco gave props:
You will have my vote as well. Once again we see true great photography from you. I just love how you capture this animal and how you can see the so clearly the veins in his wings !!
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On 15 April 2008 Kimberly Wilkie gave props:
You have done wonderfully with such a difficult subject.
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On 16 April 2008 Virgilio Rodriguez Jr gave props:
This one got my vote. What a beautiful shot. You made an animal that looked ugly to me beautiful.
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On 19 April 2008 Aimee Goggins said:
Amazing shot!
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On 21 April 2008 Christie said:
now this is freakin sweet
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On 26 April 2008 Nathan Nowack gave props:
Wow, You've got tons more votes then My bat did. Nice Capture!
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On 26 April 2008 Bhu Sullivan said:
Nice one Gijs.
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On 27 April 2008 Richard Bruns said:
Soooo .... not a good place to go, unless you want to take pics of fruit bats?
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On 28 April 2008 Gijs Bekenkamp said:
Exactly Richard,
although there are plenty of hotsprings in the neighboorhood. This surprise was good for a change -
On 29 April 2008 Ro B gave props:
Fantastic! Gave it a big Yeah!
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On 1 May 2008 Kate Jackson gave props:
Cool.
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On 8 May 2008 vasco riobom gave props:
wonderful
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On 9 May 2008 Niki Conolly gave props:
Wonderful! v
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On 17 May 2008 Jarrard Cole gave props:
Excellent capture
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On 22 May 2008 John Linton gave props:
Oh yeah! It rocks!
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On 22 May 2008 Tessa Sherman said:
A great capture!
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On 25 May 2008 Fran Ott gave props:
Wow! Excellent capture.
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On 27 May 2008 Gregory Scheckler said:
Excellent focus -- very hard to catch bats and birds in flight!
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On 2 June 2008 Nicholas Hendrickx gave props:
I hope this will finally get picked!
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On 4 June 2008 Koduckgirl gave props:
gorgeous looks like a flying bear
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On 8 June 2008 Natalia Delgado gave props:
Perfect timing!
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On 10 June 2008 David Rocaberti gave props:
Nice pic for "creatures" theme
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On 17 June 2008 Lucy Lambriex gave props:
Whoah! A nude paraglider!
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On 8 July 2008 Claudia Martin gave props:
this may be the best photo of a bat I've ever seen
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On 26 July 2008 Bronwyn-Leigh Bothma gave props:
Wow, this is so cool! Great shot! Really amazing
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