Mexican Free-tailed Bats - Tadarida brasiliensis

Gallery: WildlifePosted August 17, 20041,167 views7 comments

At least that's what I think these are. Please feel free to correct me if I am mistaken.

These bats were sleeping under a bridge on Highway 90 in Medina county Texas. It was completely dark under the bridge this morning when I took this photo which made focusing a bit difficult.

Olympus E1, Zuiko Digital ED 50-200mm Lens @ 200mm (400mm in 35mm EQ)
Olympus FL50 Flash on hot shoe, F11, 1/160th, ESP metering w/ -0.4EV
Hand Held and Full Frame.

I cloned out three disturbing pieces of Bat Guano.

Joe Forks
NPN 1496

Comments

7 comments

Comment posted by LILWINGS on August 17, 2004 at 7:40 PM

cool shot! what state is Medina County in? I love bats and would love to see a colony this size, what a neat experience. Thanks for sharing this one Joseph :)

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Comment posted by Joseph E. Forks on August 17, 2004 at 8:05 PM

Thank you Cindy!
I edited my post to include Texas in my location.

Best
Joe

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Comment posted by Michael Bates on August 18, 2004 at 9:22 AM

WOW!! Now THIS is a way cool image!!!!!!!!! Excellent work!!

Michael

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Comment posted by Veljo Runnel on August 18, 2004 at 11:28 AM

This is exciting shot! And you did very good work with guano

Veljo

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Comment posted by Milo Burcham on August 18, 2004 at 1:29 PM

I like seeing photos that are a little unusual, like this. Looks like a bunch of gargoyles.

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Comment posted by Edgar Russell on August 18, 2004 at 5:55 PM

Fabulous!

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Comment posted by Pete Bengeyfield on August 18, 2004 at 9:42 PM

Interesting shot. Good thing you identified the subject...

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