Gallery: WildlifePosted March 21, 2012148 views4 comments
Short tailed opossums are one of my favorite small New World mammals. Taken at the Miller Park Zoo.
Canon T3i
1.200 @ F-5.6 ISO 400
Canon EF 100mm macro lens
HH with bounced flash
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Comment posted by Barbara Graham on March 21, 2012 at 9:54 AM
Wonderful detail in the faces and ears. So sweet.
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Comment posted by Tonia Graves on March 21, 2012 at 9:50 PM
Love the pose & eye contact!
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Comment posted by Brad Hill on March 22, 2012 at 8:37 AM
Hi John,
I like the moment in time you captured here - how mom is looking so protective of its young. Scenes fully lit by flash always look a tad "artificial" to me, but with largely nocturnal species (as I'm assuming these are) I don't of a better solution to capturing images of them...
BTW: Although we don't have too good of view of the tails (in their entirety), these short tailed opossums don't look to have tails that are very short!
Cheers...thanks for sharing this...
Brad
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Comment posted by Ellen deBoer on March 22, 2012 at 6:36 PM
A very cute couple of opossums, John! I like the big black eyes and the mothers tail around the youngster.
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4 commentsI like the moment in time you captured here - how mom is looking so protective of its young. Scenes fully lit by flash always look a tad "artificial" to me, but with largely nocturnal species (as I'm assuming these are) I don't of a better solution to capturing images of them...
BTW: Although we don't have too good of view of the tails (in their entirety), these short tailed opossums don't look to have tails that are very short!
Cheers...thanks for sharing this...
Brad