White Wallaby

Gallery: WildlifePosted April 28, 2016119 views6 comments

Bruny Island, located south of Tasmania, is famous for its resident population of white Bennett's wallabies. Though some of the locals will tell you this is a "white morph" similar to the spirit bears of British Columbia, it seems apparent that they're mostly albinos, right down to the pink eyes and poor vision. Regardless, they are beautiful animals, and we were fortunate to see a few of them during our stay on Bruny. This female was foraging one evening along with dozens of other wallabies, and a couple times we even saw her interact with her juvenile offspring, which was sporting the species' more common dark gray fur.

Canon 1DX
Canon 100-400mm
ISO 2000
1/100th
f/5.6

Max

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6 comments

Comment posted by Charles Bell on April 28, 2016 at 12:13 PM

This is a very nice shot. I like the way you show the tall trees in the background. It provides context. Without those trees, I would have assumed this species lived in the grasslands, not the forest. Too bad there wasn't a bit more light to allow you to use a greater depth of field, but a very good image none the less.

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Comment posted by Ken Watkins on April 29, 2016 at 2:35 AM

Max,
Never heard of these, very interesting and well captured.

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Comment posted by William Bickle on April 29, 2016 at 11:48 AM

Hello Max, excellent capture of a rare sighting! and well documented with the exposure capturing just fine!

Bill

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Comment posted by Brad Hill on April 30, 2016 at 5:19 PM

Hi Max,

Nicely composed - I think you made some very good choices here, including go vertical and including a lot of the darker background (nice contrast that adds) and where you positioned the subject in the frame. That long outstretched tail almost makes the wallaby appear almost rodent-like (and perhaps the white-pink colour scheme adds to that a bit).

Thanks for sharing this "Spirit Wallaby"!

Cheers...

Brad

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Comment posted by Morkel Erasmus on May 1, 2016 at 9:21 AM

She pops nicely from the forest BG - nice call going vertical as well...

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Comment posted by Mario Moreno on May 4, 2016 at 2:33 PM

First time I see one of these white wallabies. Nice one Max <div id="myEventWatcherDiv" style="display:none;"> </div>

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