Big Brown Bat

Beautiful and scary at the same time!  I love the water droplets and, of course, the ferocious mouth and teeth. How does a 20 seconds shot not blur the image?  Thanks!

Thanks Paula, the shutter stays open 20 seconds but the flashes are what expose the photos.  The flashes are set at 1/16 power which gives an effective flash duration of about 1/8000.  So that is the effective shutter speed.  The camera is on a continuous loop at 20 seconds, most of the images you get are black but when a bat goes through the infrared beam it triggers the flashes which produce an exposure at 1/8000 or so on top of the 20 second exposure.  Because the flashes are producing all of the light there is  no image blur from the long shutter speed.

Brilliant IMO . . . Excellent work Nate. Of course, in an ideal situation that is . . .  it would have been amazing to get the reflection in. <div id="myEventWatcherDiv" style="display:none;"> </div>

Another beautiful bat image. Very subtle lighting on the upper parts of the wings. Great view on these little sharp teeth. A pity the reflection is only partly visible, imho.

A classic catch of this bat with the water dripping from it's mouth and the strong V of the wings.  Nicely dramatic.  It's a beauty!

Beautiful symmetry!

I don't know what is better in this case, whether the image or the technique.
Amazing image, Nate. Very well done, as usual. 
Thanks for sharing.