The weather has not been condusive to outdoor photograhy which caused me to cancel a trip with our camera club to the Moss Vale Show over the weekend. But tonight, while locking the house up before going to bed for the night we heard soft growling sounds which appeared to be coming from the trees at our back fence. So being a dilligent photographer I grabbed the torch and camera before heading off with the dog to investigate.
After searching along both sides of the fence I moved further away and found this Brushtail Possum in the neighbour's gum tree.
Common Brushtail Possum (
Trichosurus vulpecula)
Canon 40D, Sigma 18-200mm @ 200mm, 1/60s @ f/6.3, ISO 800, Flash ETTL EV+-0, Hand held.
The challenge here was to aim both the camera and the torch together to get enough light on the subject in order to manually focus until the auto focus could kick in for a sharp image. Certainly not the most flattering angle but I did enjoy the experience.
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