Goanna in search for food quickly emptied the picnic area near Forster
Lace Monitors are big lizards. They grow up to 2.5 metres in size. Amazing creatures. This shot taken in the NSW South-west slopes, Australia during surveys of woodland remnants. Steve is the Principal Ecologist at EnviroKey providing specialist ecological services across Australia.
The Lace Monitor Varanus varius is one of Australias largest lizards, with some individuals known to grow as large as 2.5m in length. The largest, the Perentie, is also a goanna. This image was taken in the Paroo-Darling National Park in western NSW. This species enjoys carrion (ie dead animals) as its meals, so inside that mouth can be lots of germs! Apart from the obvious of having your stomach ripped open by their claws or being bitten by a germ infested very powerful mouth, their tail is also deadly, with goannas using this to strike at humans as the goanna walks past. My advice, enjoy this photo as your ‘close-up’ experience. Please do not try this at home…............
This Lace Monitor was busy digging in a termite mound on my property today. It was being buzzed by several Kookaburras.
Little guy is about 2 months old, doubles his body weight each fortnight!
A Sand Goanna (Varanus / Gouldii) hunting on a warm morning. / We get a lot of these- however this is the largest I have seen close- just over a metre long, I think. / spotted in our corner of far SW NSW
Accidental Images is a group hosted by myself and the ever wonderful and engaging Maureen that focuses on things that weren’t nessesarily the main focus of the photograph or piece of art, but somehow show up. We’ve already had a few entries and some of them already blew me away, just mind boggling how obvious some accidents pop right out. This group is bound to be a lot of fun and one of those where you will probably write others and say “Hey check this out” or ” do you see that” You don’t have to join up to see the work obviously, but guaranteed most of us have had those shots, many on a regular basis Salud / Bezay Accidental Images
I have a list of favorites and for various reasons I feel it very important you know about them and their work, they are tireless artists and the passion they evoke in their art is evident, so please click the links below and fav pieces you like and by all means heap on the well worthy accolades of these awesome artisans Scott dAlmeida Sena Deborah Zaragoza Maureen Maliha JustK Erik Schlogl David DeWitt Andy Warde Karen Fendley and finally but not least Mike Cressy all unique and a different style and approach and I hope you find them aside from their art good people SALUD! and more to come at a later date
/ Get that light out of my eye He was so cute to capture….............but seemed indignent about me capturing him (LOL) FEATURED in the following groups: BACKYARD MACROS & CLOSEUPS Oct. 11, 2009 /
Varanus gouldi horni from the South Coast of Irian Jaya.
I just sold a Matted Print of http://www.redbubble.com/people/pugsly/art/886523-3-will-i-or-wont-i Thank you to the person who purchased it! Steve
http://www.redbubble.com/groups/animals-of-africa Focuses on animals only, shots must have been taken in the wild! Come along and make it one of the best quality groups on RB. Steve and Chris. p.s we are looking for 1 more moderator so BM if your interested.
I was disappointed to see that the the winning place image for the latest Rural NSW avatar challenge does not appear to meet with the guidelines of the group or the challenge. The winning image clearly states that the image was taken in ‘I stumbled upon this bridge in Utica, IL’, I am assuming this is Illanois US. Doesnt seem like Rural NSW to me! If it is, I stand corrected. It also doesnt appear that the image is even a member of the Rural NSW image collection. However, there is a clear problem emerging with challenges on RB as any member can enter images into any challenge, regardless of whether they are members of the group, or whether the image is within a group. This image was clearly missed by this groups moderators who can remove ineligible images (manually) submitted to the challenge. It is clearly a great image don’t get me wrong, but if it is not in Rural NSW which appears to be the case, the image should not be adopted as the groups new avatar. The avatar should go to the next image that meets with the group and challenge guidelines! Otherwise, why participate in a challenge at all……......................I’m sure that if I posted an image of a flower in the Australian Wildlife Group it would be quickly removed! Just my 20 cents worth…….......
Hi all i would like to introduce my wife to you all, Jackie Special lady, Mother of five, Uni student, Duty manager in local Supermarket. / Now the photography bug has got her. she takes images with a Canon powershot and will be learning her DSLR pentax K 100D
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Hello all, Well I am heading away on Wednesday and my Canon 40d has decided to stop working (wont bore you with details..) and I am in DESPERATE need of one for my trip.. If anyone can help, or knows someone who isn’t using one for a couple of weeks please please contact me. 0438 263 243, happy to pay rent on it, bond, whatever it takes, I just NEED TO HAVE A CAMERA FOR AFRICA! Im in Sydney HELP PLEASE! Steve
The various species of Varanus cover a vast area, occurring through Africa, the Asian subcontinent from India and Sri Lanka to China, down Southeast Asia to Indonesia, the Philippines, New Guinea, Australia and islands of the Indian Ocean and South China Sea.
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