Playing chicken
“Standing in the middle of the road is very dangerous; you get knocked down by the traffic from both sides.” – M. Thatcher.
Kangaroo Island, South Australia.
© 2007.
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midzing
so cute,,, great capture,,, hope he didnt scratch your eyes out!!!! (they can be very vicious you know!!!)
Nikki Farrow
How adorable!!
Coralie Plozza
great shot..like the title
Paul Tait
wow – the context of this photo is amazing. You can see how these critters are killed or injured. Great work.
Kimberly Palmer
Precious!
Mundy Hackett
Fab
Gayle Shaw
He’s beautiful! This is the best shot of one of our National treasures that I have seen in ages.
Heather Rivet...
now how cute is that!!
Steve Bulford
Really cool image, great composition!
RonniLeigh
What a cutie!!!
Ljubica Rapaic
Great shot :)
Shane Smart
Thanks everyone for your comments.
Paul – Your spot on. One of the biggest down sides to tourism in these places is the destruction of so many creatures by cars.
DawsonImages
Cute expression, nice title
Roboftheland
rare to see a koala on the ground. lucky capture!
DWarren
I love Koalas and this is a remarkable image of one. Great shot!
randi1972
Amazing!
greenfrog153
Very cute. Wonderful capture Shane.
aggieeck
GREAT SHOT MUST HAVE HEAPS OF PATIENCE.
shanghaiwu
fabulous photograph
H M Bascom
Cute little Koala.
Snapshooter
LOL – great title. Super capture, good focus and DOF.
Lars
Holly Werner
AWWWW! I love it!
Bramble
Great shot!
Globalphotos
Wonderful shot, love these guys :)) Hope he was ok …..
Albert1000
An image that grabs your attention.
Simon Mears
cute koala – has a very tight grip.. sharp claws.. they’d do a lot of damage to paintwork on a car. Lovely photo, beautifully taken. And, seriously, a great shame so many are killed on the road to get to new feeding grounds
AngelPhotozzz
Beautiful capture of this cutie! Hope he was safe!
Lucindawind
oh how sweet ! wonderful shot
Gozza
aaw! what a lovley posture it has considering their usual pose. :D
mymamiya
my wife used to give me that look when she was in a hurry and I wanted to take a picture
Shane Smart replied
Thats the first comment to make me laugh out loud. Cheers.
RachelLea
how cute!! I would have loved to see this in person, but you captured it amazingly well!
AngelArtist
He is so cute
Geri Bragg
great shot !!!
MarissaBillings
Great capture.
congrats on making the homepage!
PEPSI2007
Beautiful shot!
Donna Steele
just priceless
jules / Missy ...
one of my favorite things in the whole world….could just pick him up and give him a great big ole hug…GREAT shot !
KCphoto
How adorable! Great capture :)K
retsilla
great shot of Boonie!!
Tracy King
Best Koala shot i have ever seen. Well done.
Michael Eyssens
LOL well caught.
Cheri McEachin
I just love this—-congrats for front page
Susan Grissom
So cute!
wonka001
Wow, this is the kind of work I envy, excelent peice.. where do I get me one of those?
KBSImages
Adorable!!!! GREAT shot, I hope the little fella made it off the highway…..Kim
MuscularTeeth
excellent photo…
JennyLee
What a brilliant photo….. I hope the koala made it accross the road in one piece!
brosnaich
Excellent images. These guys are just so adorable.
Craig Wilson
Love the colour and detail on this little fella..
Cain Doherty
Wonderful, I hope it moved. My parents said they saw one in the same position coming home from Apollo Bay. Seems a habit is developing for living on the edge!
Jonicool
Love ths, too cute!
LaurenTaylor ...
how adorable! great capture
Naomi Mawson
Great picture – he looks so windswept! I love the comment to – that got a chuckle!
Scott Denny
Great image. Love the perspective. Great colors and tones. I hope it made it to a safe place.
Lee Kerr
Lovely; I know people like that
Maria Medeiros
So cute!
LENA WEHNERT
ha! So Australian like!
tigerwings
Oh, Dear….That’s a dangerous game….But he is so Darn Cute! Excellent Shot!
Maria Medeiros
CUTE!
Anna Vegter
Great capture!!
Nic Relton
Strong image and a sad truth!
AllshotsImaging
Great image Shane. It not only shows the Koala, but also demonstrates how windy it can get at KI as can be seen by his ears blowing in the breeze!
Amy-lee Foley
Aww their so gorgeous
powerful shot!
Christian Hartung
cool as hope he actually didnt get knocked over, well done
Alex Cearns
Love this shot. When i was on KI in April this year i actually found one who had been clipped by a car. A bloody nose and period of shock followed but then he walked off and was ok. It didnt surprise me that he had been on the road, more so that someone could clip him and not even stop or care. Hopefully the guy in your pic made it across ok. :)
LeighAth
their furs looks so snuggly
lol
obviously they’re not though :P
~Leigh
Louise Robinson
Gorgeous capture! I love how the colour of his fur almost blends in with the road :)
linda858100
EXCELLENT
EarthGipsy
Love the quote! Very appropriate for this poor litte fella.
Great capture – you even captured the wind from the passing cars thrashing his ears around.
Nice work indeed :-)
Antanas
beautiful shot
karenuk1969
Such a cute face!
Jamie Lee
Fantastic capture
Tamara Kenneally
Wonderful work! Have I seen this somewhere before? Has it been published?
Shane Smart replied
Thanks Tamara – I have shown this image on a couple of sites but it has not been published.
Steve Bullock
Would love to have you involved in the Australian Wildlife book?!
Steve Bullock
Wouldl ove this shot mate, steveb013@hotmail.com
Elli Christou
I just love how his little ears are blowing in the wind. Incredibly adorable. Not to mention, fantastic photography :)
Danielle Espin 8 days ago
Dangerous title, Lovely capture though…
Kendra Taber 5 days ago
ahhhhhhhh..love this too!