Giganteus
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My brother, who lives in the country, calls these uniquely Aussie animals “big furry grasshoppers”, probably because they are big, furry, eat grass and hop. In reality they are Macropus giganteus (Eastern Grey Kangaroos) , very common along eastern Australia and a national icon, there being one on our Coat of Arms. (Trivia: The reason a kangaroo and emu are on the Australian Coat of Arms is that they don’t walk backwards – either does Australia.) I came across this mob of greys while they were feeding in the last rays of the afternoon sun in a paddock at the outskirts of Port Macquarie , NSW, Australia. / I was really taken by the wonderful side lighting of the setting sun so I slowed the car right down when I spotted them, parked on the side of the road and 50m away, slowly got out of the car, open the boot and got Milady Fuji ready for a shoot. I was able to walk slowly right up to the fence before they got a bit twitchy but after a few min utes they got used to me being there and settled down for some serious grazing. That was then a problem because they were all heads down, munching grass, not really good for an exciting photograph. Sooooo ….. there was a steel pipe sticking in the ground next to me so I kicked it! That’s when they all came to attention and took up their “all alert” pose for me. There are times when Nature just needs a hand to get things moving. Visit the Animals collections in my BubbleSite Gallery for more skippy kangaroos. UPDATE: / 06-02-09 / After the passing of many moons and much deliberation the photograph you are now viewing is the slim, trim, taut and terrific 6×11 (15×28cm) version. / The original 8×11 (20×28cm) size had far too much foreground. Enjoy! KANGAROOS / (Click the links!) Macropus giganteus / Macropus giganteus / Macropus giganteus – Lunch with Mum / Skippy Looks Back / Macropus giganteus & Rhipidura leucophrys /
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Eastern Grey Kangaroo Macropus giganteus. The joey leaves the pouch at around 42 weeks but will continue to suckle until 18 months old.
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What a difference a better processing program and some more experience in processing can have on a photograph! This photograph and Skippy & Willy #2 were both photographed about the same time. Skippy & Willy #2 was processd by Lightroom 1.1 & Photoshop CS3 while this one was processed by S7RAW & Photoshop CS. Viva la difference! This iconic Aussie marsupial and his little feathered watchdog, (watchbird?), were photographed on a cliff top trail in the Diamond Head area of the Crowdy Bay National Park , near Laurieton , NSW, Australia, very early on a damp, grey summer morning. Skippy is a fine specimen of a female, (flyer), Macropus giganteus (Eastern Grey Kangaroo) and Willy is an equally fine specimen of Willy Wag Tail . Fuji S9600: f/8 @ 1/125, ISO80, Pop-up flash at high power, Tripod, Timer. / S7RAW & Photoshop CS. Visit the Aussie Birds and Animals collections in my BubbleSite Gallery for more fine feathered friends and skippy kangaroos. Enjoy! KANGAROOS & AUSSIE BIRDS KANGAROOS / (Click the links!) Macropus giganteus / Macropus giganteus / Macropus giganteus – Lunch with Mum / Skippy Looks Back / Macropus giganteus / Macropus giganteus / AUSSIE BIRDS / (Click the links!) Ardea alba / Butorides striatus – Rufous Morph / Butorides striatus – Rufous Morph / Cacatua roseicapilla / Pandion haliaetus / Pandion haliaetus / Sterna bergii- / Larus novaehollandiae / Larus novaehollandiae / Larus novaehollandiae / Cygnus atratus / Colluricincla harmonica / Meliphaga lewinii / Gallinula tenebrosa & Threskiornis molucca / Gallinula tenebrosa & Threskiornis molucca / Gallinula tenebrosa / Porphyrio porphyrio / Porphyrio porphyrio / Porphyrio porphyrio, Gallinula tenebrosa & Anas castanea / Dacelo novaeguineae / Dacelo novaeguineae / Dacelo novaeguineae / Dromaius novaehollandiae / Phylidonyris nigra / Boorganna Silhouette / Anthochaera chrysoptera /
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Eastern Grey Kangaroo Macropus giganteus. Photo taken in central Queensland.
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Eastern Grey Kangaroo Macropus giganteus. Most active in the late afternoon to early morning. Photo taken in central Queensland.
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Eastern Grey Kangaroo Macropus giganteus. A joey vacates its mother’s pouch at about 11 months but can still suckle at foot until 18 months. Photo taken in central Queensland.
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My brother, who lives in the country, calls these uniquely Aussie animals “big furry grasshoppers” – probably because they are big, furry, eat grass and hop. In reality they are Macropus giganteus (Eastern Grey Kangaroos) , very common along eastern Australia and a national icon, there being one on our Coat of Arms. (Trivia: The reason a kangaroo and emu are on the Australian Coat of Arms is that they don’t walk backwards – either does Australia.) This maternal marsupial scene was photographed in glorious late afternoon light in a paddock at Port Macquarie , NSW, Australia. Fuji S9600: 1/100sec @ f/6.4, Hand held. / Lightroom and Photoshop CS3. Visit the Animals collections in my BubbleSite Gallery for more skippy kangaroos. Enjoy! KANGAROOS / (Click the links!) Macropus giganteus / Macropus giganteus / Macropus giganteus – Lunch with Mum / Skippy Looks Back / Macropus giganteus & Rhipidura leucophrys /
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Eastern Grey Kangaroo at the Cox Creek Camping Area, Coolah Tops National Park, New South Wales, Australia – Copyright Blue Gum Pictures 2007
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Shot 30.8.2008
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What a difference a better processing program and some more experience in processing can have on a photograph! This photograph and Skippy & Willy were both photographed about the same time. Skippy & Willy was processd by S7RAW & Photoshop CS while this one was processed by Lightroom 1.1 & Photoshop CS3. Viva la difference! This iconic Aussie marsupial and his little feathered watchdog, (watchbird?), were photographed on a cliff top trail in the Diamond Head area of the Crowdy Bay National Park , near Laurieton , NSW, Australia, very early on a damp, grey summer morning. Skippy is a fine specimen of a female, (flyer), Macropus giganteus (Eastern Grey Kangaroo) and Willy is an equally fine specimen of Willy Wag Tail . Fuji S9600: f/4.1 @ 1/125, Auto focus, Pop-up flash at high power, Tripod, Timer. Visit the Aussie Birds and Animals collections in my BubbleSite Gallery for more fine feathered friends and skippy kangaroos. Enjoy! KANGAROOS & AUSSIE BIRDS KANGAROOS / (Click the links!) Macropus giganteus / Macropus giganteus & Rhipidura leucophrys / Macropus giganteus – Lunch with Mum / Skippy Looks Back / Macropus giganteus / Macropus giganteus / AUSSIE BIRDS / (Click the links!) Ardea alba / Butorides striatus – Rufous Morph / Butorides striatus – Rufous Morph / Cacatua roseicapilla / Pandion haliaetus / Pandion haliaetus / Sterna bergii- / Larus novaehollandiae / Larus novaehollandiae / Larus novaehollandiae / Cygnus atratus / Colluricincla harmonica / Meliphaga lewinii / Porphyrio porphyrio, Gallinula tenebrosa & Anas castanea / Porphyrio porphyrio / Porphyrio porphyrio / Gallinula tenebrosa & Threskiornis molucca / Gallinula tenebrosa / Gallinula tenebrosa & Threskiornis molucca / Dacelo novaeguineae / Dacelo novaeguineae / Dacelo novaeguineae / Dromaius novaehollandiae / Phylidonyris nigra / Boorganna Silhouette / Rhipidura leucophrys / Anthochaera chrysoptera /
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A selection of 13 of our favourite Australian wildlife images, all photographs were taken in the wild
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Eastern Grey Kangaroo (Macropus giganteus), Coolah Tops National Park by Blue Gum Pictures
by Blue Gum PicturesEastern Grey Kangaroo (Macropus giganteus), Coolah Tops National Park, New South Wales, Australia, featured on our Wildlife I calendar – Copyright Blue Gum Pictures 2007 /
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Macropus giganteus. Castle Rock Day Use Area / Girraween National Park / Queensland / Australia Backlit by the very early morning sun. Shot just after Dawn.
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Eastern Grey Kangaroo (Macropus giganteus), Coolah Tops National Park, New South Wales, Australia – Copyright Blue Gum Pictures 2008
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The Subject: / A very fine specimen of a female, (flyer), Macropus giganteus (Eastern Grey Kangaroo) , feeding in the weak dawn light of a very grey, damp day. / I really like that blade of grass poking out from her mouth. / Why she is looking back I do not know. The only possible threat to her was a photographer with a Fuji. Perhaps she was just checking her escape route. The Location: / On a cliff top trail in the Diamond Head area of the Crowdy Bay National Park , near Laurieton , NSW, Australia. The Making of Skippy Looks Back: / The light was poor at that time of day under those conditions so the camera was tripod mounted and even though I was not really close I used the pop-up flash at full power to at least throw some light the subject’s way and to make a good catch light if possible. / Fuji S9600: f/4.5 @ 1/125sec, ISO80, Timer. Visit the Animals collections in my BubbleSite Gallery for more skippy kangaroos. Enjoy! KANGAROOS / (Click the links!) Macropus giganteus / Macropus giganteus – Lunch with Mum / Macropus giganteus / Macropus giganteus / Macropus giganteus / Macropus giganteus /
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Taken Pango Cove off Vila Vanuatu. The Christmas Tree Worm (Spirobranchus gigantteus) comes in an assortment of colors – yellows, reds, blues, oranges and most colors in between. The larvae of the tiny but spectacular Christmas Tree Worm settle into minute crevices where coral polyps have died. The worms secrete a tube of calcium carbonate, into which they retreat at low tide, or if disturbed, but once covered with water they stretch out their filamentous arms like miniature pine trees. View my underwater collection here Take a look at my other photos / Watch my video Dive the Coolidge / Add me to your watchlist / Visit my website /
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Taken Pango Cove off Vila Vanuatu. The Christmas Tree Worm (Spirobranchus gigantteus) comes in an assortment of colors – yellows, reds, blues, oranges and most colors in between. The larvae of the tiny but spectacular Christmas Tree Worm settle into minute crevices where coral polyps have died. The worms secrete a tube of calcium carbonate, into which they retreat at low tide, or if disturbed, but once covered with water they stretch out their filamentous arms like miniature pine trees. View my underwater collection here Take a look at my other photos / Watch my video Dive the Coolidge / Add me to your watchlist / Visit my website /
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THE SUBJECT: / A very fine Flyer and Joey, (mother and young) pair of Macropus giganteus (Eastern Grey Kangaroo) grazing blissfully in the late afternoon winter sunlight. THE LOCATION: / Photographed at the Kylie’s Hut camping area of Crowdy Bay National Park, NSW, Australia. THE MAKING OF ‘Lunch with Mum’: / This shot is the culmination of one of those sublime moments I experience so rarely. / I had ventured along the road to Kylie’s Hut that day just to see if the gravel road was passable in my li’l red VW Polo Club as there has been long periods of extremely heavy rain earlier that year. The road had been repaired and it was quite a good drive all the way to the camping ground. / When I arrived a small mob of Kangaroos was grazing in dappled light and when I looked around I discovered I was the only person there. / The animals at Crowdy Bay are very used to humans so it was quite easy for me to get close to the action although I did not expect to be able to get this close. / As I skirted the feeding mob, as if on cue this mother turned side on to me in a patch of light. The mother then shuffled forward, the Joey poked its head out and I was in Photographer’s Heaven. It was such a serendipitous moment. / While the weak winter afternoon light was very kind to my subjects I still had to use my pop-up flash at full power for badly needed fill light. The “Fill” function in Lightroom also came to the rescue. / Fuji S9600: RAW, Manual settings of f/5 @ 1/250sec, Auto focus, ISO80, Hand held. / Lightroom 2.2 & Photoshop CS3. Visit the Animals collection in my BubbleSite Gallery for more big furry grasshoppers. UPDATE: 21-9-09 / My maternal marsupial scene has been FEATURED in the Top Shelf Wildlife & Nature Group. Enjoy! KANGAROOS / (Click the links!) Macropus giganteus – Lunch with Mum / Macropus giganteus – Skippy Looks Back / Macropus giganteus – Skippy and Willy #1 / Macropus giganteus – Skippy and Willy #2 / Macropus giganteus – What Was That Mum? / Macropus giganteus – ATTENNN-SHUN! /
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FFF-Featured (Mk CXXXI)
by Dennis Gay21-9-09 Yowza! Lunch with Mum / !http://ima…
21-9-09 Yowza! Lunch with Mum / / has been FEATURED in the Top Shelf Wildlife & Nature Group. Lotsa thanks to the Hosts and to all who have appreciated and supported this furry pair. GB / Dennis
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The Perentie (Varanus giganteus) is the largest monitor lizard native to Australia, and fourth largest lizard on earth. / / / ©2009 Shannon Plummer. All Rights Reserved. / www.wetnosefotos.com
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