Koala

[Sam]

This little guy was tucked up in the trees. There really wasn't a better angle on him than this so I tried. This was my best attempt at getting him to show up in the picture.

Other than the fact that blew the exposure a bit what would you have done to make him stand out more? Smaller DOF?
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y77/solinger/Koala.jpg

[Carzee]

I have tried shooting them whilst they are asleep in the midst of leaves and its a waste of time. Not much you can do. With a telephoto you could maybe get a sharp closeup of the face... but there's not many options, DOF or not.

The ones round here sleep something like 19 hours a day. 3fps motordrives not required! When I go looking for a pic I go when they're feeding (and hopefully asserting their social standing by chasing each other up and down trees and getting aggro). I have seen 2 koalas "fight" very energetically for a few minutes then call a truce to catch their breath. Also they will climb higher, carefully take a look, then leap from one tree to another like overgrown monkeys. Its like "follow the leader" when they chase one another. Its certainly a sight.

http://k41.pbase.com/u45/pulp_depiction/small/34706083.koala_ready_to_leap_mid.jpghttp://mishappa.image.pbase.com/u21/pulp_depiction/small/35197894.0043.jpg


A few Koala pix. (http://www.pbase.com/pulp_depiction/image/35197894)