We regularly get koala's in our garden. This one I shot today (distance about 15m)
Conditions: sunny, Canon 5D2, 100-400L @ 400mm, F5.6, 1/250 ISO 400.
vk2gwk Cream of the Crop  13,360 posts Gallery: 332 photos Likes: 1836 Joined Jun 2009 Location: One Mile Beach, NSW 2316, Australia More info | Dec 05, 2009 22:41 | #1 We regularly get koala's in our garden. This one I shot today (distance about 15m) My name is Henk. and I believe "It is all in the eye of the beholder....."
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jgrussell Looking around nervously  18,758 posts Likes: 14 Joined May 2008 Location: NJ USA More info | Dec 05, 2009 23:24 | #2 Now that would be a backyard visitor I'd welcome! Nice shot. -- jgr
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jimz66 Senior Member 999 posts Joined Oct 2009 Location: CT More info | Dec 06, 2009 07:30 | #3 Great shot. Very cool visitor. I too would welcome such a site. Canon T3 base kit with 18-55 MM Kit lens plus EOS 75 to 300 Lens
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wanyc Senior Member 256 posts Likes: 6 Joined Mar 2009 Location: New York More info | Great backyard shot.
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vitacura Goldmember  1,514 posts Joined Nov 2009 Location: Tampa Bay, Fl More info | Dec 06, 2009 16:26 | #5 |
vk2gwk THREAD STARTER Cream of the Crop 13,360 posts Gallery: 332 photos Likes: 1836 Joined Jun 2009 Location: One Mile Beach, NSW 2316, Australia More info | Dec 06, 2009 17:14 | #6 As you seem to like them.... He (or she...) moved to another tree in the front yard. Or it could just as well be another one in the family... This one is eating. They eat leaves from some particular trees only (swamp mahogany - eucalypts). Koala's are not "bears" but marsupials and AFAIK unique for Australia. More about koala's on my web site  My name is Henk. and I believe "It is all in the eye of the beholder....."
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Dec 07, 2009 09:32 | #7 Wow! I would love to have visitors like these. Those claws are something. Their faces are SO cute. Have you ever seen a baby? Please post some more. Mom to the furmonsters:p
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vk2gwk THREAD STARTER Cream of the Crop 13,360 posts Gallery: 332 photos Likes: 1836 Joined Jun 2009 Location: One Mile Beach, NSW 2316, Australia More info | Dec 07, 2009 17:50 | #8 Momtothefurmonsters wrote in post #9150296  ..... Have you ever seen a baby? Please post some more. This an older one shot quite close to the house in the backyard with my Canon 400D (now sold) two years ago with my old EF-S 75-300m @ 190mm, F5 1/200 ISO 200 (distance 5 m and sunny conditions)  My name is Henk. and I believe "It is all in the eye of the beholder....."
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jimz66 Senior Member 999 posts Joined Oct 2009 Location: CT More info | Dec 07, 2009 21:34 | #9 That ones got precious cargo. Great shots. Keep em coming! Canon T3 base kit with 18-55 MM Kit lens plus EOS 75 to 300 Lens
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Dec 08, 2009 14:49 | #10 Super shot. I'm sure the $5000 worth of gear helps out a bit too. Olympus OM-D E M5 / Olympus Pen E PL1 / Olympus E-510
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Dec 08, 2009 15:03 | #11 Thank you for posting the baby picture. I love it. Mom to the furmonsters:p
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vk2gwk THREAD STARTER Cream of the Crop 13,360 posts Gallery: 332 photos Likes: 1836 Joined Jun 2009 Location: One Mile Beach, NSW 2316, Australia More info | Dec 11, 2009 15:48 | #12 For those interested in koala's... there is another recent thread in this section of the forum with more pictures, albeit taken in an zoo. My name is Henk. and I believe "It is all in the eye of the beholder....."
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vk2gwk THREAD STARTER Cream of the Crop 13,360 posts Gallery: 332 photos Likes: 1836 Joined Jun 2009 Location: One Mile Beach, NSW 2316, Australia More info | Jan 22, 2010 23:59 | #13 Today was a pretty hot day (41 C = 105 F) and this koala was not really comfortable....  and later it cooled off a bit.....  My name is Henk. and I believe "It is all in the eye of the beholder....."
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