Summer VIC herping finds

Great shots, as always. Every photo is superb.

Hard to single any out for more praise than others, but what the hell... I particularly liked the head shots of the White-lipped, the Highlands Copperhead and the Burtons.

NickGeee · Feb 4, 2015

A fish isn't a herp.
silly nick.

richoman_3 · Feb 4, 2015

NickGeee said:
A fish isn't a herp.
silly nick.

Neither are half the animals you take photos of, common stuff dont count

Thanks Rob and Chanaz

benc63 · Feb 4, 2015

Sweet shots Nick. I like your lighting.

Bushman · Feb 5, 2015

Great pics!
I particularly like the way you've arranged the subjects and the close-ups are excellent.
Like Ben, I reckon that the lighting is spot-on. What flash unit are you using?

ronhalling · Feb 6, 2015

Wow Nick, that is a fabulous pic of the Atrax sutherlandi, and how lucky were you to find a female in such good condition. I have only ever seen 1 of those particular Funnel Webs and it was not even in the Southern NSW or Northern Vic range for that species, 38 years ago in conjunction with Eric Worrell and the Commonwealth Serum Laboratories i spent 14 days mapping the range and distribution of the Blue Mountains Funnel Web (Hadronyche versuta) in the Megalong Valley and the Katoomba escarpment area, during this time i found what appeared at the time to be a Sydney Funnel Web (Atrax robustus) so i kept it to be formally identified later as i thought it strange considering the temperature and topography to find A.robustus that far west. As it turned out when we got back and had it identified it was in fact A.sutherlandi, to this day it still has me scratching my head trying to work out how and why we found it in the Megalong valley, it must have been on holidays. Keep up the great work Nick, your work is going ahead in leaps and bounds, your subject arrangement, use of light and lens choice is superlative, i said it a couple of years ago and i stand by what i said now, You have a brilliant future ahead of you if you decide to take your photographic expertise to the next level, it is a gift rarely seen in someone as young as you and it would be a traversty to see it wasted.

...........................................Ron

richoman_3 · Feb 6, 2015

ronhalling said:
Wow Nick, that is a fabulous pic of the Atrax sutherlandi, and how lucky were you to find a female in such good condition. I have only ever seen 1 of those particular Funnel Webs and it was not even in the Southern NSW or Northern Vic range for that species, 38 years ago in conjunction with Eric Worrell and the Commonwealth Serum Laboratories i spent 14 days mapping the range and distribution of the Blue Mountains Funnel Web (Hadronyche versuta) in the Megalong Valley and the Katoomba escarpment area, during this time i found what appeared at the time to be a Sydney Funnel Web (Atrax robustus) so i kept it to be formally identified later as i thought it strange considering the temperature and topography to find A.robustus that far west. As it turned out when we got back and had it identified it was in fact A.sutherlandi, to this day it still has me scratching my head trying to work out how and why we found it in the Megalong valley, it must have been on holidays. Keep up the great work Nick, your work is going ahead in leaps and bounds, your subject arrangement, use of light and lens choice is superlative, i said it a couple of years ago and i stand by what i said now, You have a brilliant future ahead of you if you decide to take your photographic expertise to the next level, it is a gift rarely seen in someone as young as you and it would be a traversty to see it wasted. ...........................................Ron

Thanks heaps Ron, your replies are always appreciated!
Wow that is interesting to find one all the way out there!. I found about 5 under a couple of big logs in a moist gully in Mallacoota. I took 2 female specimens home with me and left the rest. One of them had an eggsack and the babies hatched a few days ago (photo is on my flickr)
hehe i will never leave photography!, if i could somehow make money off it, it would be handy LOL !

Thanks Ben and Bushman, i use 2 430 EX II canon speedlites on either side of my camera held by a bracket

Chicken · Feb 6, 2015

richoman_3 said:
Neither are half the animals you take photos of, common stuff dont count

Thanks Rob and Chanaz

Common stuff dont count says the one who just put up shots of robusts and jackies

richoman_3 · Feb 8, 2015

Chicken said:
Common stuff dont count says the one who just put up shots of robusts and jackies

Do you even know what herping is anymore?

bigg_bunny · Feb 25, 2015

Great shots.You have a real talent for photography. I love the Bell frog and the Burtons. What lens do you use for the macro head shots ?

moosenoose · Feb 26, 2015

Really superb photography! Cheers

richoman_3 · Feb 27, 2015

bigg_bunny said:
Great shots.You have a real talent for photography. I love the Bell frog and the Burtons. What lens do you use for the macro head shots ?

canon f/2.8 100mm usm macro

cheers

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