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Fruit bat (almost) full width! Shame I nicked a bit of his wing off, but I wanted to show you that beautiful face! Epomophorus crypturus,Fall,Geotagged,Peterss Epauletted Fruit Bat,South Africa,bats,mammals,nocturnal,south africa Click/tap to enlarge

Fruit bat (almost) full width!

Shame I nicked a bit of his wing off, but I wanted to show you that beautiful face!

    comments (6)

  1. Absolutely amazing! Posted 11 years ago
    1. Thanks Ferdy. I did photoshop the eyes as they come out really weird, but I think I may have overdone it a bit! Posted 11 years ago
      1. How did they originally come out? Posted 11 years ago
        1. Like pinky grey glass baubles, horrible! Posted 11 years ago
          1. I know that grey look, had the same issue on this photo:

            Watchful Gray Mouse Lemur in Kirindi forest at night A typical pose of a gray mouse lemur at night: eyes wide opened, radar ears scanning and focusing and limbs positioned so that an escape is instant.   Gray mouse lemur,Kirindy Reserve,Madagascar,Microcebus murinus


            I think I did a partial negative exposure using a paint brush. If you zoom in you can still see the sloppy work.
            Posted 11 years ago
  2. It actually looks heaps better than mine! (somehow missed this in my emails, sorry!) Posted 11 years ago

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The Peters's Epauletted Fruit Bat is a species of megabat in the Pteropodidae family. It is found in Angola, Botswana, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Its natural habitat is in riverine or evergreen forest, or moist woodland, where there are fruit-bearing trees.

Similar species: Bats
Species identified by Claire Hamilton
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By Claire Hamilton

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Uploaded Apr 22, 2014. Captured Apr 21, 2014 21:18 in Unnamed Road, South Africa.
  • Canon EOS 70D
  • f/2.8
  • 1/64s
  • ISO160
  • 50mm