Dan Cattermole
Dan Down - The Steampunk Womble
I have no idea what type of breed of the bats in these photos are, they're not the sharpest nor are they the most creative, However, taking these shots was very...... least to say.... arse twitching. lol
Due to security reasons, I strictly cannot publicise the location of these shots as I feel it could land me in trouble for many reasons.
I was lead to this destination by a contact, where access had been successfully arranged, and planning had been properly prepared. It was also confirmed to hold a large habitat of rare bats.... how many at pre visit time was unknown.... and very unexpected.
During the visit, It came to our astonishment that there were at least 60-80 that we could visualy see, let alone how many were remaining if the exploration was to be completed.
We reached a part of this journey where we took a mature and responsible descision to abort this exploration due to the possibility of disruption that could of be caused by our presence, knowing that an unaffordable fine could be planted upon us if caught disturbing these wonderfull creatures if the night, and that was just the start of the consequence of events. :/
The bats appeared to be very very placid. We walked up to this colony shown in the picture without realising untill last second. I took a couple of pre flash shots from a distance to see if there would be any reaction... to my suprise.... nothing....nothing at all.
the closer I got, the more I exptected.... but nothing. You could really have gone macro on these beauties and they wouldn't of bothered, but for respect of these creatures, a distance was respectfully granted, and I was not going to take the **** and try to get 'that shot'.
I deep down thoroughly believe that our presence had no impact on the bats or their routine, nor do I feel that they were put under any stress whatso ever.
To be in the position and have a once in a life time oppotunity to be presented with this uncanny situation, you can not help but to maintain a mature, respectfull and sensible mind for the benifit of that moment.
This visit was truely touching to come in connection with nature at its best kept secrets.
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Bats by dajoolzcat, on Flickr
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Bats 2 by dajoolzcat, on Flickr
Thanks for looking![Smile :) :)](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
Due to security reasons, I strictly cannot publicise the location of these shots as I feel it could land me in trouble for many reasons.
I was lead to this destination by a contact, where access had been successfully arranged, and planning had been properly prepared. It was also confirmed to hold a large habitat of rare bats.... how many at pre visit time was unknown.... and very unexpected.
During the visit, It came to our astonishment that there were at least 60-80 that we could visualy see, let alone how many were remaining if the exploration was to be completed.
We reached a part of this journey where we took a mature and responsible descision to abort this exploration due to the possibility of disruption that could of be caused by our presence, knowing that an unaffordable fine could be planted upon us if caught disturbing these wonderfull creatures if the night, and that was just the start of the consequence of events. :/
The bats appeared to be very very placid. We walked up to this colony shown in the picture without realising untill last second. I took a couple of pre flash shots from a distance to see if there would be any reaction... to my suprise.... nothing....nothing at all.
the closer I got, the more I exptected.... but nothing. You could really have gone macro on these beauties and they wouldn't of bothered, but for respect of these creatures, a distance was respectfully granted, and I was not going to take the **** and try to get 'that shot'.
I deep down thoroughly believe that our presence had no impact on the bats or their routine, nor do I feel that they were put under any stress whatso ever.
To be in the position and have a once in a life time oppotunity to be presented with this uncanny situation, you can not help but to maintain a mature, respectfull and sensible mind for the benifit of that moment.
This visit was truely touching to come in connection with nature at its best kept secrets.
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Bats by dajoolzcat, on Flickr
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Bats 2 by dajoolzcat, on Flickr
Thanks for looking
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