Sunday Nature Stills – 8/11/2013

Just one photo tonight.

This is a Rockfish (Scorpaena I think) that I photographed in Monterey Bay.  I really like that it is so well camouflaged with the surrounding aquatic plants.  It was on a pile of large rocks in about 10 foot deep water.  It was hidden on the surface of a rock only a few feet below the surface.

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Sunday Nature Stills – 7/07/2013

These are Mexican Free-Tailed Bats that I photographed Saturday night in Texas.  They are about the size of a field mouse, but they fly surprisingly fast.  They were really tricky to focus on in the dark. I almost never shoot photos with artificial external lighting, but for these light bats, I used an old off-camera strobe to momentarily light them up.  They are really amazing little creatures.  I’m surprised that they fly as well as they do.

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