Insidenick.com » bat colony http://www.insidenick.com The art of Nico Whittaker Sat, 25 Feb 2012 03:25:14 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Bats Attack! http://www.insidenick.com/photos/bats-attack/ http://www.insidenick.com/photos/bats-attack/#comments Sat, 27 Feb 2010 16:00:43 +0000 nicarius http://www.houstonartprints.com/INSHOP/?p=669 Read more →]]> Bats Attack! - Photography by Nico Whittaker

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“Bats Attack!”

Mexican free-tail bats.
Shot at Austin, TX., from under Congress Avenue Bridge, where this bat colony – the largest urban bat colony in North America (estimated at 1.5 million) – shows up every night from mid-March to November.

Of course they are black/brown but when I burned them with the speedlite they get that weird glow.

Exposure: 1/30 sec at f/4.0, iso 400, focal length: 99mm (1.6 crop).
Speedlite diffused pointed straight at the bats.

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