It was dark with only a small amount of light coming from the kitchen, but the light level was so low that I had to take these at ISO 1600, f3.2 and shutter speed of 1.3 seconds. I had to hand-hold the camera as the possum kept moving.
The joey (baby) came out of the pouch for the first time the night before we came home and was very wary. It did not like the light so I had to do the best I could with almost no light. We gave mum pear and apple to get her to sit still but her mouth was always on the move, so with such slow shutter speed it was impossible to get a crisp focus.
The second photo shows mum with that huge joey in the pouch, with just his back showing. How does he fit?
They're great photos, Vicki.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Helen, but I can't take the credit. Alan was the photographer du jour. :)
ReplyDeleteI can relate to the poor mother.
ReplyDeleteThe joey was so big in the pouch she dragged it along the ground and boy did she struggle to climb up the tree trunk.
DeleteThat's one BIG possum hanging onto his mom! lol. Guess he's not ready to leave the nest...so to speak. :>) xoxo
ReplyDeleteCan't stay there for ever so I guess mum will kick him out when she has had enough!
DeleteThey are such cute creatures and I like seeing them ... so long as it is not in my backyard ... they take up residence in our floorspace and pee all over the car. We put up with one of years but when they became a huge squabbling family we found a way to get them to move on ... leaving the garage light on for a couple of weeks
ReplyDeleteThey sure do leave a lot of "marking" about. We have them around the property at home but fortunately not on the roof of the house.
ReplyDeleteYou did well to get those photos Alan. What a huge Mumma's boy/girl ;D) Especially love the peeking out pose in #4
ReplyDeleteThanks Susan. Baby did not like the light which made getting good pics almost impossible.
ReplyDeleteOh, my gosh! What a sweetie-pie!
ReplyDeleteIndeed. :)
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