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Cute bats


Cute bats
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Copyright: Valerie FOSSE (valy67) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1727 W: 59 N: 3060] (9219)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2006-07-17
Categories: Mammals
Camera: Canon 350D, Canon EF 18mm-55mm f/3.5 - f/5.6
Details: (Fill) Flash: Yes
Map: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version
Theme(s): Bats - CHIROPTERA [view contributor(s)]
Date Submitted: 2009-03-15 2:58
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Weather is awful in France - rain, grey sky, cold... No real picture opportunity so far, it's a bit boring, so I'm going through my archives again, looking for old pics I hadn't posted yet.

These cute bats are coming each summer to my gand-mother's house. They are hangng under the roof during the day, and during the night they come out to hunt all the mosquitos and insects that are flying around the river which borders my grand-mother's garden. When I was a child and slept there, I loved to watch them, and sometimes I woke up in the morning with a bat hanging head down in my curtain, so close and so fast asleep I could have touched it - speaking of this brings back a lot of happy memories ! :-)

To take this picture, I had to climb under the roof on a hot summer afternoon - it was like entering an oven - and then I had to crawl to the place where the bat were hanging. It was completely dark. I was very close, and they woke up with the flash, getting nervous and starting to squeak, so I took only some pictures then I left them in peace again.

Some people might say bat are ugly or frightening animals, but I do really love them - are they note beautiful, with their cute faces and furry bodies ?

Once, a specialist came to my grand-mother's house and he counted five different species under her roof. But thanks to Ahmet, I know now that they are "Myotis blythii", the Lesser Mouse-eared Bat - a species of vesper bat in the Vespertilionidae family.



Bats are mammals in the order Chiroptera. The forelimbs of all bats are developed as wings, making them the only mammals naturally capable of sustained flight (other mammals, such as flying squirrels, gliding possums orcolugos, can only glide for limited distances). The word Chiroptera comes from the Greek words cheir "hand" and pteron "wing," as the structure of the open wing is very similar to an outspread human hand with a membrane between the fingers that also stretches between hand and body.

A measure of the success of bats is their estimated total of about 1,100 species worldwide, accounting for about 20 percent of all mammal species. About 70 percent of bats are insectivores. Most of the rest are frugivores, with a few species being carnivorous. Bats are present throughout most of the world. Bats perform a vital ecological role by pollinating flowers, and also serve an important role in seed dispersal. Many tropical plants are entirely dependent on bats.
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Hello valerie,
Excellent catch of these ugly (in appearance) but cute bats:). Perfect composition. Very beautiful natural colours.
Regards,
Cypturk

Hi Valerie.
Excellent pose with very good details...
TFS.
Kind regards,
Leyla.

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  • zulfu Gold Star Critiquer [C: 685 W: 0 N: 2] (43)
  • [2009-03-15 3:44]

Hello Valerie, this is one of the best bat shot which i have seen up to now. Beutiful faces and realy cute. i love the pose so much. Thanks for sharing this.
Greetings,
Mehmet

Hallo Valérie,
sehr einfühlsam portriertes Paar von Fledermäusen, in beeindruckender Detailschärfe und vollendeter Ausleuchtung mit Blitz, ohne dessen übliche Härte nur im geringsten zu spüren. Man fühlt die hübschen Tierchen förmlich atmen und spürt ihre Wärme. Ausgezeichnetes Dokument dieser von vielen Menschen gefürchteten und daher auch bedrohten Wesen der Nacht, mit liebevoller Hingabe, viel Entschlossenheit, Mut und Lust am Abenteuer festgehalten.
Vielen Dank! Herzliche Grüßen,
Peter

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  • Alex99 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 4072 W: 133 N: 7096] (23735)
  • [2009-03-15 4:10]

Hi Valerie.
What attractive visitors of the grand-ma house. I like superb of quality shot of these cute animals. Flash light is great you managed to show all details of them perfectly including hair, colouration, skin, etc. Thanks for work and nice picture. My kind regards and best wishes.
Alexei.

Ciao Valerie, splendid double portrait of cute bats, lovely composition with fantastic details and wonderful sharpness, very well done, have a good Sunday, ciao Silvio

Hello Valerie
I am very glad to see a post for chauves-souris for a long time (on TN). they are my favourite animals. I also add this post to the Theme Bats (Chiroptera). You can see some others.
Well, your capture wonderful, with superb sharp focus, POV/OOF, eyes contact and composition. using flash, lighting and colors also wonderful.
As for their species, they are not Pipistrellus pipistrellus. They must be Myotis blythii - Lesser Mouse-Eared Bat / Petit murin. thanks for sharing this beauty. best wishes
Ahmet

Hi Valerie,
ja - sie sind wirklich niedlich, ein toller "Schuß", so nahe, so viele interessante Details, gefällt mir sehr, Danke und Gruß
Sabine - wishnugaruda

ah Valerie (d'abord je devrais te dire « bonjour »)

mais ah Valerie il y a quelques temps j'avais écrit à notre ami Bayram
« s'il y a une créature que je n'aimes est c'est le serpent »
mais je vais aussi ajouter et écrit à toi « s'il y a une créature
que je n'aimes avec le serpent c'est bien le chauve-souris »,
ay je n'arrive pas à visionner ta photo, j'ai fait vite,
excellent close-up avec une superbe netteté et détails,

TFS

Asbed

Ciao Valerie,
autre très interessante photo de chauvre-souris, tu as reussi un merveilleux premier plan de ces jolis mammifères, très bonne netteté.
Merci et félicitations
Amicalement
Maurizio

Hello Valerie,
I've only ever seen bats a couple of times,but I also think they are wonderful creatures.
They certainly beat humans to using sonar technology.
This is an excellent close up photo of them.
Very well done.
Cheers
Steve

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  • Argus Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 5038 W: 260 N: 15594] (50626)
  • [2009-03-15 8:13]

Hello Valérie,
A nice close-up of a couple of roosting bats with two others close to. The POV and composition are excellent and the flash has allowed fine details and colours to enable our bat expert, Ahmet ID them as Lesser Mouse-eared.
A nice one from your archives and thanks for sharing it.
Let us hope for good photography weather soon!
Best regards,
Ivan

A cute pair indeed, cuddled together probably for warmth Valerie, captured expertly in fine colour and structural details, also in sharp focus through your flash illumination. Very good job my friend.
Cheers,
Mehmet

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  • red45 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2636 W: 74 N: 9091] (31094)
  • [2009-03-15 10:02]
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Salut Valerie!

You are very brave :-) Most girls are very afraid of bats. This is fantastic shot, one of best I've seen so far. After reading your note I'm really proud of you! Climbing, crawling...but this picture was worth of your effords. Fantastic work! I envy you interesting meeting and new friends :-)

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  • eng55 Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1256 W: 42 N: 1976] (5892)
  • [2009-03-15 10:52]

Hi Valery,
They are cute indeed:)Exposure is spot on,details are crisp clear.Well caught,framed and composed.Excellent work!
Thanks for posting.

Excelentes: encuadre, luz y colores.
Un gran trabajo Valerie.

J. Ignasi.

Hello Valerie, an amazing capture of these cute bats. Great details and nice composition.
TFS and regards, Deniz

hello Valerie
great macro
super details
great composition
this is very nice the story of the bats
i found many bats in greece
there was one feld in to the swimming pool
i have take him out of the water

thanks greeting lou

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  • Heaven Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 996 W: 123 N: 2341] (7912)
  • [2009-03-15 13:57]

Hi Valérie!

You present us a superb wildlife picture. First, I love the title every much, it's surprising to see that someone calls bats cute. Indeed, in the way you present them, they are cute. The composition and the pose of the bats highlights this impression at best. I also like the unity of the colour tones very much.

Kind regards

Markus

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  • honza Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 533 W: 0 N: 720] (4197)
  • [2009-03-15 14:07]

Very interesting photo, i like it very much. Nice composition and sharpness.

ciao Valerie!
so vivid portrait of bats ,captured with
perfect details and natural color

compliments sERGIO

Hi Valerie,

woe, what a nice portrait of these Bats.
Good details and beautiful colours.

Gert

All creatures that inhabit the earth are the creation of Nature and part of the scheme that Nature has, Valerie.
In the course of our evolution, we human beings have maligned quite a few of them through our blind beliefs and superstitions. Bats are the victims of such beliefs.
In your picture, they look so cute and innocent. Look at their features and colours too -- who can call them ugly?
You have taken a very graphic and well controlled picture of this group, using flash light.
Well done and TFS.
Ram

Ahhh... Valerie:) what beuties. You captured these cute pair expertly MF! i share with Greg's opinion and absolutely you are special girl:) that you love my snakes and lizards:) But i have to admit that i am afraid much from bats:) Because they remind me Dracula's legends:) i know that they insectivor animals (though a species from S America-i forgot its exact name now:)- a real blood-sucker).
Anyway, a beautiful shot.. very sharp and the colours are vivid.. well done..
Cheers MF!

Bayram

Hi Valerie.
Excellent pose with very good details...
TFS.
**MAB**

Valerie,
What a LOVELY, LOVELY image.
Great notes; done with meticulas care.
EXCELLENT WORK.
Congrats.
Mario your friend in COLD COLD Canada.
P.S. Hard to see bats here; it's too cold for them. I've seen a lot of them in Terceira, Azores...Bernardete's home.

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  • chudy Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 130 W: 0 N: 176] (899)
  • [2009-03-17 13:13]

Siemanko Valerie.
Very interesting and made photo of bat well, it appealing very and beneficial animals.
I salute Slawek

salut Val
moi je les trouve très mignonnes, ces petites bébètes de la maison de grand-mère
ces petits murins ont un joli visage et un pelage si doux qu'on a presque envie de les caresser
la photo est d'une netteté incroyable avec de très belles couleurs chaudes
la composition est excellente
merci Jacqueline

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  • NinaM Gold Star Critiquer [C: 773 W: 3 N: 1157] (4077)
  • [2009-03-18 16:34]

Superb picture VAlérie, no wonder you love nature, having a grandmother living with bats so close, and close to a river! Your picture is perfect, the light is superb, perfectly lit, not underexposed neither overexposed. With a flash, for me, it's not that easy. I also like very much the proximity you chose to be, so close to them. We also have bats here, at dusk they come out and fly over our heads, catching insects very swiftly. But I haven't seen any in the barn so they probably hang around somewhere else than in the garden. Thanks for such a fine image,

Francine

Bonjour Valérie,
Tu as de véritables trésor dans tes archives!!!
Superbe macro de la tete de ces roussettes qui ne semblent pas farouches au vu de la focale utilisée!
Belle composition ,le petit coup de flash est super bien dosé
Bravo
Albert

Hello Valerie,
Cute bats with excellent details & tones of color. TFS
Regards-Subhash

Excellent pose with very good details...
TFS.

Hello Valerie,
this is a very wonderful capture of these beautiful animals. Very interesting moment. I like composition, poses, great details.

TFS. Best regards, Leonid

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  • MMM Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1114 W: 0 N: 2546] (11425)
  • [2009-03-25 5:56]

Salut Valerie
Excellente composition.L'image est bien en focus et les details sont excellent.Bon PDV et bon closed up.Le texte est excellent
Bravo Michel

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  • roges Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 957 W: 0 N: 1329] (6264)
  • [2009-03-30 7:48]

Bonjour Valerie !

Une image intéressante.
Une très belle capture d'excellentes couleurs.
Une belle semaine,
Adrian

hello valerie,
you made the bats look cute and thats someting special:-0). liked the pose, the details and the tight crop,
well done,
tfs & regards
pankaj

I like any animals,i can see the cutness behind the uglyness..:) like the composition too!! Good work.

Bonjour Valérie,

Très belle photo de ces chauves souris.Composition et netteté sont excellentes. Bravo pour avoir photographier ces animaux d'aussi près et au flash.Alors qu'ils sont très craintifs...

Salut Eric

Dear Val,
Beautiful pic, perfect bat portrait, which brings back some nice memories of Your childhood. I surely shouldn't touch them - not because I have any problems with bats, but their mouth is full of infective agents. Guaranteed virus infection if they bite You (rabies, for example. Not rare after bat bites - fortunately bat bites themselves are very rare). But the photograph is excellent, as said above, either You touched the bats in the past or not. Congrats and tfs.
Best regards from Hungary, László

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  • foozi Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 2791 W: 0 N: 6696] (25839)
  • [2009-04-28 6:37]

Hi Valerie,
thanks for coming to my post.
this is a very special post of the bats. Really curte and well camouflaged with the brown colours.
Very sharp and very clear. Well seen details and a very sharp eyes.

regards,
Foozi

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