A 'Not so "Merry" breakfast'

[hotspur (Chris)]

Its been very very hot lately,so decided to start work early as I can,was off at 5 am this morn to start work,but looks like the Kooka's had already been up before me and this one had nailed a meal-a very young bandicoot.

This Kooka's capture happened right in front of where I was working,I always have my 400L within arms length in the bush these days,and captured these images-around 1/200th iso 640 and F 5.6 with 400L and 50D,its was still rather dim,and overcast-hence the settings.

Not the most pleasant of images (hope ned flanders does not get post removed)-but this is nature,and how often does one have a good piece of glass at hand when nature does her thing.

Thanks for looking.

[brian nordstrom (As avatar)]

sad , but as you said its life .
Great shots .
Brian.

[Larryp (Laurie)]

Your photos are great, Chris. But it makes me very sad to see a baby animal's life end like that.

[leon]

Nature can and is cruel, but it has been happening since time began, and seems to keep everything in balance.

Superb shot Chris.

Leon

[el_draco (Rom)]

Hmmm.. maybe you glass half fullers ought to think about this from the Kookaburra's point of view... He looks pretty darn merry at the moment...

[ourkind (Carlos)]

Nice capture Chris!

[LewisM]

Great nature shots with some nice bokeh in the first image.

As to people getting offended, there are 4 letter words to tell to such "people" (sheeple).

The circle of life is amazing.

[dmizen]

the thing that pisses me are the dead animals in the middle of the road particularly bob tails because there avoidable i've often thought i should photograph the native animals i find in my travels dead on the side or middle of the road that really would be ugly.

[jjjnettie (Jeanette)]

Maude Flanders here.
The difference is that this depicts nature. And well nabbed btw.
A live dingo with its foot stuck in a steel trap is not.

[LewisM]

Originally Posted by jjjnettie

Maude Flanders here.
The difference is that this depicts nature. And well nabbed btw.
A live dingo with its foot stuck in a steel trap is not.

That goes without saying JJJ.

[astroron (Ron)]

Originally Posted by jjjnettie

Maude Flanders here.
The difference is that this depicts nature. And well nabbed btw.
A live dingo with its foot stuck in a steel trap is not.

Well said JJJ,Whole Heartedly agree on both counts
Cheers

[leon]

the thing that pisses me are the dead animals in the middle of the road particularly bob tails because there avoidable

I presume you mean one should swerve when one encounters an animal in the middle of the road ??

Well i certainly wont for any animal when i an doing 100 ks an hour in a truck pulling a 5 tonne 5th Wheeler behind me.

Leon

[stardust steve (Steve)]

Great shot. I can heard the words of David Attenborough echoing now

[spearo (Frank)]

Excellent capture Chris.
To be able to capture such an image in the wild with a 400mm lens handy is quite remarkable!
The second shot has a very nice and pleasant framing of both animals.

Well done
frank

[hotspur (Chris)]

Originally Posted by spearo

Excellent capture Chris.
To be able to capture such an image in the wild with a 400mm lens handy is quite remarkable!
The second shot has a very nice and pleasant framing of both animals.

Well done
frank

Thanks Frank,and all other viewers that left feed back,last time I took an image of a kooka it had a baby lorikeet,they must have remarkable eyes to spot creatures on the ground.

I tried a few different settings,but it was still quite dark,as it was very early morning and overcast.