posted Sunday, 13 February 2011, 19:34 (+0800), by Martin
While bike riding around the Rockingham area earlier this year, we came across
a bobtail on the side of the cycle path.
I couldn't pass up an opportunity to photograph it, and took a number of photos
with a wide-angle lens, placing the camera on the ground very close to
the bobtail.
I think the bobtail saw its own reflection in the lens, and decided to put on an aggressive show, resulting in the wide-open mouth pose shown below.
The bobtail is also known as a Western Shingleback, and its scientific name is Tiliqua rugosa.
I think the bobtail saw its own reflection in the lens, and decided to put on an aggressive show, resulting in the wide-open mouth pose shown below.
The bobtail is also known as a Western Shingleback, and its scientific name is Tiliqua rugosa.
bobtail
(Tiliqua rugosa)
Warnbro, Western Australia
Canon EOS 50D, 10-22mm @13mm, 1/250 sec, f/5.6, ISO100
Canon EOS 50D, 10-22mm @13mm, 1/250 sec, f/5.6, ISO100
Nice photo. You must have been very close to him! Shame about the bike/person in the background :)