Frozen Bat

[Lizardqing]

Or at least thawing out. Got this in Cades Cove while down in a cave entrance. Took it handheld while using my girlfriends shoulder for a tripod ( good thing she also gets into the photography stuff! ) with the on camera flash. Came out way better than we thought it would.

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[Iguanasan]

That is way freakin' cool!

[Mad Aussie]

Took me awhile to pick out what was bat in this. He's tiny!!! So they actually freeze up in here huh?

[Lizardqing]

He was near the cave entrance and it had been cold. They have the rest of the cave blocked off with a gate so you can't get to far in but the bats still can, he decided not to. He was small, how I noticed him before she had it in her hair I don't know, it was pretty dark even that close to the entrance!

[Hillbillygirl]

That is really neat LQ. Very sharp considering the conditions shooting in too.

[susan]

wonderful as an abstract too! The poor, frozen bats. makes me sad. I hope that the freeze does something good for them. :-/

[Bambi]

that is really cool

[Lungelarry]

Something you don,t see every day......great shot

[Lizardqing]

Thanks!

[asnow]

Very cool. It looks like he is all covered in jewels.

[aubintbay]

Nice shooting! Definitely a "cool" shot!