I saw two species of quoll while I was in Tasmania, the eastern and the spotted. This is the eastern (even though it has spots). Eastern quolls come in two main color variations — a darker brown, almost black and a lighter, sandy color. This is obviously the latter. They are strictly nocturnal and I captured this image on a late-night spotlighting mission. The light was provided by the headlights of our vehicle and not a flash. Nikon D810 with Nikkor 200-400mm lens (at 400mm) ISO 3200, f/4.5 at 1/320th of a second.
So you spotted a spotted quoll. Did you spot the whole quoll? Was it climbing a pole? Did you see into its soul?
Your trips are some Dr. Seuss shit sean, serious.
That’s a remarkable photo, Sean. As is so often the case, there is a story behind the image. One would never guess this was taken at night & that the light source was from the headlights of a vehicle.
This one has a “deer in the headlights” Like: OMG he caught me, what do I do now? Cute little guy, though, and I don’t know how in the world you were able to spot him in the dark. It’s obvious he wasn’t in the middle of he road!
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I saw two species of quoll while I was in Tasmania, the eastern and the spotted. This is the eastern (even though it has spots). Eastern quolls come in two main color variations — a darker brown, almost black and a lighter, sandy color. This is obviously the latter. They are strictly nocturnal and I captured this image on a late-night spotlighting mission. The light was provided by the headlights of our vehicle and not a flash. Nikon D810 with Nikkor 200-400mm lens (at 400mm) ISO 3200, f/4.5 at 1/320th of a second.
So you spotted a spotted quoll. Did you spot the whole quoll? Was it climbing a pole? Did you see into its soul?
Your trips are some Dr. Seuss shit sean, serious.
That’s a remarkable photo, Sean. As is so often the case, there is a story behind the image. One would never guess this was taken at night & that the light source was from the headlights of a vehicle.
This one has a “deer in the headlights” Like: OMG he caught me, what do I do now? Cute little guy, though, and I don’t know how in the world you were able to spot him in the dark. It’s obvious he wasn’t in the middle of he road!