This is the Malayan porcupine. Each night, about six or so of these nocturnal beasts would come creeping around our campground looking for whatever scraps they could find. They are pretty large and stout animals in the rodent order. The quills are actually modified hairs that start soft and become increasingly hard and rigid as the porcupine grows older. Like the civet that I posted the other night, I used a two-flash setup to capture both front and (almost) backlighting. Nikon D810 with Nikkor 200-400mm lens (at 210mm) ISO 400, f/8 at 1/60th of a second, two Nikon SB-900 flash units
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This is the Malayan porcupine. Each night, about six or so of these nocturnal beasts would come creeping around our campground looking for whatever scraps they could find. They are pretty large and stout animals in the rodent order. The quills are actually modified hairs that start soft and become increasingly hard and rigid as the porcupine grows older. Like the civet that I posted the other night, I used a two-flash setup to capture both front and (almost) backlighting.
Remarkable!
Thanks Sue. It was fun to see them all three nights I was at this campground.
great to look at, but a pain in the neck if you get poked. )
No doubt about that, Michael.
Beautiful creature. Thank you for sharing all of your adventures so we can see what we otherwise would not!
Happy Thanksgiving!
Thanks Karen. Happy Thanksgiving to you too.
—– Becoming more rigid
—– With age is common with these
—– Moving quill has wrote .
Fantastic!!
Sweet! Love this!
Thanks Nicole.
Nice shot.