In the Quokka in the Quokka ……..
Posted by mervfrench on February 24, 2010
……. no , not in the paper , in this real live quokka. I shot this on Aussie day when we were wandering around the island , ok I was on the way to the pub.
There was a joey ( if that’s what they are called ) in the pouch wriggling around, you can see it’s legs , and I laid on the ground for 5 minutes waiting for it to come out, but it wouldn’t. These little guys are remarkably friendly and she ( the mother and the star of this shot ) made no attempt to get away and wasn’t bothered by the whole thing.
This was my entry in the Rotto photo comp but alas it never made the cut. ( would have picked up a swag of votes I reckon, I would have voted for it myself 50 times ) 🙂
Taken with the Canon G9
mervfrench PHOTOGRAPHY 
Dwayne Pipe said
This is sooo good. My votes for #1!
muzz said
Mate it wouldn’t have stood a chance against my quokka shot. If I had a blog I’d post it and I bet if we ran a competition my quokka would beat yours hands down! And the story I heard was you had to have a little lay down anyway and it was just lucky there was a quokka there to give you an excuse.
mervfrench said
You gotta ask yourself , did your shot have one quokka or two ….. go ahead , make my day !!!!!!
Graham Leggate said
Nice shot Merv. Pin sharp with excellent definition. Best quokka shot to date… so muzz, when are you cranking up the blog?
mervfrench said
Thanks for the visit Grahem.
davidsobik said
Yep too good Merv. I would have voted for it, but then Jamie would not talk to me, aarrgg!
mervfrench said
Cheers David …. you over the 26 girls shoot yet ?
muzz said
Pure quokka, unadulterated by warming, fancy framing, shot in the wild (not laying on the ground at the pub). Bring it on – 55 votes for this one!!
mervfrench said
That was taken at the zoo … the day i was with you. 🙂
photographybyodille said
What a cutie – love that bit poking out of the pouch (leg? Ear??). Well done.
hodgy1 said
OK , seen it , time for something really new.!!!
mervfrench said
I’ll put one up when you put one up !!!!!
jamiepatersonphotography said
Hey Merv,
Extremely cute shot. Don’t actually think that I’ve seen a Quokka joey in the pouch before.
Jamie
mervfrench said
No I haven’t either Jamie , wish this one would have showed it’s face.
Faye Kerr said
Muzz’s is waaaay better! 🙂
mervfrench said
No way Faye , say hi to muzz for me !!
MatthewSaul said
friendly little fellas!
sandy1 said
WOW that is a really cute shot , you should have entered it in the rotto Photo comp.
mervfrench said
I did sandy but it didn’t make the finals.
Thanks for the comment.
Christian said
is that a bit of noise creeping in Merv? Must be shooting a canon are ya??
mervfrench said
Noise ????
And you reckon I’m blind !!!!! 🙂
muzz said
That wasn’t the real Christian – the real CF would’ve said how much better mine was. Must be a fake Christian.
hodgy1 said
Hey your a real shit stirrer Muzz, HeHe.
muzz said
He started it ….
truenorthmark said
Hi Mervy!
I think I voted for it mate…but Christian and Ben didn’t….well that’s my story anyway!
Nice shot mate!
Cheers,
Mark
mervfrench said
Well there’s 2 more off the Xmas card list !!!! 🙂
Christian said
I voted for it I think but then when I saw Muzz’s Quokka and your’s got the chop. Muzz your pic was amazing, I can see why you don’t have a blog your too good for us guys.
mervfrench said
Just cause he helped you out with the blog no need to boom him up beyond belief. 🙂
muzz said
Now that was definitely the REAL Christian Fletcher 😉