OLDEST OF
THEM ALL
THROMBOLITE (MICROBIALITE)
COMMUNITY
STATUS: CRITICALLY ENDANGERED
David Rennie, Western Australia
Thrombolites are structures formed by
microbial communities. Situated in an
internationally protected Ramsar region,
and with scientists claiming they are
billions of years old, we should be doing
everything we can to protect them. In
Dreamtime tales, these are the eggs of
the Woggle, and they made all the lakes,
rivers and waterways.
Lake Clifton, Western Australia
Canon 1DS Mk III, 24mm, 1.3,
f/11.3, ISO 200, tripod and
cordless remote
THREATENED SPECIES
July–August 2015 63KANGAROO
IN SPRINGKANGAROO, Macropus s p.
Andrew Holt, South Australia
This male kangaroo in Kaiserstuhl
Conservation Park was overlooking his
harem ready to defend against the
advances of other males. His amorous
and defensive preoccupations allowed
me to quietly approach and capture this
shot. The late afternoon light set the
scene with nice backlight, illuminating
insects on the wing.
Kaiserstuhl Conservation Park,
South Australia
Nikon D7100, Nikon 200–400,
1/640, f/4, ISO 800, handheldANIMAL PORTRAIT (TOP)SEA-EAGLE
WHITE-BELLED SEA-EAGLE,
Haliaeetus leucogaster
John Van-Den-Broeke,
New South Wales
I had been paddling and drifting down the
creek for two hours when I came across
this sea-eagle diving again and again trying
to pick something up. The sea-eagle did
eventually get it. I’m still not sure what it
was, but it was a very special moment.
Cudgen Creek, Kingscliff,
New South Wales
Canon EOS-1D Mk 1V,
EF70–200mm f/2.8L IS USM
+1.4x, 1/1600, f/8, ISO 3200,
handheld from canoeMONOCHROME