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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 63

KANGAROO

IN SPRING

KANGAROO, 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, handheld

ANIMAL 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 canoe

MONOCHROME

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