Echidna clarity

I have been trying for over a year to find an echidna in the wild and photograph it. Today I finally saw one on my walk and was so excited - I took a few hundred shots when it finally relaxed enough to uncurl and walk around looking for ants

[julia]

Great shot...

[Sam]

Awesome!!! FAV FAV FAV

[Cindy]

nicely done.

[Ashley]

Oh my gosh! You've outdone yourself! Love it the most in b&w!

[Charles]

Great shot.

[sally agnew]

I really love the B&W version Fav :)

[Leana Niemand]

Oh wow what a find and what a fantastic shot, a fav for sure.

[Denise Wood]

You are so lucky you could get 100's of shots! I get about 3 and then they're gone! This is stunning :) Fav

[belinda]

Great shot and detail. I Imagine they would be hard to photograph let alone find

[Julia]

Wow! This is fabulous! Instant fav

[Louise & Ken]

What an amazing little chap! I'd be beside myself if I saw one in the wild! That's an awesome photo!

[Karin]

A huge FAV!

[Joyce]

Stunning capture Robyn. Fav

[Rachel]

OMG, wow, wow, wow. Awesome shot, HUGE fav!

[Shirley]

Astonishing! Stunning! Amazing! Fav, fav, fav!

[Babs]

Absolutely fantastic, got to be a fav.

[Dione Giorgio]

An instant fav. Wow, wow.

[Danny G.]

Congrats on your discovery - incredible mono capture and a fav!

[Tara Landry]

In his own way, kinda cute. amazing shot.

[Graham Thresher]

Magnificent shot.

[Peter]

Beautiful B&W tones and great processing Robyn, it must have be very rewarding to finally get to photograph this Echidna, I've never see one before :)

[Carole Imes]

Congratulations.....huge fav for contrasting tones, detail and comp. Never heard of this type animal.....looks a bit like a porcupine.

[Frank Hymus]

Very prickly customer!

[Amy]

Adorable! Great tones and textures.

[Islandgirl]

Wow lovely find! Great textures and nice in b&w Robyn!
Fav

[gloria jones]

Fabulous b&w capture...great textures, composition

[Nicole]

Wow I just love echidna's, I was fortunate enough to see two in the wild when I was in Australia :) This is a gorgeous shot! love your low pov and the b&w works fab! fav!

[Candace]

The texture on this animal is amazing Harbie...huge fav!

[Paula W]

Wow, that's a very impressive creature. Super detail. Fav.

[Simply Amanda]

WOW, sharp image, Fav!

[Elisabeth Sæter]

Super shot.

[Julia]

Brilliant! super sharp!

[Lindy]

Robyn this is Fantastic! Love it in b&w. Great focus but love the lighting and the way the log looks like the start of a circle completed by it 's body. One for the wall. Fav!!!!! They are the cutest little creatures!

[Poppo Livy]

What a great capture Robyn. And the B&W is just about acceptable

[Milanie]

Wow! This is just amazing - what spectacular detail. This must really have been exciting.

[Pam]

Awesome shot!

[Leah]

Wow!!! Fantastic capture!!! Great find!!! Fav!!!

[Ann H. LeFevre]

Awesome shot! Excellent black and white and attention to detail. Definitely a fav!

[Steve]

What a great find and capture! works very well in B&W. fav

[Robyn]

@julzmaioro @gigiflower @fullcircle @shesnapped @cdean1956 @hermann @leananiemand Thank you so much for your lovely comments and favs. I was happy with how this came out in the bw

[Robyn]

@gilbertwood Thanks Denise. It's the first time I've seen one moving while out walking and definitely my first chance ever to photograph the face - you can't even get that at the zoo

[Robyn]

@adayinmallacoota @juliac @Weezilou @karink @thistle @888rachel @bonsai @onewing @sangwann @soboy5 @landryta85 @thresheg @pcoulson @cimes1 @frankhymus @acarletti @radiogirl @seattlite @nicoleterheide @ribbet9 @paulaw @amandal @elisasaeter @kanelipulla @lwain Thanks for the wonderful comments and favs, and for getting the echidna to the PP. I was so excited to see the echidna and for it to then move around while I stood still

[Robyn]

@terryliv Gee thanks for that high praise

[Robyn]

@milaniet @pamdavis2015 @lealady @olivetreeann @stevej Thanks so much. I was so excited about this one

[Poppo Livy]

@flyrobin You're welcome :-)

[Anja]

Wow, wow, wow! Fabulous shot!

[Maj Manczak]

LOVE it!!!! Sooo cute.

[Rosie Kind]

amazing!!! Fav

[Robyn]

@stiggle @majmanczak @rosiekind Thank you

[Peter Dulis]

Wonderful capture ...

[Robyn]

@pdulis Thanks Peter

[Saxa van Eijnsbergen]

Wow, how rewarding to find one in the wild and what a wonderful capture too!

[Catherine Pace]

fascinating creature

[Robyn]

@overalvandaan @gozoinklings Thank you

[Jo]

Fabulous shot and a fav.

[David Lee]

great quality work, so sharp and detailed

[Denise (lyndemc)]

What a picture! Your patience and perseverance paid off big time — he appears to actually be looking at the camera as his portrait is created.

[Bill Fenske]

Very cool image. I've never heard of them. Congrats on PP!

[Robyn]

@joeymc @leephotoofyork @lyndemc @bill_fe Thank you very much. I was very proud of this shot

[Debs Stott]

I do not know how I missed this - thank goodness I saw it on the TT! Congrats on that but more for this stunning shot.

[Danny G.]

Congrats on TT!

[Wendy Bowden]

magic capture, they are hard to get, shy little things

[Susan]

Congrats on making the top twenty! Well deserved!

[Julie Chapa]

Wonderful photo! Congrats on making TT!

[Chris Johnson]

Amazing details of those quills! A shot made for b&w as it really shows off those quills well!

[Annie D]

now this is a photo deserving of the TT - superb!!!!!!!!!!

[Gena Pegg]

Beautiful capture...congrats on TT!

[Catherine Pace]

well deserved tt

[Robyn]

@dibzgreasley @soboy5 @wenbow @susanalena @tjchapa @cjphoto @annied @gozoinklings Thank you so much

[Rachel]

Well done on your TT. Fabulous shot!

[Sandy]

I've never even heard of one of these. It looks like a very interesting creature. Wonderful capture and detail.

[David]

Fabulous capture! Fav!