Nikon 1 V3 Hodgepodge | Opossum with Babies Unless you get out and about at o’dark thirty or at least at first light, it’s not likely you’ll be seeing a site like this one. Male opossums are called jacks and females are called jills, while the young are joeys. It it possum or opossum? The term possum includes about 70 species of marsupials native to Australia. Opossum includes over 100 species of marsupials living in the Western Hemisphere.
The Back Story While visiting family and walking the dogs early one morning, this Opossum came running through the yard and across the road. I quickly took the dogs inside, grabbed the camera, and got back outside just in time to capture a few decent images. For information and images about using the Nikon 1 V3 for getting good images while hiking, see Nikon 1 V3 for Walkabout Wildlife. Note: I post an image everyday at hankconrad.com.
Details…
| Event | Walking the Dogs |
| Location | Lake County, Illinois |
| Date/Time | 6/07/2016 6:14am Local Time |
| Weather | Partly Cloudy | 56°F | Moderate Winds |
| Method | Quickly took dogs indoors, ran to get camera, back just in time to capture a few images. |
| Gear | Nikon 1 V3 with a 1 VR 30-110mm f/3.8-5.6 lens |
| Exposure | 110mm (297mm) f/6.3 1/200s 0ev 1600iso |
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