Trust
by Maryse Jansen
Title
Trust
Artist
Maryse Jansen
Medium
Photograph - Photograph
Description
Young Koala sleeping in a tree. The branch it’s sitting on is so thin it makes you worry if it will hold! But this little one doesn’t seem worried at all, it has complete trust and surrenders to sleeping in the trees’ arms the way only a baby can in their mothers’ arms.
Koalas are completely weaned off their mothers when they are a year old. Koalas sleep most of the day, even these young ones. Their food, which consists only of certain types of Eucalyptus - or Gum Trees' leaves, is not very high in nutrients so it doesn’t give them a lot of energy.
They can be found in open woodlands in coastal areas of eastern and southern Australia. Koalas are marsupials and with their soft grey fur they have a high level of cuteness. They are an important icon for Australia. They are however a threatened species. The biggest threats are deforestation, disease, increased urbanization, cars and dogs, and of course many lost their lives and habitat during the bush fires of 2019-2020!
Taken in south east Queensland, Australlia.
Numbers of this beautiful animal are seriously declining and they have finally been listed as endangered in 2022. I am so grateful to live in an area where there are still a few and you can imagine how special it is each time I see one. I am so happy to be able to share my images with you. To help save this beautiful species I have decided that when you buy a print of one of my koala images, I will donate 50% of my proceeds to the Wildlife Warriors' Koala Conservation Project.
Thank you to the following groups on Fine Art America for featuring this image on their home page:
Animals 03-13-2021
Animal Photographs 03-14-2021
Art For The Love Of Art 03-16-2021
Marsupials 03-22-2021
Artwork Featuring Wildlife And The Great Outdoors 03-23-2021
A Woman's Touch 03-23-2021
Our 4-Legged Friends 03-27-2021
The Outdoor Photographer 03-30-2021
Fine Art America Professionals 03-31-2021
Exploration Photography 03-31-2021
10 Plus 04-05-2021
Wildlife One-A-Day 04-08-2021
What's New 04-09-2021
Five Star Artist 05-05-2021
animals, koala, joey, young animal, wildlife, mammals, marsupials, australian wildlife, wild koala, cute, grey, fluffy, fur, fauna, nature, sleeping, trust, surrender, tree, branch, thin, gum tree, queensland, australia, phascolarctos cinereus
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Comments (30)
Kathy M Krause
What an adorable capture, Maryse! Wonderful title and description! Congratulations on your well-deserved features! l/f
Morris Finkelstein
Fabulous close up photograph of an adorable young Koala sleeping in a tree! Congratulations on your sale! F/L
Jordan Hill
Congratulations on being featured in the FAA Group ‘The Outdoor Photographer' To ensure your feature remains available over time, post your featured images in the Group's 'Thanks for the Feature / photo archive
Mary Grden
Maryse, Congratulations on your Feature in "A Woman's Touch", what a cute little guy and a wonderful photograph!!!!:D
VIVA Anderson
Such a 'darling', this Koala, SO charming your photo!, congrats on your Feature at A Woman's Touch, 03/21......fv, VIVA