Last year, Sung wrote about the bats in the bamboo stands next to Cardamom County. I’ve always been aware of their presence, but I always lacked the equipment to get a closer look, and even more prominently lacked the equipment to photograph them. This year, my arsenal remains limited, but I have one more telephoto lens than I did previously. From the restaurant’s roof on a sunny day, I’m less than 20 meters away from well-lit subjects. On a windy sunny day, the subjects are generally stirring, as mentioned by Sung – the ideal time to photograph them. 

The weather lately has been quite conducive to this particular activity, and it’s fortunately possible to do casually. I generally just walk out onto the roof or street and look up – they’re not too hard to find.

Also fortunate is the fact that these bats are gregarious – they love each other’s company. When you find one, you find many, and there’s plenty of them to shoot.