Florida Gator

Daver2112Daver2112 Registered Users Posts: 157 Major grins
edited April 6, 2009 in Other Cool Shots
This shot was taken at Wakodahatchee Wetland Preserve in Delray Beach, Florida.

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  • PantherPanther Registered Users Posts: 3,658 Major grins
    edited April 5, 2009
    Howdy,

    I really like the toning and details of this one.

    Also, seeing the details under the water is a good touch.
    Take care,

    Craig

    Burleson, Texas
  • Chile ChefChile Chef Registered Users Posts: 473 Major grins
    edited April 5, 2009
    I really like this photo.

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  • AzzaroAzzaro Registered Users Posts: 5,643 Major grins
    edited April 5, 2009
    That is a great shotclap.gif azzaro
  • kscottkscott Registered Users Posts: 72 Big grins
    edited April 5, 2009
    I hope you didn't lose anything like a foot or a couple of toes.......great shot..:D
    kscott
  • amg2833amg2833 Registered Users Posts: 155 Major grins
    edited April 5, 2009
    Great shot. The detail in the scales is fantastic.
    I sure hope you had a looonnngggg lens for this one.
    ANTHONY :thumb
    [AMG]photos

    [Yashica Lynx 14E | Canon 30D | Tamron 17-50 f/2.8 | 540ez | Cactus V4s]


  • TonyCooperTonyCooper Registered Users Posts: 2,276 Major grins
    edited April 6, 2009
    Gators are more difficult to shoot than others might imagine. A couple of Fridays ago my son and I spent four hours on the Econolatchee (near Orlando) in a canoe. I was trying to get a good shot of a gator on the bank. We saw several, but they sensed us early enough to slip into the water long before they were in 200mm range.

    What is always surprising is how quickly they move. They look big and clumsy, but their zero-to-sixty speed is awesome.
    Tony Cooper - Orlando, Florida
    http://tonycooper.smugmug.com/
  • Chile ChefChile Chef Registered Users Posts: 473 Major grins
    edited April 6, 2009
    Hey Tony, I'm not trying to thread jack the original Op's thread but here's some gators I've took during the Florida gator farm in Saint Augustine.

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  • DaddyODaddyO Registered Users Posts: 4,466 Major grins
    edited April 6, 2009
    Panther wrote:
    Howdy,

    I really like the toning and details of this one.

    Also, seeing the details under the water is a good touch.
    15524779-Ti.gif Very nice.
    Michael
  • SkippySkippy Registered Users Posts: 12,075 Major grins
    edited April 6, 2009
    Daver2112 wrote:
    This shot was taken at Wakodahatchee Wetland Preserve in Delray Beach, Florida.


    Awwww now how could you not want one in your fish pond rolleyes1.gif
    "never smile at a crocodile" or gator hehehe!
    ( I still remember that song)

    Great shot, you can see why people get a fright as to the size of these things when they get out of the water, there is so much you cannot see when they are almost completely submerged.

    Sharp as clap.gifthumb.gif Very Cool Shot .... Skippy :D
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