Winning Smiles . . .

PGMPGM Registered Users Posts: 2,007 Major grins
edited March 19, 2013 in Wildlife
in faces only a mother could love. :lust
Comments and suggestions welcome and appreciated!

Best, Pam

1) Sunny afternoon on the banks of a lagoon.

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2) Just for fun. Not the ideal depth of field, I'd have to say! I thought he looked like he was smiling, but my husband said he is just getting ready to snap your finger off.

2013-0316_Avery_Island_PM-5B-L.jpg

Comments

  • wave01wave01 Registered Users Posts: 204 Major grins
    edited March 17, 2013
    two very nice shots but i just love that 'gator
  • joshhuntnmjoshhuntnm Registered Users Posts: 1,924 Major grins
    edited March 17, 2013
    that first one is scarry!
    Josh
    Las Cruces Photographer / Las Cruces Wedding Photographer
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  • EaracheEarache Registered Users Posts: 3,533 Major grins
    edited March 17, 2013
    #1 is awesome! thumb.gif
    You'd smile too, if you had been around for 37 million years!
    Eric ~ Smugmug
  • AceCo55AceCo55 Registered Users Posts: 950 Major grins
    edited March 18, 2013
    The detail and clarity in #1 is awesome!
    My opinion does not necessarily make it true. What you do with my opinion is entirely up to you.
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  • TazZTazZ Registered Users Posts: 52 Big grins
    edited March 18, 2013
    I like both
  • HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
    edited March 18, 2013
    Two excellent captures Pam.
    Harry
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    How many photographers does it take to change a light bulb? 50. One to change the bulb, and forty-nine to say, "I could have done that better!"
  • PGMPGM Registered Users Posts: 2,007 Major grins
    edited March 18, 2013
    wave01 wrote: »
    two very nice shots but i just love that 'gator

    Thanks so much for your kind comments! Best, Pam
  • PGMPGM Registered Users Posts: 2,007 Major grins
    edited March 18, 2013
    joshhuntnm wrote: »
    that first one is scarry!

    Josh, I feel the same way, although Harry tells me the smaller ones are fairly harmless. Family lore out here has it that one alligator ate a pony decades ago, and for sure a really small one bit one of my husband's friends' hands (when they were bullet proof in college, and the friend stuck his fist toward the alligator's mouth) and it took four friends to get it out. So I prefer photographing them from inside my car with a 500mm lens! City girl, I guess! Best, Pam :D
  • PGMPGM Registered Users Posts: 2,007 Major grins
    edited March 18, 2013
    Earache wrote: »
    #1 is awesome! thumb.gif
    You'd smile too, if you had been around for 37 million years!

    Thanks, Eric! You're right, too . . . I would be smiling! Best, Pam
  • PGMPGM Registered Users Posts: 2,007 Major grins
    edited March 18, 2013
    AceCo55 wrote: »
    The detail and clarity in #1 is awesome!

    Thank you! I appreciate your compliment! Best, Pam
  • PGMPGM Registered Users Posts: 2,007 Major grins
    edited March 18, 2013
    TazZ wrote: »
    I like both

    Thanks so much, Tazz! Best, Pam
  • PGMPGM Registered Users Posts: 2,007 Major grins
    edited March 18, 2013
    Harryb wrote: »
    Two excellent captures Pam.

    Thanks very much, Harry! I'm glad you're back from your trip. It's more fun when you are around. Best, Pam
  • PeterBirdPeterBird Registered Users Posts: 84 Big grins
    edited March 19, 2013
    Both excellent pictures! The second one does seem like a smile.
    Peter
  • D'BuggsD'Buggs Registered Users Posts: 958 Major grins
    edited March 19, 2013
    I have a reptilian fondness.
    It's been there since I was 5 and I'm now knocking on 50's door.

    Call it; something I was born with, I quess.


    Awesome captures.
  • Dennis KaczorDennis Kaczor Registered Users Posts: 2,413 Major grins
    edited March 19, 2013
    Two great captures Pam. I like the nice deatils in #1, and like the smile look that you got in the second shot.
    Regards - Dennis

    Dennis Kaczor Photography
  • PGMPGM Registered Users Posts: 2,007 Major grins
    edited March 19, 2013
    D'Buggs wrote: »
    I have a reptilian fondness.
    It's been there since I was 5 and I'm now knocking on 50's door.

    Call it; something I was born with, I quess.


    Awesome captures.

    Thank you!
  • PGMPGM Registered Users Posts: 2,007 Major grins
    edited March 19, 2013
    Dennis Kaczor wrote: »
    Two great captures Pam. I like the nice deatils in #1, and like the smile look that you got in the second shot.

    Thank you , Dennis! I guess the turtle was smiling because he was thinking of biting my finger off, except there was a 500mm lens between him and me!

    Best, Pam
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