Shooting with dragon300zx

Harryb · April 16, 2005

Hi you'll,

At the beginning of this month a dgrinner and a fine photographer dragon300zx(aka Gary) passed through my area so we hooked up and shot together at the Wetlands for a couple of hours. It was a lot of fun and Gary was a great guy to shoot with. I concentrated on my guide role but I snuck in a few pics.

one of the locals was glad to see Gary

the birds were not cooperative at all but we got in some shots as they flew in at the end of the day to roost.

jwear · April 16, 2005

great set but Harry you do not try to feed every one that shoots with you to the gators do ya ????

that's why andy does not come to fla he likes to eat not the other way around :cry JEFF

Andy · April 16, 2005

jwear wrote:

great set but Harry you do not try to feed every one that shoots with you to the gators do ya ???? that's why andy does not come to fla he likes to eat not the other way around :cry JEFF

that and i like to eat dinner at 7:30pm, not 3pm

bfjr · April 16, 2005

Hi Ya Harry
as always Pristine

So Sharp

Ya know that 1st one could kill ya

But that last one (great light & exp.

) is a Killer

Harryb · April 17, 2005

jwear wrote:

great set but Harry you do not try to feed every one that shoots with you to the gators do ya ???? that's why andy does not come to fla he likes to eat not the other way around :cry JEFF

Hey Jeff,

Thanks and not to worry about the gators. They always run away when they see a human, so far anyway.

Harryb · April 17, 2005

andy wrote:

that and i like to eat dinner at 7:30pm, not 3pm

I've known you to eat dinner at 3:00 PM, 5:00 PM and at 7:30 PM and all in the same day too.

Harryb · April 17, 2005

bfjr wrote:

Hi Ya Harry
as always Pristine So Sharp
Ya know that 1st one could kill ya
But that last one (great light & exp. ) is a Killer

Thanks Ben. Gators are pussycats BTW>

dragon300zx · April 18, 2005

The first two little gators I saw ran away from us right away. I will have to post some of my gator shots in the next couple of days. Great shots as always harry. Now I really want a long prime lense.

Steve Cavigliano · April 18, 2005

Very nice shots Harry

Sounds like you guys had fun too

That gator looks like he's thinking "Hmmm, fresh meat and he doesn't look as tough and stringy as that old dewd that's here every day" :lol4

You should hold a seminar down there. If the people still can't get good shots, after a day's worth of training, then they get fed to the gators :yikes Sort of a photographic version of Tough Love

Thanks for sharing and I hope Gary survived....lol

Steve

Harryb · April 18, 2005

dragon300zx wrote:

The first two little gators I saw ran away from us right away. I will have to post some of my gator shots in the next couple of days. Great shots as always harry. Now I really want a long prime lense.

Thanks Gary,

Those gators just don't trust us and who can blame them? I'm looking forward to seeing the rest of your gator shots.

A long prime is a good idea if you ant to get wildlife shots. Now all ihave to do is convince my wife that I need that 500/f4 lens.

Khaos · April 18, 2005

Cool gator, and as always, excellent BIFs. I really enjoy the lighting in the first BIF.

Harryb · April 19, 2005

Steve Cavigliano wrote:

Very nice shots Harry

Sounds like you guys had fun too That gator looks like he's thinking "Hmmm, fresh meat and he doesn't look as tough and stringy as that old dewd that's here every day"

You should hold a seminar down there. If the people still can't get good shots, after a day's worth of training, then they get fed to the gators Sort of a photographic version of Tough Love

Thanks for sharing and I hope Gary survived....lol

Steve

Hey Steve,

We had a fine time, I just wish we had more than a couple of hours. As for those gators they are harmless except for the pair that I've trained to attack white lenses.

Harryb · April 19, 2005

Khaos wrote:

Cool gator, and as always, excellent BIFs. I really enjoy the lighting in the first BIF.

Thanks, the lighting was very cool that afternoon. I love shooting right before dusk.

Ric Grupe · April 20, 2005

Harry...
This one:

...is really nice.

And, of course you know I like this one even more

.

KevinKal · April 20, 2005

Hi Harry...
Harry,

I really love this shot - I can't put my finger on why exactly: perhaps its the lighting or the mixture of sharp vs blur, but it's great. As for the gator, how big are the ones you see? I'd wager that the bigger they get, the less likely they are to run away!

Kevin K.

Harryb · April 20, 2005

Ric Grupe wrote:

This one:

...is really nice.

And, of course you know I like this one even more .

Thanks Ric. The first shot has 3 different types of egrets in it (Great White, Snowy and Cattle egrets). With all those egrets who wouldn't like it?

This was the first time I ever saw a gator with his nouth open (I think it liksd Gary) so i had to grab a shot.

Harryb · April 20, 2005

KevinKal wrote:

Harry,

I really love this shot - I can't put my finger on why exactly: perhaps its the lighting or the mixture of sharp vs blur, but it's great. As for the gator, how big are the ones you see? I'd wager that the bigger they get, the less likely they are to run away!

Kevin K.

Hey Kevin.

That's my favorite of the group too. It was right at dusk as all the egrets fly in to roost together for the night. The lighting was just fine that evening.

I've seen a couple of gators a lot larger than that fella in the wetlands. Its there mating season so they have been less likely to run away lately.

Kirwin · April 21, 2005

Great series Harry, but the gator shot was tops!!!

Harryb · April 21, 2005

Kirwin wrote:

Great series Harry, but the gator shot was tops!!!

Thanks Kerwin. It was nice to catch one that was awake.

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