What’s Your Preference?

praline3001 · #1 (**permalink**) 06-01-2009, 12:33 PM

While photographing nature yesterday, we came across a little 5 foot gator. Isn't he cute?!

My husband wanted to get a close up shot of him .... he is such a trooper when it comes to photography LOL

Here he is just as the gator made a big splash and disapeared under the water.... Hubby tried to walk on water after that which I wish I would have taken a photo of LMAO

No gators or humans were hurt during the filming of this storyboard LOL

liverlipsyyz · #2 (**permalink**) 06-01-2009, 12:38 PM

wow, that's scary! great captures. couldn't you have gone in for a macro?

Fred flyfisher · #3 (**permalink**) 06-01-2009, 12:42 PM

Couldn't get the gator to smile eh? Scary... great captures though.

yorkiemom · #4 (**permalink**) 06-01-2009, 12:47 PM

Gosh, he's a trooper all right! Great shot though. Not sure about cute. We have them in every pond here in Florida; they can be a nuisance. Hope I'm not stepping on any toes putting this image in here, but this guy during mating season was trasping thru my yard. I used my 70-300; didn't want to get near him. He was keeping an eye on me.

Should have had your hubby here...he might have been braver than I was!

praline3001 · #5 (**permalink**) 06-01-2009, 12:48 PM

Not really scary when you know about gators. That size is just a wee baby. The only thing he can kill are cats, little dogs, birds and that kind of thing. He would not have been able to take down a full grown man.

Of course had he tried to attack hubby for getting too close, it would require a few stitches so when he went under Hubby got out of the water pretty darn fast! LOL

I kept to the shore and practiced with my telephoto lens hahahahaha
I put hubby in charge of the macro LOL

praline3001 · #6 (**permalink**) 06-01-2009, 12:50 PM

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Originally Posted by yorkiemom

Gosh, he's a trooper all right! Great shot though. Not sure about cute. We have them in every pond here in Florida; they can be a nuisance. Hope I'm not stepping on any toes putting this image in here, but this guy during mating season was trasping thru my yard. I used my 70-300; didn't want to get near him. He was keeping an eye on me.

Should have had your hubby here...he might have been braver than I was!

No toe stepping I promise! Great gator shot! Yours looks to be bigger than the one we saw. I am in southeast Louisiana so we see them sunning themselves all the time. That one was a nice surprise as I wasn't even looking at photographing gators yesterday.

yorkiemom · #7 (**permalink**) 06-01-2009, 01:28 PM

Yeah, that was a mere baby...but I still wouldn't be as brave as your husband! I don't think I would even have wanted to be in that murky water...yuck! LOL! Ours was probably 6-7 feet. Glad I had a long lens to take the shot because I wasn't getting any closer than I was.

praline3001 · #8 (**permalink**) 06-01-2009, 01:31 PM

I wish my photo would have come out more clear but I am still REALLY new and this was the first day I really practiced using my new telephoto lens. I see I get more blurr than I thought I would. I might have too shaky of hands so I am learning that using this lens I am going to have to use a tripod as I can't hold the camera steady enough

yorkiemom · #9 (**permalink**) 06-01-2009, 01:46 PM

I get you about the "shakiness". I have that problem too sometimes. I bought a monopod and it helps. And I don't have to worry about setting up those 3 legs and can carry it to more places. Hard to tell from you shots...but I don't see the blurriness.