'Gator - wild

[Stan]

At the Ding Darling reserve on Sanibel Island, we had got out of the car and were taking shots of a butterfly in the bushes along the edge of one of the lakes when Dee said "look just there" - I thought she was talking about the butterflies and said "where, cant see any more" to which she replied "just there in front of you" and about 3 metres away at the waters edge was an alligator relaxing in the sunshine. With the 300 f4 on the camera, I was much too close for even a head shot never mind his full length, so I went back to the car and grabbed the 100 macro - still too close, so ended up with this shot using my 40 f2.8 STM

Although we saw many wonderful birds over the 2 weeks being up so close to this super animal was the real highlight of the trip

Stan

1/320, f8, ISO 400, 40mm

[Tigger]

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I think you should have got much closer ...

but well done Stan

[the black fox]

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Having seen how quick those things can move a few years ago Stan ,your a braver man than me ,good pic

[tesarver]

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A close up of the teeth would of been nice Stan. Nicely taken

Tom

[Stan]

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Cheers guys

I think you should have got much closer

here is the full frame head shot, using the EF 100 f2.8 macro. - I would have liked to do some gardening to remove the vegetation obscuring the mouth but Dee forbade me to go any nearer and anyway had left the scissors in the condo

A close up of the teeth would of been nice Stan

got some of those as well Tom but not this particular gator - saw some at another reserve and also this one again later in the week

stan

[Tigger]

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I would have liked to do some gardening to remove the vegetation obscuring the mouth but Dee forbade me to go any nearer and anyway had left the scissors in the condo

LOL ...

[Stan]

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Cheers

Stan

[Stan]

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One more from this encounter when he stretched out his tail making him look even longer

stan

[Muscat]

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Great animal there Stan, I wouldn't have got any closer either with or without the scissors

[Stan]

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Cheers Ian

Stan

[Bill53]

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I would have been happy with just a heavy crop!

Bill.

[Stan]

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Cheers Bill

I would have been happy with just a heavy crop

me too - an animal that most are never likely to catch sight of let alone photograph

stan