Moonlit Gator
Feb 8, 2012 22:45:14 #
I was walking into the marsh during the Gator Mating Season and saw this gator watching me walk by. The moon was full but he wasn't in the light. I didn't want to use a flash and run him off. I set up the tripod and waited on him to swim into the light. About 15 minutes later he started moving and actuly stopped right in the beam of light from the moon. He let me take about 10 shots before he went under. this is a 3 Raw shot HDR [Photomatix] Shot with a Canon 5D and a Canon 24/105 lens @ ISO 200 - 1/30 th second - F8 & 1 stop under and 1 stop over.
Yeah, I see you
Feb 8, 2012 22:46:47 #
Feb 8, 2012 22:52:02 #
Very nice. I don't know as I would want to be sitting in the dark trying to get this shot though.
Feb 8, 2012 23:09:56 #
Country's Mama wrote:
Very nice. I don't know as I would want to be sitting in the dark trying to get this shot though.
I wasn't real crazy about it myself. I couldn't get anyone to go with me that morning either. I was hoping to get one of the big bull gators doing the vibration thing but it didn't happen. This is from a different angle. Another HDR also.. That's about all I got of him before he was gone.
8 Footer in the Moonlight
Feb 8, 2012 23:39:00 #
rballard29
Loc: Albuquerque, NM
Great photos. Also shows why one should not walk around the marsh in the dark. Wonder what else sitting in the dark watching you.
Feb 9, 2012 00:00:38 #
What you did, and how you did it with patience, experience and talent, is what puts you in a higher league than many of us. This, I predict, will become added to your all-time favorites list, and would be a contender in many contests. It is outstanding.
Feb 9, 2012 00:40:14 #
Yes they are both on my favorites. If for nothing else but how hard it was to make the shots. Very fast shooting and to get it to come out like I saw it in my mind. thanks.
Feb 9, 2012 06:59:32 #
Feb 9, 2012 07:06:13 #
Very good shot. I'm glad you joined the forum. Your posts are some of the ones that I look for now.
Feb 9, 2012 07:09:19 #
mollymolly wrote:
Very good shot. I'm glad you joined the forum. Your posts are some of the ones that I look for now.
Thank You.
Feb 9, 2012 07:17:10 #
irrigator wrote:
I was walking into the marsh during the Gator Mati... (show quote)
Most excellent eerie-gator irrigator! Your patience paid off.
Feb 9, 2012 07:31:39 #
A little spooky to get but well worth the effort, wonderful image.
Feb 9, 2012 09:24:25 #
irrigator wrote:
Yes they are both on my favorites. If for nothing else but how hard it was to make the shots. Very fast shooting and to get it to come out like I saw it in my mind. thanks.
That is the part I struggle with seeing it in my mind before I take the picture. Hopefully that talent will come with time.
I am enjoying all of your photography, and maybe learning something in the process.
Feb 9, 2012 10:51:36 #
wonderful pics ! great composition, beautiful exposure.
So glad you shared those....
So glad you shared those....
Feb 9, 2012 11:07:04 #
Talent,patience and bravery.You are among the masters.I love how you slowly add new photos,delayed gratification.Jen.
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