This is an older photograph from a couple of year ago. Due to heavy rains the local State park was flooded and was full of gators. A big one had been out of the waters and taking Sun. I went as close as possible and got a ground level shot of it's head. Hindsight, it was a stupid decision but I lived, got my photograph and a story to tell.
Great shot! Or is that Great Scott!? Heh... I am afraid to ask what focal length lens, how many pixels did you start with and how much it was cropped... because I have a feeling the answer will make it even more scary.
Erictator wrote:
Great shot! Or is that Great Scott!? Heh... I am afraid to ask what focal length lens, how many pixels did you start with and how much it was cropped... because I have a feeling the answer will make it even more scary.
Nice work... now don't do that ever again!
Eric
Eric, thanks!
You are bang on the point. It was 500mm lens and I was about 25 feet from the gator. Just a tiny bit was cropped around the edges (may be less than 5%) to get the eyes leveled. The moment it started walking towards me, I jumped and ran. I know I am not going to repeat this feat, one of those times that we take stupid choices in life
morris wrote:
That's close Guy! I thought the one I had was close yet this is another dimension. Did you tickle it's nose?
Morris
... that's funny Morris. Had I tried, I'd have been it's meal. I was on the ground laying and was about 25 feet with a 500 mm lens, just focusing on the eyes and hence that perspective.
guywithgas wrote:
Dan, that is what exactly I meant when I said my decision could have been "stupid". I am not going to repeat that feat ever again
Sreedhar.
I will just convey a circumstance that happened to me on a business trip to Florida many MANY "moons" ago.
Another person and myself were having a sandwich on a picnic table near a small Florida pond on the premises.
My back was to the water. My friend was across from me but my body blocked his view behind me.
We heard a huge loud "hisssssss"..I turned and dam if there wasn't a gator, mouth open 10ft behind me. We froze!!!
It hissed again...I threw half of my "samich" right into his mouth, he chomped down turned around and went into the water.
Of course no camera, just needed a change of underware!
The next time we ate there we both faced the water!
Danpbphoto wrote:
I will just convey a circumstance that happened to me on a business trip to Florida many MANY "moons" ago.
Another person and myself were having a sandwich on a picnic table near a small Florida pond on the premises.
My back was to the water. My friend was across from me but my body blocked his view behind me.
We heard a huge loud "hisssssss"..I turned and dam if there wasn't a gator, mouth open 10ft behind me. We froze!!!
It hissed again...I threw half of my "samich" right into his mouth, he chomped down turned around and went into the water.
Of course no camera, just needed a change of underware!
The next time we ate there we both faced the water!
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