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[midwestdvr]

Views as I was leaving the island. Didn't take a lot of indoor shots as I've taken many of them.

Guard tower silhouette....

Marin headlands silhouette (I played around with hue/saturation)....

Overall, I wasn't too impressed with the tour. Some of the areas accessible during the day was closed off. I also didn't like being herded in a large group for the first 30-45 minutes of the trip. I really should have gone anytime from late fall to early spring due to the time of the sunsets.

 

[Fastmarc]

Nice series. Really love that guard tower shot.

 

[louisianadiver]

Well, here's something that's never happened to me before. I was trying to get some close shots of an alligator "mouth-gaping" (they do it to stay cool) yesterday, and the danged thing went full-blast right for me. I was on my knees with a camera on a tripod. I was able to get myself and the camera out of the way in time, reset and get a few shots, but it definitely made me think about getting too close to big animals. -Clay

 

[Jcsgt]

Holy crap, Clay! I'm amazed you were able to get anything in focus, under the circumstances. I think focusing on the teeth was appropriate.

Glad you weren't hurt.

 

[crazyTomato]

Holy mackerel, those are some of the cleanest teeth I've ever seen! Even trumps some homo sapien's teeth that I've seen. At least that alligator doesn't need a dentist.

 

[SCheckman]

WOW! Let me say that again WOW!!! I'm impressed you got anything at all! Maybe you need to change your name to Capt. Hook?
Sheryl

 

[Jamdiver]

@ larry: cool flower photos.

@ jam: what's the background on that droplets photo?

April issue of National geographic magazine .

 

[Jamdiver]

Well, here's something that's never happened to me before. I was trying to get some close shots of an alligator "mouth-gaping" (they do it to stay cool) yesterday, and the danged thing went full-blast right for me. I was on my knees with a camera on a tripod. I was able to get myself and the camera out of the way in time, reset and get a few shots, but it definitely made me think about getting too close to big animals. -Clay

Great shot Clay, wonderful use of DOF....... :14:

 

[under water]

There are some fantastic photos in this thread.
My humble contributions from a trip to St Croix last July.
I am using a Canon S2IS and I haven't really been able to get the 'sharpness' that I would like.
Isn't nature wonderful!

 

[ThatsSomeBadHatHarry]

Well, here's something that's never happened to me before. I was trying to get some close shots of an alligator "mouth-gaping" (they do it to stay cool) yesterday, and the danged thing went full-blast right for me. I was on my knees with a camera on a tripod. I was able to get myself and the camera out of the way in time, reset and get a few shots, but it definitely made me think about getting too close to big animals. -Clay

That must have been humbling. Those are really great shots. You can see the sensory pits on it's "lips" wonderfully.

Frank, that anole's got style.