Wildlife IOTW 6/18/2010 Phil Ertel

[Alfred Forns]

Congratulations Phil Ertel
Flower and Crocodile

This image was created on June 6th at Gatorland in Orlando Florida during a workshop conducted by Robert Amoruso. The flower resting on the snout of the crocodile catch my attention. I liked the contrast between the soft delicate flower and the hardness of the crocodile. Thanks for taking the time to view the image and of course any comments / suggestions will be greatly appreciated.

Camera: Canon 50D
Lens: EF70-200 mm f/2.8 IS USM +1.4
Focal Length: 235 mm
Subject Distance: 2,1 m
Metering Mode: Evaluative
Exposure Mode: Manual
f-stop 4.0
Shutter Speed 1/1250
ISO 400
Flash: Did not fire

[Harold Davis]

big congrats, phil! so different and really neat!!!

[Steve Kaluski]

Very pleased this made the grade, nice to see something different. Well seen Phil, congrats on this one.

Steve

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Congratulations, Phil! Very interesting composition.

[Harshad Barve]

Congratulations Phil

[Phil Ertel]

Thanks everyone for your kinds words. I appreciate them very much!

[Morkel Erasmus]

knew this was a strong contender, congrats Phil!!

[Fabs Forns]

Awesome, I had to read to see what it was, since I couldn't find the eyes. Very clever, Phil, congrats!

[Hilary Hann]

Well done Phil, well deserved for this image.

[Jackie Schuknecht]

Congratulations Phil, very different and the flower makes it way cool. :)

[Vida van der Walt]

Congrats Phil! Ditto something different and love the tiny flower.:)

[Steve Berkowitz]

Just saw this - wow. Well done, so different and creative. Steve

[arash_hazeghi]

love the composition :) congrats

[Juan Carlos Vindas]

Well seen! congratulations.

[Thomas Herou]

Fantastic!
I agree abaot the little flower as a contrast.

[Thomas Herou]

Fantastic!
I agree about the little flower as a contrast.

[Garry Gibson]

You stole my picture Phil!!!

lol no actually I tried to steal yours, but the one I took is not nearly as good as this one.

Congratulations its a great shot!