American Alligator

[Jude Haase]

Took this one yesterday chasing gators in the evening near home. Their finally starting to come out now that spring is here. Hope you guys like this one!

30D and 500F4 x 1.4x
F8
1/320
Shooting on a bean bag in a boat docked on the bank

[Alfred Forns]

It is a good looking gator !!! I like the framing and how you included the entire front leg Getting low made all the difference If anything would want some more room up front !!!

[Fabs Forns]

Very nice soft light and detail. A little tight for my taste, though.

[Robert Amoruso]

Jude,

I generally feel the out-of-water gator images don't look too good but you broke the mold here. Getting him up on the berm with a nice OOF BG and soft light makes this one a winner IMO. Great job.