Theme- Textures- Thunder Thighs

[Amol Khedgikar]

Taken During my work in the Everglades National Park. I was fortunate to have an opportunity to work with this super mom... One of the most successful gator moms I have seen in the wild. extremely tolerant of me in presence of her kids.... :) ( Back then I had just begun with photography so the techs are useless... )




REbel XTi+ sigma 50-500 @400mm, ISO 400, 1/125,

Almost full frame. Cropped a baby head out from the bottom. Pretty much as shot. Deliberately over sharpened to highlight the texture of the skin.

Hope you all like it.

[Diane Miller]

Love it!! You are braver than I am!

I wonder how an alternate version would compare with the OOF grasses along the top blurred more (or a lot). Looks like it might not be that difficult to make a cutout along the gator's back. I love the level of detail and soft colors at the bottom edge and don't want anything to compete with it or the gator itself.

[Cheryl Slechta]

Hi, Amol, great textures! I think I'd be tempted to crop the grasses out completely and just have an abstract alligator leg I posted one similar to this several year's ago - I love their back legs.

[Judy Howle]

I really like it but agree with the others about the grass at the top which competes with the gator. I also like to shoot gators at a nearby national wildlife refuge in Northeast Mississippi.

[Christopher Miller]

Very nice texture, Amol! Makes an excellent abstract image. Personally I would leave the grass on top because I like the current composition and to crop them out would change that. I agree with Diane's suggestion to blur them though. Nice work.

[Nancy Bell]

Lots of good advice already on different ways you can go with this. Great 'gator texture and good title !

[Jackie Schuknecht]

Great crop, very bold! I love the skin texture. Very prehistoric looking.

[Anita Bower]

Congratulations in placing first in the Texture theme.