captive alligators

[Hazel Grant]

Hi, these are a few of the captive alligators in a moat around the Crab Shack in Tybee Island. A fun place to have a rehearsal dinner for our son's wedding! These are not wild animals. they are bred for captive living.

concerning the reflection in the water....any suggestions to keep it from being a light blob in the middle of the photo? It was a cloudy day in a lot of shade because of trees.

1/100, f3.5, iso 800, 18 mm focal length

[Lance Peters]

Hi Hazel - a Polariser on the camera when you took the shot would have cut down the reflection on the water - You can probably achieve the same sort of effect in PP - Check the educational resources forum.
F3.5 probably was not enough DOF here - with F3.5 you generally use if for selective focus IE: to blur the BG out - didnt matter here, as a result image looks a tad soft. But I do see that your shutter speed was 1/100 th at 800 ISO - If allowed some fill flash might have been the answer here.

Your blacks are blocked in some area's - could have pushed the histogram a little further to the right maybe.

Keep em coming ;)

[Gus Cobos]

Hi Hazel,
Mr. Peters is right on the money with the techs. and good advise...keep them coming...:cool:

[Hazel Grant]

Thanks....I'm still learning. I need to get to that "quick thinking" point....hope it comes sometime:)

I do appreciate learning more.. Thanks.

[Alfred Forns]

Great advice and fully agree !!! One other thing I would do is crop out the top gators .. crop just below the tree !! You are making gators look good !! Excellent image !!