Gator up Close

[drr1531]

Well part of a gator. Eye of the serpent. Actual pixel crop(Tom Hogan's terminology)

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[Phil K]

Very detailed, and very scary.

 

[Allan]

I agree with Phil!

 

[Mike Buckley]

Great color, too!

 

[McQ]

Awesome closeup! These things are rightfully frightening.

 

[drr1531]

Very detailed, and very scary.

I think they eyes look downright sinister. I know that's personifying animals but still....

I agree with Phil!

Thanks for commenting, Allan.

Great color, too!

It is interesting considering that gators look so grey from a distance.

Awesome closeup! These things are rightfully frightening.

Thanks, Glenn. Just eating machines. And anything that breathes is a potential source of food

 

[warth man]

Impressive photograph. How big was this one?

 

[drr1531]

Impressive photograph. How big was this one?

Thanks, Ron. Kind of average youngster looking gator. I'd say five or six feet. Tried to get my bride to lay down beside it for frame of reference but she wouldn't do it. Silly girl

 

[NCV]

Il leave this subject to you to photograph, seeing you do it well.

 

[drr1531]

Il leave this subject to you to photograph, seeing you do it well.

Thanks for commenting, Nigel.

Something just occurred to me as I looked at this image again. With an elongated pupil rather than circular like mammals/birds, I wonder what a gator's view of the world looks like. Surely that shaped pupil must cast a different size/shape of image onto the retina.

 

[rh22]

Amazing shot. Hope that was a long lens!