It’s been a busy week in the Everglades with my workshop and a show this weekend in Venice. So I took today off (except for a sunrise and sunset shoot at the Venice Rookery) to get caught up on things. I got some time to look at some photos, here’s a few from the past week…
I guess you could call this “the gator” part II, but like most sequels I’m not sure it’s as good as the first. No dragonfly on the eye and this guy isn’t looking strait at me but It’s the closest I’ve come to recreating the effect since shooting the original about 10 years ago.
I kind of like the crop on this guy, now that I have my own mat cutter I’ll be able to do more fun crops for art shows instead of being tied to the wholesale bulk standard sizes I’ve been getting.
This photo isn’t the greatest photo ever, but I thought it is a great example of what I call “micro lighting” at places like Corkscrew. Just like cypress strands have a micro climate, they also have great little pockets of lighting so you can shoot all day at Corkscrew. This photo was taken at noon (12:10 to be exact) and it has some fairly nice lighting going on.
Let’s face it, babies are cute- even alligator babies.
The hunter (a great blue heron) is being hunted! This alligator was taking interest in the snowy egrets and other birds at the marsh trail. I saw him stalking but he was never successful. I think birds are a tough catch for a gator.
A tri-colored heron does his distinctive dance across the water in search of a meal. Every species has it’s own hunting techniques. The great blue heron stands still for hours and waits, the snowy egret flies over the surface catching in mid flight and the tri-colored heron does a crazy dance running around sometimes flailing their wings around too.
