Nile crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus, Crocodile du Nil).
Botswana, October 2011.
Crocodile – Botswana
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2 responses to “Crocodile – Botswana”
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Great shots, how were you able to get so close, was it a lens or were you really that close. The detail on their skin is beautiful.
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All these shots were done with my beloved Minolta APO G 400mm f/4.5 (a marvellous lens).
Actually, those are three different crocs. In all cases, this the result of several factors:
- A very good boat driver able to approach the animal with minimal perturbation
- Good choice of locations to ease the approach
- Excellent light: Very early morning or very late evening
- Some reasonable re-framing (the last two ones are actually part of the same RAW file)
- A little bit of patience
One additional element hidden here: I am not that good at shooting pictures, so I first shoot one “for the memory”, then I start thinking about light, focus, future framing in PS, exposure, etc. In this second phase I tend to burn memory card more quickly than most (trying, trying, trying again, varying my options on each shot).
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