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What Big Teeth

by Ken Watkins

Gallery: WildlifePosted October 11, 2013131 views6 comments
Crocodiles were making the most of an Elephant carcass floating in the Chobe River, Chobe National Park, Botswana.
Taken from a drifting boat
EOS 1DX
200-400 mm F4 at 394 mm
F8
ISO 800
1/2000

Comments

6 comments
Comment posted by Ralph Kerr on October 11, 2013 at 9:06 AM
Nice, sharp image of the croc, with great detail visible in the larger image. The blue of the water sets off the croc well. The croc is centered in the image, but is OK with me since you composed it to include part of the floating carcass to complete the story. I am wondering how many crocs were around you as you floated by???
Registered on January 30, 2007, 369 Posts, 852 Comments
Comment posted by James Blue on October 11, 2013 at 12:22 PM
Yikes, very sharp image and teeth, and I do prefer rotting carcass's to be OOF.

Jim
Registered on June 16, 2013, 16 Posts, 144 Comments
Comment posted by Gary Gulash on October 11, 2013 at 8:55 PM
Very scary looking green head poking above the water. Great realism and accurate sharp details; I can readily see 17 teeth on the top and 16 on the bottom for a total of at least 66 teeth.
Registered on January 28, 2005, 879 Posts, 12098 Comments
Comment posted by Stan Rose on October 11, 2013 at 9:57 PM
Cool! IMHO--the carcass is a bad idea here. The croc is elegant, the carcass just a distraction, and no one will know what it is sans your explanation. . Id crop the bottom 1/4, clone out the rest.
Registered on September 15, 2005, 836 Posts, 17099 Comments
Comment posted by Ken Watkins on October 12, 2013 at 1:26 AM
Thanks every body, I was also thinking of eliminating the carcass by cropping.

Hard to say how many crocs as they pop up and down but I would guess about 5.
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Comment posted by Lon Sharp on October 13, 2013 at 11:55 AM
He looks light he just got back from a dentists polishing! :biggrin: Detail is excellent. The carcass would be perplexing without your narrative.
Registered on December 9, 2007, 258 Posts, 9892 Comments