I need any/all helpful tips on photographing large crocodiles from a boat.....I know the angle makes things more difficult....but it is too dangerous to get to water level in order to get leveled pics....any suggestions? These crocs measure between 14 and 20 feet in length....will their size make the angle less noticeable? Thanks in advance- Brandon
Posted by bruce berman on March 8, 2007 at 9:35 PM
guess you need to catch them on the bank, so you would need a guide or or good info on locations
in water they're mostly submerged anyway so I think you would probably have to shoot at an angle down or see nothing much
did a tour on the Adelaide River near Darwin once, those croc's leap right out of the water to take baits (dead chooks) hung out from the side of the boat.
Perhaps some sort of bait to coak them into position
Terry uses his wife as bait for photo shoots apparently, perhaps you could try that, or perhaps I lack judgement.
Brandon, I wrote an article on this for the www.travelphotographers.net. Search the "articles" there. We did a Swamp boat tour and our guides would "kiss the gators". It was great to shoot. Good luck!
Posted by Richard Wong on March 9, 2007 at 1:43 AM
I took a swamp boat tour in the Louisiana bayou once and our guide picked up a gator by the neck. if i was a better photographer at the time then I could have gotten some nice photos from that. the rest were eitehr half submerged or on the shore in sketchy lighting. With a telephoto, i'm sure those shore shots perspective wouldn't be an issue.
I will have a private boat charter for the Corroboree Billabong from 10am until 4pm on August 5th, 2007 dedicated entirely to my getting shots (don't know how I managed to pull this off).....I spent only 30 minutes there last year and saw atleast 20 crocs.....but we were moving too quickly to get any really good shots. Thanks for all of your responses.....haha and I doubt anybody will pick a saltie up by the neck, slightly different situation than with the Alligator. I think this may just take a lot of practice.....hopefully 6hours is enough time.
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5 repliesin water they're mostly submerged anyway so I think you would probably have to shoot at an angle down or see nothing much
did a tour on the Adelaide River near Darwin once, those croc's leap right out of the water to take baits (dead chooks) hung out from the side of the boat.
Perhaps some sort of bait to coak them into position
Terry uses his wife as bait for photo shoots apparently, perhaps you could try that, or perhaps I lack judgement.
Rgds