Spectacled Caiman

Gallery: WildlifePosted November 23, 201056 views3 comments

Canon Rebel XSi
Canon 75-300mm
No Flash
1/160 sec.
f/8
ISO 800
Handheld, man. focus, man. exposure

Photographed this lurking Spectacled Caiman in the dark canals of Tortuguero National Park, Costa Rica. Didn't notice the fly until post-processing!

Cheers!
Kyle

Comments

3 comments

Comment posted by Brad Hill on November 24, 2010 at 9:45 AM

Hi Kyle,

Interesting shot - nice colour palette and great eye! Compositionally I find these type of swimming images tough (I have many similar shots, albeit with a bear swimming in them) - I'm thinking that I'd prefer the caiman a little lower in the frame (via re-cropping if you have the pixels), but this is a bit of a guess. I don't know the shooting conditions, but think that if it was in any way possible (and it likely wasn't) to get a lower angle the image would have been strengthened even more.

Cheers...thanks for sharing this one...

Brad

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Comment posted by Wayne Willison on December 2, 2010 at 6:07 PM

Nicely done environmental image of the Caiman. I'd like to see more of them, so post them if you got 'em.

Registered on April 10, 2009, 292 Posts, 3967 Comments

Comment posted by Kyle Horner on December 3, 2010 at 5:56 PM

Thanks for the comments! Unfortunately this was taken on a boat tour and we didn't stop for long, so there are few images of this guy

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For me, I would definitely prefer a lower angle, but the boat scenario is quite limiting. This image is full-frame, but I'll have a go at cropping a little and see what I can manage.

Cheers!
Kyle

Registered on November 15, 2010, 15 Posts, 28 Comments