Black Point Alligator

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This alligator had hauled out on this little island along the Black Point Drive at Merritt Island NWR in Florida. There were a lot of OOF leaves around the edges that had to be negotiated to get a decent image.

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Direction of Alligator? Crop? Foliage? Any comments or suggestions are welcomed. Thanks for taking a look.

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Canon 5DMiii, f7.1, 1/640 sec, iso 400, 100-400/1.4 TC at 264 mm.

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Hi Ed, I like seeing the backside of this gator with all the ridges present. Nice to include the sawtooth tail also - another point of interest. Given that, I really don’t mind that the gator is facing away from us in the image. An interesting perspective.

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Thank you much @Allen_Sparks. Ed

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