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My favorite Alligator
He is about 7 foot long, a big one! WHen I pull up beside his pond he jumped into the water and swam rapidly over to see me...so fast that I took that last picture and backed out onto the road! In my reveiw mirror I saw he came right out of the water and was looking for me. I am positive someone has been feeding him..that is not legal and sure not safe! I never feed him but do enjoy watching him....carefully!
Ther is quite a lot of brush and tall grass at the edge of the pond that has left shadows in front of the gator..but I kind of like that as it shows him the way I see him. Shirley
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scary! were you behind a fence or in with them?
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Thats one thing i loved about FLA, all the Alligators roaming around 
Going through Seminole on the air boats, lots of them there, just a shame i had such a poor quality camera when we went there, lots of the images did not come out well.
Nice capture Shirley
Going through Seminole on the air boats, lots of them there, just a shame i had such a poor quality camera when we went there, lots of the images did not come out well.Nice capture Shirley
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I like the first a lot - I like that he's behind grasses, it gives an almost voyeuristic feel. I think I've discovered your problem with the noise - if you're using a compact camera, and you're going into your digital zoom? It can make images look very noisy afterwards. Try to keep only to your optical zoom if you can - perhaps even crop a bit closer
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That's something you don't see walking about London!!Thanks for sharing.... and please be careful
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Just one word Shirley, Wow.
Just make sure your not on the menu
Just make sure your not on the menu
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Agree with Ken - you might be the alligators fave too... meal! 
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good capture, but i agree with Ken and Azz, be careful, not to get too close to this guy
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Well done. Scary stuff but as the others have said - it must be great to be able to photograph these guys.
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