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Photographer’s Note

This crocodile farm is about 5 km from Medan, a city of 2-3 million, on the the east coast of northern Sumatra. The same species of crocodile as found in Northern Australia, PNG & the Solomon Islands, is also found throughout South East Asia, including Indonesia.

Please see WORKSHOP, to see what the crocodiles were fed for lunch. My apologies to all the animal rights activists. I decided to use my 300mm zoom lens for this one!

Guenther, PixelTerror, jrj, elihesamian, aloyho, supereira, jhm, Fixfocus, PLD_images has marked this note useful

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bantonbuju (48796) 2005-04-13 3:55

wow, chris - this is a kind of scary, and seeing it right in the morning - brrrr!
nice REPETITION :-)))
but i'd rather never meet those guys!
have a nice day, jerzy

Guenther (6859) 2005-04-13 3:57

Wow, Chris, quite a drammatic shot, especially the workshop! It reminds me of a holiday in Australia years ago where I saw similar scenes ... Thanks for sharing!

PixelTerror (86957) 2005-04-13 4:00

Hi Chris,
Hope you've been there with a good tele (500mm and above) ;-))
Good view with a biting potential and a learning dimension as well as I did not know such crocs can be found in Indonesia, are they related to their NT cousins ?
Have a nice day,
Jean-Yves

jrj (34779) 2005-04-13 4:28

Scary guys all assembled for a little chicken lunch then...
Good capture and details of the gang..

elihesamian (26091) 2005-04-13 4:29

Oh!
dangerous shot!
But I must stay and write!:o)
Your dangerous POV is great,good use of 300mm zoom:)for it,it resulted that this kind of telezooms culd be a safety equipment in photography,too:)!!!
great texture of their skin,a good depth and very well captured,Chris,and compositio of them well worked.

oh No,your WS !...
I must go Chris!

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naxius (16679) 2005-04-13 4:59

Hello Chris,
apparently, regarding the lens you used (28mm) you are pretty close to them!! You are brave my friend ;o
Very impressive photo...
Alexandre

aloyho (6109) 2005-04-13 5:17

Hi Chris,
Nice patterns and textures. The details are great. It would be more dramatic if you are lucky to have one with its mouth wide open - ready to snap! Nice capture! Menarik sekali. Regards.

Zepi (22848) 2005-04-13 5:38

HELLO CHRIS,
OH,j'espère que tu étais à 300 mm !
J’aimerais pas trop prendre un bain avec ces petites bêtes !
Impressionnant cette image
Beau travail !
Amicalement
Sébastien

supereira (9576) 2005-04-13 5:44

Good composition and point of view.Good textures,light and sharpness.I like the colors and contrasts.Good dangerous shot!Good job!

jhm (83446) 2005-04-13 8:16

Hi Chris,
This crocodile farm with this extraordinareally animals, the crocodiles have great detailed, I like more of this than the W/S.
Thanks,
John.

RGatward (19751) 2005-04-13 8:24

A good snap of these chaps. Interesting semi-abstract graphic effect. Maybe the shallow DoF detracts from that a bit, but I guess that's what you get on 300mm, and I wouldn't want it any shorter for that.

Kenny10pin (19301) 2005-04-13 12:38

interesting subjects, very snappy indeed, I would like to be inside one of these inclosures, welll shot indeed

weswang (18223) 2005-04-13 12:47

Hi Chris, This is a scary scene, I think. I believe your 300mm is good enough to keep yourself distance away from these creatures. After seeing they eat lunch, I guess those crocodiles are raised to be someone’s lunch.
You have done a great job to clearly capture the group of crocodile.

nwoehnl (120) 2005-04-13 14:29

Good use of repetition in this assembly of the crocs, Chris. The patterns of their shells are well utilized for the compo. That's definitely a scene you want to shoot at 300 mm.

greg64g (11193) 2005-04-13 14:56

Hello Chris

I am very scared...i think the 300mm is a better idea than a 50mm ;-)
i like the picture of animals,i often hesitate to post some here, but finally they make learn about earth.
cheers
greg

avigur_11 (21307) 2005-04-13 16:23

It is really a good idea to use a 30omm zoom lens in this place, Chris. A scary puzzle of these monsters. From the thumbnail it's hard to say if they are crocs or snakes, but the image breakes the doubts.
It's better to be far during their lunch.

Fixfocus (9377) 2005-04-13 19:26

Well chosen lens for this scene,Chris!
Good compo with a nice graphic effect,excellent sharpness and saturation.
Well done!

PLD_images (7143) 2005-04-14 7:09

Hi Chris,

Well I prefere this one to the workshop, but the WS is interesting to look at. I am really not a big fan of crocodiles, actually dont tell anyone, but they kind od give me the freaks... I am really glad that they dont appreciate the cold.
Really good shot with all those fat beats in the frame. Good warm colors that dont really go with the subject.

anakin (2775) 2005-04-14 15:05

Wooowwww really good capture, lovey shot....
superb angle superb perspective, great work
well done
saludos