Birds, Butterflies, and an Alligator

[jprzybyla]

These are captures from the last week. Now that the weather is cooler and more birds are in the marshes Dottie and I are getting out more. C&C welcomed and appreciated. Thank you for viewing.

Male and Female Boat-tailed Grackles

Male



Female



Wood Stork



Belted Kingfisher

#1



#2



Anhinga



White Peacock Butterfly



Long-tailed Skipper Butterfly



American Alligator... this one was huge, more than 12 feet. Probably more than 50 years old.

[tamccain]

why didn't you get closer to that alligator? LOL j/k nice shots

[deetheturk]

Fantastic images Joe!

[Brownbear]

Wonderful images, as always! I love the pose of the Anhinga... My favourites are the female Grackle, #2 (Kingfisher.. everywhere these days), the peacock butterfly (love the background and DOF) and the alligator for the environment and detail... beautifully photographed. Female Grackle is stunning.

Signing off before I change my mind about my favourites.

[Bobobird]

Great images Joe.

[jprzybyla]

[QUOTE=tamccain;347230]why didn't you get closer to that alligator? LOL j/k nice shots[/QUOTE

Hello Tim, thank you for viewing and commenting. Get closer... do you know how fast these guys can move in the summer when warm... faster than this seventy year old can run. I used my 450mm to the maximum.

[jprzybyla]

Fantastic images Joe!

Thank you David, very much appreciated.

[jprzybyla]

Wonderful images, as always! I love the pose of the Anhinga... My favourites are the female Grackle, #2 (Kingfisher.. everywhere these days), the peacock butterfly (love the background and DOF) and the alligator for the environment and detail... beautifully photographed. Female Grackle is stunning.

Signing off before I change my mind about my favourites.

Hello Christina, thank you for viewing and commenting. your comments and suggestions are always appreciated.

[jprzybyla]

Great images Joe.

Thanks Bobo, very much appreciated.

[Otavio]

Hi, Joe. Very nice series. All nicely captured and PP'ed. The female Boat-tailed Grackle is a "print and hang" image, IMHO.

Thanks for sharing.

[Wavelength]

They are all excellent images

[jprzybyla]

Hi, Joe. Very nice series. All nicely captured and PP'ed. The female Boat-tailed Grackle is a "print and hang" image, IMHO.

Thanks for sharing.

Thanks Otavio, I appreciate you taking time to view and comment. I shall consider you suggestion regarding printing and hanging.

[jprzybyla]

They are all excellent images

Hello Nandakumar, thank you... very much appreciated.

[TonyW]

These images are amazing. Why is it that whenever I try to photograph birds like that they hide behind bushes, turn their backs or fly off like World War 1 fighter pilots trying to dodge bullets?

I would be interested to know how much post processing was done to the backgrounds.