Trouble On Gator Island

Hi Scott

Nice macro result with a plastic alligator toy. Is the mantis made in plastic? Good work!! See my Brazilian Eagle. Congratulations. Roldao

Jim - Not sure what you mean.  To be totally honest, everything but the vignetting at the top left and water on the gator looked identical in the original.  I later realized I should have watered down the alligator, so I took an identical shot with just the gator with water sprayed on him and did a lasso of the inside of the gator's body and moved over and blended in and same with the reflection of him, but there's no way you would have known that, because the reflection minus the water drops and everything else looks the same straight from the camera....minus the burn at the top left.  The top right darkness was there when shot.  So yes, it is altered, but I doubt to the degree you are implying.

Roldao - Mantis is real.  I grabbed the gator's tail and made it do a little jig at the mantis to make her feel threatened.  Thanks.

Good fun, Scott!

interesting !!