Crabs and a flower

caspertodd · Jul 7, 2008

Here are some more shots I took while in Gulf Shores (I had also taken a few sunset shots that I posted in the Loney Herring thread). This crab was funny to watch, and was very protective. He was about 8" wide or so.

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tirediron · Jul 7, 2008

Very nice!

Robp412 · Jul 7, 2008

I really like these!
The flowers at the end have such a popping color to them.
-Rob

benpsut · Jul 7, 2008

Awesome crab shots! I'm thinking Jack Sparrow right now.

Errr, CAPTAIN, Jack Sparrow ;-)

caspertodd · Jul 7, 2008

Thanks for the replies!

mamarazzi_hrd · Jul 8, 2008

Once again, great shots.......I never saw anything like that when we were on our vacation. Love the crab - he is so cute!!!

caspertodd · Jul 8, 2008

Thanks Heather! Yeah, we saw thousands of them, but they were all about 1 or 2 inches long, and this grand daddy came out of the sand. I definitely watched where I stepped from then on :lol:

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Dao · Jul 8, 2008

May I ask what lens did you use to capture those photos? They are pretty sharp

caspertodd · Jul 8, 2008

It was my Canon 75-300mm F/4-5.6 USM lens. Seems to be a decent lens for the money as long as you have good light (such as a bright sunny day at the beach).

vinyljunkie · Jul 8, 2008

great shots

Computer_Generated · Jul 8, 2008

I love the crab pix. No2 is my fav! Love it.

AmberBella · Jul 9, 2008

Too bad about the wilting top flower in your flower shot. I love the little crab guy though!

caspertodd · Jul 9, 2008

AmberBella said:
Too bad about the wilting top flower in your flower shot. I love the little crab guy though!

Yeah, that was about the only flower I saw, and I liked the colors. Maybe if I were really skilled with Photoshop, I could bring that flower back to life!

Thanks for the comments!

nynfortoo · Jul 9, 2008

I don't care for the flower shot — just not my thing, unfortunately, though I think it's technically quite well done. Filling the frame a bit more might have improved it.

I love the crab shots, although the second one looks a bit under-exposed. The detail in them is great, you isolated the subject brilliantly and filled the frame. And you managed to make a crab look cute :s