Animals
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While I didn’t actually see the American Alligators that live in Brazos Bend State Park, there are signs up everywhere warning you to their existence. My personal favorite is the line from the park map that tells you to cut your fishing line if an alligator takes your fish. And while I don’t know what molesting an alligator involves, I did get a kick out of the sign. Unfortunately (or maybe fortunately) this sign is as close to seeing an alligator as we got.
[...] The images I have from my posting on Brazos Bend State Park from earlier in this blog did not come out as well as I had hoped. Because it was early January, the colors were dull and the lighting was subdued from cloud cover. [...]
[...] 5 – Use my tripod more often A couple weeks ago I went down to Brazos Bend State Park to take pictures. Under the trees, and an overcast sky, it was fairly dark. So I did what I normally do – bump up the ISO and open up the lens. Well, y’all know what f/4.5 does to close ups. The center was in focus but the front and back was blurry. Had I used my tripod, I could have stayed at ISO 100 and had an f/16 of f/22 aperature to keep everything I wanted in focus. Worst part, my tripod was in the car about 1,000 feet away. [...]