First shot of the day and I almost didn’t see him. And yes, he was big.
We were looking out at the south river in the Santee delta and I heard a splash from behind made go look at the edge of the marsh.
The second splash was this guy, fooled me. I was looking towards the sound and he was looking up at me.
He had plenty of company too.
South Santee River, Santee Delta, South Carolina.
Marvelous shot, Ted, with a great reflection too of that rather chilling stare.
This scene started out much too close to focus with the 150-600 but he backed up a bit. First time in the delta and didn’t realize where they would be feeding. ‘They’ being the key word here. LOL.
I laughed and winced a little, Ted, when I read this because I know that the minimum focus distance of my 150-600 is about nine feet, so your guy had to be closer than that to you initially. Yikes!
I’m not even sure how close 🥴. In a lame attempt at being sneaky while following the sound of a splash I had heard through the reeds I didn’t look down. Straight down.
The delta takes an hour to reach and in the exact opposite direction we usually go. I was given a lesson on being complacent. Ten large locals in front of us and the hungry insects that only places like this can have.
Of course we had a great adventure 😂😂.