{"id":6029,"date":"2014-12-13T06:27:16","date_gmt":"2014-12-13T11:27:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/p4td.lightshedder.com\/?p=6029"},"modified":"2014-12-13T06:36:29","modified_gmt":"2014-12-13T11:36:29","slug":"alligator-clutch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/?p=6029","title":{"rendered":"Alligator Clutch"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"width: 2010px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/wpid6027-DSC01773.jpg?resize=904%2C737\" alt=\"\" width=\"904\" height=\"737\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pile of newly hatched Alligators. Shark Valley, Everglades NP<\/p><\/div>\n<p>No no no! Not that kind of &#8220;clutch&#8221;. We are not talking fashion here. This is a pile of newly hatched Alligators. Called a &#8220;clutch&#8221;. Roy Halpin and I befriended a family from Germany who were walking the west road at Shark Valley. They were not photographers and they were moving much faster than we were, so when they looped back, they alerted us to this waiting for us up the road. We kept a sharp eye out. It was much further than we expected and we had already picked our turn around spot when we finally found it. \ud83d\ude42 Worth the wait.<\/p>\n<p>Sony HX400V at 170mm equivalent field of view. Shutter preferred. 1\/640th @ ISO 200 @ f4.5. 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