We took a few days off last week to visit Kakadu National Park in the Northern Territory. It was hot (38-40C (100F+ ) every day. We were mostly there for the rock art (which I will post later) but took a cruise on Yellow Water on the last morning. As it is the end of the dry season the wetlands are drying out and the crocodiles are concentrated in what remains. These are the saltwater or estuarine crocodile which is found in tropical Australia, Oceania, Asia and Africa. Those we saw were mostly about 3 metres (10 feet) long, or a little more. They can grow to more than twice that length. But a 10 foot crocodile can kill a person. They manage to take a few people every year (in spite of the "NO SWIMMING - CROCODILES" signs.

This croc came up to investigate a dead file snake (a non-venomous fresh water snake) and decided to take a bite. Crocodiles don't chew their food. They simply thrash it about to break off lumps they can swallow directly. It can be a messy business. They launch themselves out of the water when the do it - sometimes half their body length. In this case, the croc only took one mouthful and swam off leaving the other pieces floating in the water.











And a 100 per cent crop. Taken hand held from a moving boat.

[disco_owner]

Love the 100% crop shot of the croc's dental health.

[TenZ.NL]

Love the 100% crop shot of the croc's dental health.

+1 on that, nice series.

[Panteg]

Great series of shots , you would not see me swimming in there!

[daacon]

Wow what a treat to see and shot. Well done.

[rockmaster1964]

Wow what a treat to see and shot. Well done.

Very cool! Thanks for sharing them.

[stormtech]

Amazing series! Very impressive shots of a moving target.

[dane.dawg]

Superb

[slowpez]

The fourth shot especially is amazing. Great series and I love the last cropped shot a lot too. Well done on the whole set.

[paulh]

wow - nice shooting!

[PJ1]

Thanks for the comments. I guess I was lucky to catch the action. But it says something for the autofocus capabilities of the combination of the K-01 and Sigma 18-200mm F3.5-6.3 II. I probably took about 30 shots during this event and only a couple missed the focus. It was a very humid morning (from a storm the night before) and lenses fogged over the moment they came out of the bag. Then I had a few "freeze" issues with the K-01, one of which occurred during this series (you never saw a battery go out and in quicker!). I suspect the freezes were just system overload.

[stormtech]

Ha - probably the quickest battery change ever!