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Tips for snapping portraits of alligators: 1. Use a zoom lens. 2. Avoid sudden movements. 3. Shoot from a boardwalk suspended four feet above the subject’s home swamp.  Photographed at Green Cay Nature Center in Boynton Beach, Florida, March 8, 2014.  Higher resolution versions of this photo can be viewed at 500px.com.