Mary's Photoblog
Hello.....
Posted by MaryB (Staffordshire, United Kingdom) on 24 July 2007 in Animal & Insect and Portfolio.
I've never seen such a big turtle, he was floating around so gracefully, and very kindly lifted his head out of the water for me :)
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Any tips or constructive criticism are welcome :)
I really appreciate all your comments, thank you so much. I'm only sorry I've not got time to respond. I do read all the comments and will try to answer any questions you have
##AMIT## from Santa Clara, CA, United States
OMG, this is huge..and you nicely captured
24 Jul 2007 5:36am
@##AMIT##: Thank you Amit, he was a huge creature, but so graceful in the water :)
@Stunner: Thanks again Stunner :) I didn't expect him to raise his head, but I was glad he did.
@Saed: thank you Saed, he was a joy to watch in the water :)
@Evi: Thanks Evi, he had a really cute face :)
@ColNed Pictures: Cheers ColNed, I was very happy he chose to look up when he did :)
{H} creatives from Santa Clara, United States
Ah, so cute, Mary! I find this shot refreshing for some reason...thanks for sharing! B-)
24 Jul 2007 7:16am
@{H} creatives: Cheers H :) he was so beautiful, and again they used the beautiful blue light in the water, which made it magical :)
@badala: Thank you badala, he was a very good model :)
@Eleftheria: Thank you Eleftheria.
I have check out your photographs, and you are very talented for someone so young :)
@Jen: Thank you Jen. I think he was very curious as to what I was doing, so he popped his head out of the water to take a look :)
Johnny Soedomo from United States
nice shot.... looks like the turtle is posing :)
24 Jul 2007 2:57pm
@Johnny Soedomo: I'd like to think he was Johnny, or maybe he wonderd what a mad woman was doing leaning over the tank with a camera LOL! :D
Michael Rawluk from Prince George, Canada
He must be very old and experienced in posing.
24 Jul 2007 3:09pm
@Michael Rawluk: I was so glad he posed for me :)
@rhys: Cheers rhys :) we first saw him in the water tunnel, and although he looked quite big, we were amazed when we viewed him from the open pool above.
@Myst: He was a cutie bless him :)
tyan from Singapore, Singapore
so sweet!I think he is very photogenic!This 'ocean' series reminds me of a cartoon movie,'Finding Nemo'.Any pictures of the clown fish?:)
24 Jul 2007 4:24pm
@tyan: Sadly no clown fish :) I should have looked out for one, would have been a good set of shots :)
@Vanessa: He was really cute Vanessa, and his little nose, looked like it belonged to a puppy or a seal lol :D
Thanks Vanessa :)
@Oddiy: Cheers Oddiy, I think he was a very happy turtle, just swimming with all the other sea life :)
Soodabeh from Yazd, Iran
WOW! Well captured huge turtle. I like the way it looks you so proud and confidential!! Maybe he knows you publish his photo on web and people around the world see him ;-)
Excellent MaryB!
24 Jul 2007 7:12pm
@Soodabeh: Thank you Soodabeh, he did seem a very proud old man :)
He looks like he might have known, as it was the only time he lifted his head from the water :)
@Cathie et Michel: He was, he made all the other sea life look very small.
Wolfgang Prigge from Granby, Canada
Very nice! Must have been gigantic. Strangely enough, I took a picture of a turtle last weekend, but only a little lake turtle, about 25 cm long. If you want to check it out, it's on my website in the "Lac Boivin" album
24 Jul 2007 9:07pm
@Wolfgang Prigge: He was Wolfgang, it was hard to gage his size in the water but he was a very big turtle.
The little turtles, have very pretty markings on them, and the muskrats...did they do the damage to the trees? great album.
adalove from Alcala de Guadaira, Spain
Wonderful creature, oh my, looks so big and quiet!
24 Jul 2007 9:36pm
@adalove: He was very beautiful to watch in the water, a gentle giant :)
bronzebilly u.k. from cardiff, United Kingdom
hey MaryB --great portrait of this huge beasty--superbly lit and coloured--billy
24 Jul 2007 9:46pm
@bronzebilly u.k.: Aww! cheers billy :)
Hamid from Tehran, Iran
God! I can see feelings in its face! It seems that it wants to tell something!
24 Jul 2007 9:48pm
HorseRotorVator from Newton, United States
looks like he has many eyes. neat shot! :)
25 Jul 2007 12:13am
Helgi from Montclair, United States
OH MY GOD!!!!!! You are a genius, I absolutely love it!
25 Jul 2007 1:42am
Erik from Netherlands
He radiates the wisdom of a century, at least. Let's be like him and don't struggle so much about imaginary differences!
25 Jul 2007 10:36pm
Rahul from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Wow wow!!! Look at those eyes, he is addicted to you Mary LOL!!! Well, you are always the magician when comes to animals, you sure know how to get them looking at your lens. Or did you wink at him ?? ;-)
EXCELLENT SHOT!!!!
26 Jul 2007 5:35pm
@Rahul: Sorry it's took soooo! long to get around to answering your comment on this one Rahul! time seems to be just flying by at the moment.........we are finally having some sunshine instead of rain here, so I'm trying to get all the gardening jobs done! I have taken my camera with me into the garden and have been taking lots of pictures though! lol so it's not all been hard work :-D I was so excited when this turtle raised his head to look at me, I think he was looking to see who was hanging over the side of the tank LOL :-D
Panasonic DMC-FZ7
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