One turtle for Igancio :) ... got lots of them !!!
This one was trying to climb up on his log for sunning but it was not all that easy :D They are persistent and do make it !!! Tough light conditions, harsh sun and they are reflective specially when wet
Comments welcome and much appreciated
Nikon D300
600 f4.0 VR
f 7.1 1/2000 sec
ISO 500
Av -1
I can feel the tension in this image, the turtle is trying so hard that I want to reach in to the computer and help it out. You can see the nails clawing at the wood. Excellent. What more do you want in a wildlife photograph but to feel the atmosphere which presented itself at the time of capture.
Very nice, my only nit would be too much "pond weed" obscuring the eye a little, but there is nothing you can do about that. I wish we had something as colourful in SA, most of our terrapins (or those I have seen) are relatively dull.
Ken Maybe that is the problem, the turtle could not see its way out :D ... sometimes they come out and all you can see is the duck weed !!! ... the one posted a little below this one had lots of red .. handsome devil !!!