Turtles & Tortoises
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the macromonday theme for today (12/26) is "Redux 2016--My Favorite Theme of the Year "-- revisit one of the 52 themes-- this is a possibility for "photowalk textures"
I love seeing the turtles basking in the sun on a winter's day at the local park in Portimao, Portugal.
Seiko Prospex SRPA21 "Turtle" on a brown "Vintage Calf Leather" style strap. Some watch tools as props.
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Painted turtle at Wildwood Park, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
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There is only one place I know where I can consistently find these large turtles. I did not find out what they were called until just today.I had thought they were a larger variety of a Painted Turtle.But there coloration is different and they have grooved in maps on their shell rather than the smoother more green Painted Turtle.
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Just in case you don't know the reference:
Happy Together". www.youtube.com/watch?v=mRCe5L1imxg
First build in my Iron Builder round against Dan Ko, using the large minifigure hands in bright green!
Another one from the Australian Archives. Took this photo two years ago and never could work out why an osprey would carry around a rock!!!!! But it's not a rock, its a turtle - crop it and you can even make out the turtle's head/eyes etc. Thanks blaylock1 for solving the mystery!!
"In many cultures, particularly in China, Japan and among Native American peoples, the turtle is an ancient symbol of good luck."
for "Looking close... on Friday!"
Theme : "Lucky Charm"
no turtles were harmed in the creation of this photo album-- they were animal print tiles
ANSH scavenger20 "An animal print pattern"
Ladybird Johnson Wildflower Center, Austin, TX. Sony nex5r and Schneider Kreuznach Componar 50/4.5 enlarger lens. The turtles have grown accustomed to the passers by at the entrance to the Center, and they seem to enjoy their theatrics.
This green turtle was one of 20 this particular day that crawled on the Hookipa Park beach on Maui, Hawaii to rest. The turtle had just come ashore and was about to drop its head to sleep.
The green turtle is listed as endangered by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature. Major nesting is done in the French Frigate Shoals but some goes on right here in HI and we ran into one ranger going on a 'turtle nest watch.'
Blanding's turtle, Rondeau Provincial Park, Ontario, Canada.
Got out on the pontoon today, I even got to drive.
One of the things we saw was this Blanding's turtle sitting at the edge of the marsh.
Emydoidea blandingii
Blanding's Turtles live in shallow water, usually in large wetlands and shallow lakes with lots of water plants.
It is not unusual, though, to find them hundreds of metres from the nearest water body, especially while they are searching for a mate or traveling to a nesting site.
Blanding's Turtles hibernate in the mud at the bottom of permanent water bodies from late October until the end of April.
source - www.ontario.ca/page/blandings-turtle
"Like sea turtles in the vast ocean, we must trust the currents of life, embracing every wave with patience and grace, knowing our journey is as boundless as the sea."
I was leaving local park when this big fella decided to cross my path. Made sure I stopped traffic so it could make it safely across the road. (Cell phone capture)
A featherless Saturday.(I thought it was Sunday already. That's what happens when you retire.) Today, I present an image composed of 5 different pictures of turtles at the base of a palm tree. I couldn't fit the 2 turtles in the frame using my 500 mm lens so I took 5 shots with the thought of doing a composite to form one picture. Here is the result.
7D, 500 4L IS USM, F4, 1/640, ISO 2000