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Kissimmee, Florida. May 2014
I can't tell you much about this guy other than what you see in the photo, but if anyone can help me with identification, I'd really appreciate it!
This Green male turtle was totally absorbed eating small pieces of what looke like sea grass, and was indifferent to our presence.
Sorry I'm a day late with the theme, but I hope everyone had a fun Valentine's Day! ;-)))
Pretty sure the turtle receiving the flower is a Red-eared slider.
In one Saturday morning at Honaunau, I saw a shark, two turtles and a big pod of dolphins. I'm truly fortunate to be able to dive with these big animals.
Found this Painted Turtle after sunset. Living in Montana for 43 years, I've never run across one in the egg-laying process, but that's what she was either, A.) about to do, or, B.) had already done. The light was very poor and I didn't want to bother her, (though I have to say, she didn't move a muscle while I was there. I've heard that they may go into a kind of trance while they're doing this, and she sure seemed to be under some kind of spell.) I took a few shots, wished her and her offspring well, and left. Make the photo big and look at the muddy hole she'd prepared for the eggs. Her posterior hovers over it. It was far from roads and people and on land protected by the Ninepipe preserve, so I think her babies will have as fair a chance as they could have anywhere. Water wasn't too far off .. maybe 100 yards.
URR 15 shoves a cut of slabs up out of ET bound for Irvin. The massive Westinghouse Viaduct spans the Turtle Creek Valley.
Schildi is made with 280 Magnets (201 Zen/ 79 Neo). I started by playing around with some Magnets and suddenly I had a nice head of a turtle in my hand... Then I went on to form lots of different shells for her boddy. The last step was to create the arms and legs and to color her with Neoballs. Then I put her into the ocean and took a photo.
That was the life story of a turtle called 'Schildi'!
This was my entry for the ZenMagnets Contest 35.
Thanks to all who voted for me!
Resting in the sun after having laid her 100 plus eggs. Onlookers all respecting her efforts and keeping several metres away.
This handsome turtle was chilling out on the road. I'm glad I got a shot of him out of his shell before moving him, because he refused to come back out afterward! I waited patiently for 45 minutes and he didn't budge, so I put him in some shady bushes in the direction he was headed.
Suffolk County, NY
This turtle didn't have a left eye. If you look closely, there's also a chunk of it's shell that's missing behind the left side of it's head.
Tunnels Beach. Another view of the turtle; he/she is very comfortable with people; swam right next to me
We never get to shoot at Turtles in our region. I was happy to get this one in Invermere, BC.
Just for fun, I added a very close up shot of part of a different species in the comment box below.
If you feel like playing, try to guess what animal that part belongs to. The fact that the main shot is a reptile might be misleading.
I'll post the whole thing in a couple of days.
Captain Don of the Seafire has a great stop to visit the turles on his Molokini tour. As I post turtles, you will see the colors change... it all depends on the light and the depth I guess. For this reason I don't think I'll post them all at once :)
Have a great weekend!!
Kihei, Maui, Hawaii
May 2012