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Wild South Africa
Kruger National Park
Pan-hinged Terrapins, turtle-like creatures seeking up the sun.
I photographed this lizard on the island of Penang, in Malaysia. I wondered if it had suffered a broken tail, given its sharply hinged appearance. However, when the lizard moved away, its tail seemed perfectly normal.
For Macro Mondays - Eyewear.
This theme proved to be quite a challenge, since the only eyeglasses at hand were the ones I wear. I couldn't clearly see through the viewfinder, and the tethered laptop wasn't much better. I saw a white blob in the lower left viewfinder suggesting that something was in focus, and I focus-stacked around it...
0.875 inches in greatest dimension.
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Wild South Africa
Kruger National Park
Hinged Terrapins are typically observed on exposed rocks, logs or at the water's edge and this is the first one I have seen feeding on plant material some distance away from its natural environment. This photo was taken a week or so after the first summer rains and the grass was new growth.
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