A red snapper (huachinango) fresh from the waters ofthe Pacific. Laguna de Manialtepec, Oaxaca, Mexico

Abandoned tiller in Henry County, Georgia

Shot through the viewfinder of a vintage Brownie Reflex camera.

This is at least the tenth turtle we've rescued in the last few years.

Leicester Square London

There is a bench I can sit on near the action at Snapper Rocks. I don't have to move far and Tre drops me off right there. So I let the kids in the surf do the moving. Despite the surf being painfully small of late, its a nice outing.

Tower Bridge

Right on first light. long exposure using the moonlight as available light source.

A bit of wild weather at Snapper when Cyclone Oma was around.

Coolangatta, Australia

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The weather may not have been great but that did not stop all the surfers make the most of the swell from X Cyclone Marcia. I really needed a bigger zoom lens to catch any of the surfers.

Maldives

With best regards

Markus

The Snapping Turtle in the previous image finally decided it was time to warm up in the sunshine. That meant heading to a log favoured by the turtles. Here you can see the size of the Snapping Turtle's head compared to a Painted Turtle. The Painted Turtle had quickly pulled in its head and legs when the 'big guy' got close.

Snapper Rocks on the Gold Coast, Queensland. Thank you Maxwell.

I decided to try this recipe from one of my mom's old Christmas cookie cookbooks. I thought my little girl would like making the turtles, and she did. I found it on-line here to share as well.

I came across this guy in the middle of the road Saturday by the nearby Pecatonica River. He wouldn't budge, so I hope he didn't get run over.

Nearly walking by it, I see a tail sticking out that looked like a dinosaur in hidding. Turned out to be this guy.

Photographers Deek and Edward chasing the sunset

Not a lawn mower or a fish, but this guy was moseying down a country road near my house this afternoon. The turtle was about halfway between a beaver dam and a farm pond, each about mile away. It has been so rainy here that everything is saturated, so I don’t think the turtle is in any danger from being away from its water source. At this point I wouldn’t have been terribly surprised if I’d seen a fish on the road. I was glad to be in the truck because snapping turtles can be quite vicious when bothered. Their jaws can easily snap a finger. This one’s shell was between 10 and 12 inches in diameter. I had no intention of trying to measure it.

Naples Street Life

Snap the snapper

Wide angle view of Snapper Rocks. Pre sunrise Dawn.

Sunset at Snapper Rocks on the southern end of the Gold Coast, Australia.