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Reid Park Zoo, Tucson, CA Oct 6, 2011
I imported and tagged the photo with Photo Mechanic. I used Adobe Lightroom for adding color profiles, basic adjustments, and creating TIFFS. I used Photomatrix to tone-map the 5 images into an HDR image. I spruced-up the image using the Topaz plug-ins then touched-up the image using Adobe Photoshop.
PENTAX K-5
SMC Pentax-DA* 200mm Æ’2.8 ED [IF] SDM
ISO 800, Æ’4, 1/800
Indian Star Tortoise (Geochelone elegans) is a species of tortoise found in dry areas and scrub forest in India and Sri Lanka. The sexual dimorphism of adult Indian star tortoises is quite apparent. Females are considerably larger than their male counterparts. In addition, the females' plastrons are much flatter than those of the males, which have a concave shape.
Tortoises are land-creatures, turtles are sea-creatures, and I learned something.
Edmonton, AB. June 2009.
Looks better full screen He/she almost looks like a smile is coming on the face. The eyes are what will lock you in. This turtle is large enough for a toddler to ride on.
The beauty of this tortoise sadly has resulted in its being quite popular in the exotic pet trade. A large number of specimens of this species are found in the illegal wildlife trade in India. Few studies exist which have quantified wild populations and the effect of trade on them. They are found in dry areas and scrub forests in India and Sri Lanka.
A giant tortoise seen in the Santa Cruz Highlands.
There are several subspecies of the giant tortoise in the Galapagos, with variations across the different islands (more or less). They are big, majestic creatures, and move at surprising speed!
This is Samson, an African Spurred Tortoise. I was photographing in an indoor orchid garden when he came barreling past, making a beeline for the fence outside. It was a little sad...he stood at the fence gate (do turtles stand though?) and peered out the three-inch space to the unattainable freedom beyond. He stayed there for quite awhile. He had a female partner in an enclosure inside. Apparently she wasn't as easy-going as Samson, so she didn't get the run of the place.
Our new addition!
This is Uncas (please don't ask why). It's a horsfield tortoise.
Only about 12 weeks old and about 2 inches long.
I visited the Reptile House. This guy was lounging outside. I'd say he was about 5-6 feet long and 3 feet wide. Tortoises can live to be more than a hundred years.
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This tortoise lives in a huge piece of protected land near our house...there's tons of tortoise nests there and these guys aren't real scared of humans
Isolde bought this tortoise for R 100.00 from somebody next to the road. When we left it in the garden she started burrowing immediately and laid 7 eggs 3 hours later
Visiting a friend today who has a very lively tortoise, Herbie. Should have used a wider aperture but never mind.
Photo 20/30 for the April Picture a day group.
Patagonia Roadside Rest, SR 82 / Santa Cruz County, Arizona
My twin and I were thoroughly amazed to find this Desert Tortoise walking across SR 82 in a riparian area and according to the range map in Western Reptiles and Amphibians by Robert C Stebbins, the location that we saw it is right on the eastern border of the range depicted in the field guide or maybe slightly east of the border.