King of the hill

Went swimming with turtles in Barbados and they got really close.

Inniswood Metro Gardens

5/27/07

Southwest Rocks, Australia. Munching on the algae.

Exhibition of my underwater photography in Sydney starting this Saturday! Take underwater pictures with me at the Evolution Photoganza in the Philippines in September 2013, and enjoy more of my photography & tales of the underwater world in "Sex, Drugs and Scuba Diving".

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Looks like the turtle I had growing up.

Turtle

Found this turtle in our yard.

This photo was taken at River Safari Singapore

Usually there are lots of turtles on this log but today he had the log all to himself.

Another view showing the whole turtle. Lighting was with a single flash bounced off of a white umbrella. I like the effect, but it sure is cumbersome. I would set the turtle down, and it usually was out of its shell and crawling away from me before I could get the rig set up. I once saw professional photographers work in Costa Rica, and they took most of their reptile shots in a little portable studio, stocked with native vegetation. It was basically a folding box partly open on one side and above. That way they could set up the lighting just right, and it still looked "natural".

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This large alligator snapping turtle decided to cross our lead track, and after rolling over top of it, we stopped switching to check it out. She was fine, just taking a shortcut to the stream, probably looking for sites to lay eggs.

A lazy Sunday at Heather Farm Park in Walnut Creek, California.

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I have always been fond of frogs, snake, toads, lizards, and turtle. Box turtles top the list - they are a marvel - I love the way lock-down in their shell. This is an Eastern Box Turtle. I don't see these as often as I use to.

Hawksbill turtle

by Ranger Elena Gilroy, Maryland Park Service

Codorus State Park, Hanover, Pennsylvania, 28 April 2009.

Mi tortuga ya saliendo de su invernación

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Pet turtle on new feeding grounds

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Turtles at Jungle Adventure in Christmas, FL.

These ones sit in a little space between the panther cages and the walkway.

A turtle basking on one of the black sand beaches

I found this turtle heading into the Montgomery, AL Museum of Fine Art. and took him back to the park area.

I'm not coming out until you leave.