my wife "saved" this young man (or woman) after he (or she) was crossing the road near our house. she took him for a ride, and he decided he wanted to explore the back of the car by himself ... luckily we rescued him from our car, then freed him in the pond behind the house.

This mondays instructable shows you how to make this cute turtle plushie!

www.alittlestranger.com

Photos by Laurence Buckingham

Diving is awesome!

A turtle laying her eggs in a city park in Madison. In the background we heard Phil Vassar playing at a local bar.

I don't have much to say about this one, I took a lot of pictures of turtles and koi fish. A LOT. The one looking at us is totally Raphael.

This is the fourth in a series of five "portraits" based on Northern Virginia turtles.

12" x 12", acrylic on canvas, 11/2008

this is bullet... our new turtle

An African Helmeted Turtle (Terrapin) suddenly arrived in our garden the other day out of nowhere - there are no likely bodies of water around where we could think he came from. We have placed him in the care of a wildlife organisation who will place him in a suitable (wild) environment!

This spotted turtle was found april 13th 2008 crossing the street in the king farm development in Rockville, Maryland

Cuyahoga Valley National Park, OH, Towpath Trail

Turtles are considered one of 4 holy animals in Vietnam (dragon, tiger, and the unicorn). These statues are inscribed with the names of scholars of great achievement at the Van Mieu Temple (Temple of Literature) in Hanoi, Vietnam and date to 1070 AD.

I saved this Florida Box Turtle from being run over by cars; it was in the street, closed up, waiting for the danger to pass - at 5PM Friday on our subdivision's main road.

Box Turtle #4 female

The common box turtles are very prevalent in our area. This guy hangs around our house n our flower beds.

He also gave e a chance to experiment with my new 50 mm lens!

Turtle Pursehttp://flickr.com/photos_upload_done.gne

A baby snapping turtle we found near the pond.

Seen on June 3rd at Carden Plain SPNC trip

Taken at or near Nabbs Creek, Pasadena, MD. (2007 2D)

on Turtle Bay

This spotted turtle was found april 13th 2008 crossing the street in the king farm development in Rockville, Maryland

turtle eating a strawberry

Green turtle

Sipadan Is.

Malaysia

I mentioned the turtle pond, didn't I?

One of my two turtles. Taken in my homemade lightbox. Photo of the setup I used here.

Canon 400d

Canon 17-85mm

Canon Speedlite 580EX II

Cactusv2

Kenko Extension tubes

These guys are hard to shoot when they start moving !

Glyptemys insculpta

Noxubee NWR, MS

Ft Snelling State Park MN

Walnut Creek, CA

Pacific Pond Turtle close up profile. I thought it was interesting that the algae on this turtle is the exact same color as the eyes and green markings. Mother Natures Camo in full effect here!!

This is the first time I have ever been able to get this close to a Spiny Softshell and not have it turn the other way and disappear into the water.