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Turtle

by Basri Akcasoy

Gallery: WildlifePosted May 14, 2012129 views7 comments


5D MII
EF 400mm f/5.6
1/2500
f/5.6
ISO 640


Thanks for looking and for your C&C.

Comments

7 comments
Comment posted by Gary Reed on May 14, 2012 at 6:32 PM
Dang turtles are almost as bad as beavers.... :toast:
Registered on September 19, 2009, 198 Posts, 1074 Comments
Comment posted by Ray Whitt on May 14, 2012 at 9:18 PM
Excellent work!

Ray
Registered on May 27, 2011, 92 Posts, 2619 Comments
Comment posted by Jenaya Launstein on May 15, 2012 at 12:36 PM
I think it looks great! He's a cute little guy!
Registered on February 8, 2011, 254 Posts, 1302 Comments
Comment posted by Vincent Grafhorst on May 15, 2012 at 1:04 PM
This is quite a fun shot Barry and you captured this at a perfect moment with that visible tongue and clear eye. The super low angle really rocks and that soft bright green bokeh creates perfect isolation of the subject and that one flower stem. I really like the feel of this, but there is only one thing I am unsure about and that is the composition. More specifically the way the turtle (isn't it a tortoise by the way?) is cut in half right in the centre of its body. I think I would have preferred seeing the entire animal or alternatively with a bit less of its body included (cut just behind where the front leg starts).
Registered on February 24, 2006, 504 Posts, 7203 Comments
Comment posted by Basri Akcasoy on May 15, 2012 at 2:17 PM
Hi Vincent,
Thank you very much for your comment and critics. Your positive comment is really big honor for me.
original shot is showing the full body, but there is a white area just on the shell of turtle due to the existence of another white flower in front of turtle.

Here, I attached full body version.

Ones again thank you very much.
Registered on February 16, 2012, 118 Posts, 767 Comments
Comment posted by Vincent Grafhorst on May 17, 2012 at 1:04 PM
Basri, seeing your FF makes me fully understand your crop choice! Darn grasses and stuff :mad: :biggrin:
Registered on February 24, 2006, 504 Posts, 7203 Comments
Comment posted by Howard Cheek on May 29, 2012 at 4:47 PM
Very nice low POV of this interesting behavior Basri, I like it.
The like the pink tongue that draws ones eye right where you want it, and the single dandelion straight ahead that's the next course :wink:
Registered on July 24, 2008, 1201 Posts, 10758 Comments