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Sometimes you just have to get down to ground level to see and appreciate the woodland critters of the forest.

Thanks for looking and good luck to all this week!

Dave




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Sep 05, 2015 at 11:29 AM
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Great shot. Love the colors. More importantly though where do you live that there are wild turtles in a forest lol


Sep 05, 2015 at 12:59 PM
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Dave!!

The colors are totally in the scene and the turtle - love it.

I wonder how in his face you could have gotten?

Cheers,

Jeff



Sep 05, 2015 at 06:21 PM
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Great shot, I do love turtles.


Sep 05, 2015 at 07:01 PM
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Great shot and such wonderful colors.

Birdie



Sep 05, 2015 at 11:49 PM
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WhereisJefe wrote:
Great shot. Love the colors. More importantly though where do you live that there are wild turtles in a forest lol


Thanks Jefe! I'm glad you like it.
The real question is, where isn't there wild turtles? I've always assumed turtles of various sub species live all over the United States. I have always taken them for granted as they are very common anywhere you go here on the east coast.

Dave
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beavens wrote:
Dave!!

The colors are totally in the scene and the turtle - love it.

I wonder how in his face you could have gotten?

Cheers,

Jeff


Thanks Jeff! Glad you enjoyed it.
I scared him when I was setting up my camera and plastic bag to lay on (rained the night before) and actually waited close to an hour for him to open back up (box turtle) so I could get a nice shot of him but this is as much as he was willing to come out while I was laying there in his face.

Yeah yeah... would have been nice to have been able to use a 100-400II but I don't have one of those.

Oh! Is that rain I hear!?
>>SMACK!!!<<

Dave

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georgetd wrote:
Great shot, I do love turtles.


Thanks for the kind words George! I've always loved them as well. My granddaughter found an even prettier one several hours later yesterday that had gotten in our pool. It was a good thing she found it or it would have drowned by the time I would have found him.

BTW, I had shot a set of cool mushrooms just prior to finding this guy and was going to submit them as my entry this week. Great minds think alike!

Dave

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birdied wrote:
Great shot and such wonderful colors.

Birdie


Thank you for the kind words Birdie! Those yellow leaves really helped him blend in. I almost didn't see him. Thankfully I was walking our puppy and she found him for me.

Dave






Sep 06, 2015 at 06:20 PM
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lighthound wrote:
Oh! Is that rain I hear!?
>>SMACK!!!<<

Dave








Sep 06, 2015 at 08:41 PM
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Tack sharp on the eye and the shine of the shell just pops! Great shot!


Sep 07, 2015 at 02:14 AM
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Wonderful image Dave! I agree with the other comments, the colors are beautiful as are the textures. I love how he's looking right at you. Good luck!

Jon



Sep 07, 2015 at 03:09 PM
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Bob_Martin wrote:
Tack sharp on the eye and the shine of the shell just pops! Great shot!


Thank you for the kind words Bob! The woods and the turtle were still pretty wet that morning. I had to scramble to grab my camera before the sun came up to high but then I had to wait for him to peek back out after I spooked him.

Dave
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jbush wrote:
Wonderful image Dave! I agree with the other comments, the colors are beautiful as are the textures. I love how he's looking right at you. Good luck!

Jon


Thanks Jon! Glad you enjoyed it. We were definitely having a starring contest for a loooong time.
Sucks to get old cause my knees were killing me by the time he poked his head out enough to get the eye shot.

Dave




Sep 07, 2015 at 05:37 PM
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Wonderful entry Dave.

Mike



Sep 07, 2015 at 05:49 PM
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Thanks for the kind words Mike! Glad you enjoyed it.

Dave



Sep 08, 2015 at 08:24 AM
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lighthound wrote:
Thanks Jefe! I'm glad you like it.
The real question is, where isn't there wild turtles? I've always assumed turtles of various sub species live all over the United States. I have always taken them for granted as they are very common anywhere you go here on the east coast.

Dave
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hrm i guess out here in socal we just like our rocks and dirt in our "forests" lol not sure how i would respond finding a turtle on my hike... Funny how sometimes i forget how big and random different parts of our country can be...

Cheers!



Sep 08, 2015 at 03:09 PM
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WhereisJefe wrote:
hrm i guess out here in socal we just like our rocks and dirt in our "forests" lol not sure how i would respond finding a turtle on my hike... Funny how sometimes i forget how big and random different parts of our country can be...

Cheers!


I hear ya on that one Jefe! I was amazed when I got out west a few years ago and saw how vastly different the world is out there compared to here on the east coast. I absolutely love it out there.

Dave




Sep 09, 2015 at 11:41 AM





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