Snapping Turtle

Posted by Harold Stiver on Mon Jun 07, 2004 10:13 am

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One of my favorite walks is Big Creek Marsh in Long Point. In the early morning at this time of year can be found large numbers of Snapping Turtles digging in to lay their eggs.

On the same morning I saw both Mink and Ermine (Short-tailed Weasel), both of which will predate these eggs when they can.

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by Dennis Olivero on Mon Jun 07, 2004 1:09 pm

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Cool picture. Subject matter is awesome.. For my tastes, just a little over on the exposure...Love the moss on the shell!

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by MikeBinOK on Mon Jun 07, 2004 4:02 pm

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I like it. The background is a little hot, but that may be necessary to get the detail on the much darker turtle itself.

Thanks for posting an unusual subject.

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by Carol Clarke on Tue Jun 08, 2004 5:48 am

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What an amazing image Harold! This just looks like a living fossil.

It can't have been easy to expose for the Turtle against that reflective white sand in the BG. IMHO you handled it well here. Thanks for posting such a fascinating creature.

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by Mike Wilson on Tue Jun 08, 2004 2:03 pm

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That mossy shell and mesmerizing eye are great.

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by matt kuchta on Thu Jun 10, 2004 11:00 pm

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Great detail in Ol' Mossy there...

From what I can tell, you use a canon DSLR - if this was shot with that as well, you could easily do a linear conversion and combine them to get a little more dynamic range in the highlites.

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