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Haven't seen many turtle shots around CL's.
They may be hailed as being "slow" but I'll say they are awful hard to sneak up on.

These are Painted Turtles.

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I should have added Tortoise (sp) in the thread title as well

If it's got a shell, tail and feet...post em up

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More Painted turtles from today,seeing plenty of them around so far this year.

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love the first one kpr... not many around here.. used to see plenty in NW ontario.

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We've got a fair number of them, but I don't photograph them too often. Have gotten a few though:

Here's a red-eared slider, I believe:


Here's a very popular log:

Did you know they can climb this high?:


Danger! Danger!:


Then there's this turtle, who seems to have taken a dare from his friends to see how close he can get to a sleeping alligator:


What happens when they get too close:

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Oops yup these guys are difficult to get close to.

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Turtles require a high shutter speed to capture the action.


You don't want them to be all blurry.

I see it everyday.
It lives with me indeed.
It's called "wife".
Zing!

Not quite a turtle, but close...

Trying to focus a gripped D90 with a 24-70mm on the eye with one hand while tickling a giant tortoise to make it go on tiptoe with the other, without getting run over, ain't easy...!

... no always

these are friends


(cam kodak easyshare 7430)

Pablo...I just think that particular turtle was smart enough to last long enough to be too big to tackle...

Great shots guys,glad to see some posts showing up.

Dubaiphil...see second post? I messed up on the thread title.
Tortoises are cool too

Our Snapping Turtles should be around soon chasing Ducklings and looking for spots to lay eggs.
Hopefully I'll spot a few.

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A couple more turtles, from yesterday. Here's a slider floating just under the clear water surface with his head up for a breath:



And here's a momma turtle with a baby turtle:

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I don't know what kind of turtle this is.



There was a snapping turtle on the other end of the log, but he wasn't being photogenic.

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Great shots guys.

Painted Turtle

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