Sunbathing

Gallery: WildlifePosted May 18, 2011131 views9 comments

A Painted Turtle soaks up a little warmth "sunbathing" at the local Wildlife Refuge.

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canon 40D
canon 600mm f4.L IS USM + 1.4TC
F/5.6 1/250 ISO 320
auto window beanbag rest

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9 comments

Comment posted by Philip Hodgkins on May 18, 2011 at 3:27 PM

Well made,Craig. Good dof and detail. A simple, solid shot.

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Comment posted by Mark Seaver on May 18, 2011 at 7:09 PM

Lovely shot. I like the composition and the pose. It's so much fun to watch these in the spring.

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Comment posted by Harshad Barve on May 19, 2011 at 5:43 AM

Absolute smashing image

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Comment posted by Brad Hill on May 19, 2011 at 8:54 AM

Hey Craig,

Nicely built image - and I love that look at the hind left foot. Detail, colour, exposure are all nice and I quite like the strong diagonal flow in the image. My only extremely minor nit pertains to something totally out of your control - in a perfect world it would be nice if the out-of-focus portion of the snag wasn't there (so you had only the tack sharp and totally soft out-of-focus elements in the shot). But hardly detracts at all from this very pleasing image.

Cheers...thanks for sharing this...

Brad

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Comment posted by Lon Sharp on May 19, 2011 at 10:39 AM

Nicely composed!

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Comment posted by Jim Hackley on May 20, 2011 at 2:28 PM

Nice crisp shot with good detail and interesting to see how webbed the back feet are, way to go.

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Comment posted by Steve Canuel on May 20, 2011 at 8:33 PM

Nice relaxed feel to this image and I really like the details and color.

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Comment posted by David Thomas on May 28, 2011 at 10:52 AM

Just encountered this ten days late. Simple but excellent shot, and one of the many that benefits greatly when viewed as a larger image.

Registered on June 21, 2010, 30 Posts, 178 Comments

Comment posted by David Thomas on May 28, 2011 at 10:52 AM

Just encountered this ten days late. Simple but excellent shot, and one of the many that benefits greatly when viewed as a larger image.

Registered on June 21, 2010, 30 Posts, 178 Comments