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Gallery: Macro & Close-upPosted May 16, 2016123 views8 comments

Practicing for a modeling career. For about ten minutes, this fellow posed in all possible angles before disappearing.

Red-eared Slider Turtle - Trachemys scripta elegans
Sweetwater Wetlands, Tucson, Arizona. Late afternoon in the shade.

See new version included with my comment below, incorporating suggestions by Mark Seaver and Phil Hodgkins. Thank you both!

Fujifilm XPro2 handheld
XF 100-400mm f4.5 @ 400mm
ISO 800
1/125 f6.4
Minor adjustments in CaptureOne and Photoshop

Comments

8 comments

Comment posted by Pete Bengeyfield on May 16, 2016 at 11:19 PM

clever shot. The water swirls are neat.

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Comment posted by Mark Seaver on May 17, 2016 at 5:33 PM

Hi John, This is a good look at this turtle, especially with the underwater parts of the body showing so well through the gentle waves. The out of water head seems a bit dark. I wonder how some gentle dodging there would look?

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Comment posted by Balan Vinod on May 18, 2016 at 2:26 AM

John..One has to look at the larger version to understand the beauty of the image. Very well thought of and composed image. My guess it that, a even larger version would further bring out the beauty of the scene
Balan Vinod

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Comment posted by Philip Hodgkins on May 19, 2016 at 9:33 PM

I like this. I think Mark's comment about the darkness is near the mark, but I would see what I could work out with the shadow/highlight sliders. Just enough to take a bit of the bright edge off. Very easy, as the water filming over the head is one of the best features here.

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Comment posted by John Willemsen on May 20, 2016 at 4:56 PM

New version incorporating the highlights and shadows adjustments suggested by Mark Seaver and Phil Hodgkins. Thank you both!

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Comment posted by Mark Seaver on May 20, 2016 at 7:20 PM

The redo shows much better "clarity" in the head. A fine improvement on a neat image.

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Comment posted by Philip Hodgkins on May 21, 2016 at 6:50 AM

Done right. A good shot made better!

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Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on May 27, 2016 at 1:13 PM

Something different and well-captured!
Congrats on the EP!
Sandy

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