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Camon Crow
Jul-08-2007, 07:44 PM
I learned a lesson yesterday, we, I am responsible for my actions and how they effect the subjects I am photographing. We have lived on a property that backs onto a river and in the three years we have been here I have seen one snapping turtle. I was delighted to see one, a big one near the shore, I hurried to get my camera and returned to start shooting. I soon saw it was not one but two turtles in the act of mating. I shot a sequence of shots http://www.pbase.com/camon/turtles&view=slideshow
In my zeal they became aware of me and seperated, one headed up stream and one down thus I interfered and it really disturbed me. Lesson learned
http://www.pbase.com/camon/image/81867156/original.jpg

ShepsMom
Jul-08-2007, 08:19 PM
Yikes!!! Stay away from them things LOL.

Dick on Aruba
Jul-09-2007, 05:32 AM
Nice find!

Thanks for sharing,

Dick.

Harryb
Jul-09-2007, 08:08 AM
Interesting shots and a good lesson to learn too. We all must take care to get a shots while not getting our subjects to react to us.