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How Close can you get to a Snapping Turtle?

How Close can you get to a Snapping Turtle?

Ms Snapping Turtle laid her eggs in our lane and she was not about to move !

Ms Snapping Turtle laid her eggs in our lane and she was not about to move !
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Canon EOS REBEL T1i

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Aperture f/5.6 ISO 200 Shutter 1/400

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Jun, 2014

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Behind The Lens

Location

This shot was handed to me in my own driveway in Ohio, The female snapping turtle came up from the creek to lay her eggs by the drive and I just happened to come home at the exact right time

Time

This shot was taken about noon with a full sky of sunshine to make her eyes glow

Lighting

The lighting was full sun beautifully warm not what I usually want for photos but of this girl it all worked out.

Equipment

I used my "car" camera a Canon Rebel T3i that goes everywhere I go

Inspiration

We hardly ever see snapping turtles around here they are so secretive this girl was laying her eggs in the middle of the day so I had to take the risk of the "Snap"

Editing

There was no post processing needed on this photo lighting and blur effect came naturally

In my camera bag

I normally Carry my Canon T3i and a Nikon D5200 no tripod always hand held and just snap what is beautiful in nature around me

Feedback

The specifics for this photo was really don't get to close. I laid on my stomach about 6 feet in front of her and hoped she wouldn't lunge at me. She was mid egg laying so I didn't want to disturb her , she had a nice hole dug and was doing her best to lay her eggs and get back to the water. I focused as close as I could and took a few shots and got out of her way. I researched the gestation period of the eggs and captured a photo of one of the babies before they were gone, I felt very lucky to have caught it the others were empty shells and the little turtles had went on their way.

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How Close can you get to a Snapping Turtle?

Ms Snapping Turtle laid her eggs in our lane and she was not about to move !

Behind The Lens

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