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Painted Turtle

Painted Turtle

A Painted Turtle sunning itself on a gravel path in the Minnesota River Valley National Wildlife Refuge. You may notice this has a much different feel than my n...
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A Painted Turtle sunning itself on a gravel path in the Minnesota River Valley National Wildlife Refuge. You may notice this has a much different feel than my normal wildlife photographs. When the opportunity presented itself I took advantage of this very cooperative subject to try something a bit different. I hope you enjoy and I would love any comments or feedback!
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Canon EOS 5D Mark II

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Aperture f/4.0 ISO 100 Shutter 1/640

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Jun, 2014

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I like this! The Bokeh is coo!l

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Love the POV. Grew up around many of these guys and it's a great capture.

Wow.. amazing.. love the colors

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