paulwelch

Mother Turtle

Mother Turtle

A trip to the Mackerel Islands gave me this beautiful picture of a turtle at sunset, resting after she had laid her eggs....
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A trip to the Mackerel Islands gave me this beautiful picture of a turtle at sunset, resting after she had laid her eggs.
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camera

NIKON D60

settings

Aperture f/5.6 ISO 100 Shutter 10/2000

upload_date

upload_date

Oct, 2013

Views

289

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+33

Awards

Staff Winter Selection 2015

Superb Composition

+17

Absolute Masterpiece

+13

Outstanding Creativity

+7

Top Choice

+5

Jaw Dropping

Genius

Peer Award

Categories

PRO

Very touching picture - very special!

Very nice POV!

thanks to all those that have given Peer recognitions and kind words :-) this is an absolute favourite of mine too and to see how well received it is puts it in a very special place for me :-)

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