Heading Home
Sea Turtle Hatchling freed from its earthen shell heads home to the ocean
Sea Turtle Hatchling freed from its earthen shell heads home to the ocean
Read less
Read less
Jan, 2019Views
204
Likes
Awards
2020 Choice Award
Peer Award
Superb Composition
Absolute Masterpiece
Top Choice
Top Ranks
Top 20 rankTop 10 rank week 2Top 10 rank week 1
Top 20 rankTop 10 rank week 2Categories
Same photographer See allBehind The Lens
Discover more photos See all
Behind The Lens
Location
Our local Sea Turtle Patrol aka Micklers Landing Turtle Patrol evaluates each nest 3 days "Post Emergence" to count the total number of eggs, viable, non-viable, mortality etc. During the evaluations some hatchling may still be attempting to leave the nest. This picture is from an evaluation where a live hatchling was freed from the nest and allowed to complete its journey to the Atlantic Ocean. Tutrtles are not placed in the ocean as their initial crawl helps waken muscle groups necessary for swimming.Time
7pm late September 2015Lighting
Late Summer and OvercastEquipment
Canon SX50HSInspiration
My first live Sea Turtle encounterEditing
Crop, B&W Treatment w/ SharpeningIn my camera bag
Currently: Canon EOS 5D Mark IV Canon EOS 70DFeedback
keep shooting, try everything. The only Bad Shot is the one you didn't take!
