Your best turtle pics!

[sorvju-f]

Its time to open own thread for turtles ( I got so many pics from Egypt )!

Here is couple of mine:

Did you know that turtle really have teeth?

http://sorvjuf.1g.fi/kuvat/Egypt+2007/Turtle+also+have+teeth%21.jpg/full

...and close...

http://sorvjuf.1g.fi/kuvat/Egypt+2007/kilp+2.jpg/full

This one is good one to advertise deodorant!

http://sorvjuf.1g.fi/kuvat/Egypt+2007/I+am+also+using+rexona%21.jpg/full

...flying...

http://sorvjuf.1g.fi/kuvat/Egypt+2007/Kilppari+vinosti.jpg/full

Jukka

[Jonathan Bird]

My favorite. A male mating with a female and two other males biting the primary male, trying to remove him.

http://www.jonathanbird.net/jpegs16/jbird_uwp5206.jpg

[Jonathan Bird]

Do dead ones count? :eek:

http://www.jonathanbird.net/jpegs16/jbird_uwp5397.jpg

[Jonathan Bird]

Gettin' it on!

http://www.jonathanbird.net/jpegs16/jbird_uwp5236.jpg

[sorvju-f]

My favorite. A male mating with a female and two other males biting the primary male, trying to remove him.

http://www.jonathanbird.net/jpegs16/jbird_uwp5206.jpg

If there would be UW Oscar-price, I would give it to this one:D

Jukka

[sorvju-f]

Do dead ones count? :eek:

http://www.jonathanbird.net/jpegs16/jbird_uwp5397.jpg

:D Maybe after some color correction :D

[Papa Bear]

One in Roatan Honduras:
http://twotankedproductions.com/images/600_P8170349_Turtle_Jim_BIBR_8-05.jpg

[sorvju-f]

Here is one sleeping one also by the name

"Quiet moment"

http://sorvjuf.1g.fi/kuvat/Underwater+collection/Hiljainen+hetki+2.jpg/full

Jukka

[sorvju-f]

One in Roatan Honduras:


Great with clean blue back-ground!

Jukka

[Papa Bear]

Sorvju-f, I like the sleeping turtle, I caught one like that with video in Tarpon Cavern on the wall at Halfmoon Key in Belize. It is cool to see them like that.

[sorvju-f]

Sorvju-f, I like the sleeping turtle, I caught one like that with video in Tarpon Cavern on the wall at Halfmoon Key in Belize. It is cool to see them like that.

Sleeping one is OK, but this one was dead!

Jukka

[Papa Bear]

oops! I like the following for its composition.
http://twotankedproductions.com/images/600_IMG_3188_Turtle_on_the_reef_W_Caicos_T_C_A_II_ 07.jpg
BTW, Sleeping is a better story!:eek:

[Papa Bear]

One more for me!
http://twotankedproductions.com/images/600_IMG_2939_Hawksbill_Turtle_W_Caicos_T_C_A_II_07 .jpg

[sorvju-f]

oops! I like the following for its composition.
BTW, Sleeping is a better story!:eek:

OK, it was sleeping!

You are right very nice composition:D

Its bitty that overexposed points are very difficult to correct with editing programs...anyhow not with my skills.

Some day editing softwares are doing that also...so everybody dont throw away overexposed nice pics!

Jukka

[Papa Bear]

I was on the move and should have turned down the Strobes! Just not enough time with models that won't take directions!

[Papa Bear]

Another from Roatan Honduras:
http://twotankedproductions.com/images/600_P8170354_Turtle_left_BIBR_8-05_TC.jpg

[Clay Coleman]

My favorite. A male mating with a female and two other males biting the primary male, trying to remove him.

http://www.jonathanbird.net/jpegs16/jbird_uwp5206.jpg

WOW! Youda man, Jonathan! -Clay

[Ken Hawk]

WOW! Youda man, Jonathan! -Clay

Must agree, thats something else.
That's why you get paid for your shots & we don't :)
Fantastic Ken

[sorvju-f]

Ice cream brake!

http://sorvjuf.1g.fi/kuvat/Egypt+2007/Ice-cream+brake%21.jpg/full

Jukka

[Jonathan Bird]

Thanks guys for the comments. The turtle orgy was the result of a long search for a mating pair and over 2 hours snorkeling with them (blowing off a dive) in order to be there at the right moment. I have my assistant Scott to thank for getting that shot. I was shooting HD for my film and he had the presence of mind to jump in and bring my SLR over for a few frames now and then between video shots. This shot is a perfect example of putting in the extra effort to "get the shot" and not just doing a dive and shoot what you see, which is admittedly what I usually do and what most sport divers have to do because it's all the dive operators really allow. (One of the things I love about shooting films is having my own boat so I can do whatever I want, even if it means spending a couple days hunting for a mating turtle pair and then spending several hours filming it.) Wait until you see the video sequence in the film of this (there are a couple shots in the trailer (http://www.secretsofthereef.com/)).

Jukka, I would definitely go with the "sleeping" story! If it's sleeping, it's an awesome shot!! If it's dead....well, kinda depressing!

Papa, I agree about exposure. Turtles are tough because they have very bright highlights that are SO easy to overexpose. I have ruined LOTS of turtle pics this way. Film was a little more forgiving with turtles than digital. When I shoot turtles now, I dial back the strobes about a stop under where I would normally to preserve the highlight detail, then dial it in with the raw file.

Jonathan

[Jonathan Bird]

Jukka,
That turtle eating the coral is phenomenal! That is a wonderful example of a behavior shot that is marketable. Behavior shots are about 10 times more marketable than nice portraits (which is a bummer because I love a nice animal portrait, as I'm sure we all do). I don't have anything that good of a turtle eating.

Jonathan

[Clay Coleman]

Jukka: I agree with Jonathan. The close shot of the turtle's face in your original post was great, but the added behavior is really special. -Clay

[sorvju-f]

Jukka: I agree with Jonathan. The close shot of the turtle's face in your original post was great, but the added behavior is really special. -Clay

Jonathan & Clay, thanks for the KUDOS ( a word I learned from this site )

Your feedback is valuable for the future. I think its easier to take portrait than get behavior to file, but sound like its worth of!

I just kept this one just like one pic until heard your comments!

Jukka

[sorvju-f]

"Life of remoras"

I always like little strange ones like this one

http://sorvjuf.1g.fi/kuvat/Egypt+2007/Kilpparin+vatsa.jpg/full

Jukka

[Clay Coleman]

That's pretty weird, alright, Jukka! I have some shots somewhere of turtles in the Bahamas (Hesparus wreck, I think) sleeping at night and almost totally covered by those big, green remoras. Never did anything with them because they looked too weird. -Clay

[sorvju-f]

That's pretty weird, alright, Jukka! I have some shots somewhere of turtles in the Bahamas (Hesparus wreck, I think) sleeping at night and almost totally covered by those big, green remoras. Never did anything with them because they looked too weird. -Clay

Clay, I am waiting........................................... .................:D

Jukka

[Ken Hawk]

A cpl from me, I thought these were great pictures last year :rolleyes:

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d151/buchhawk/GrandSeaSerpant2006035.jpg


http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d151/buchhawk/GrandSeaSerpant2006079.jpg

I think we have the same animal Jukka :)

Thanks Ken

[sorvju-f]

A cpl from me, I thought these were great pictures last year :rolleyes:

I think we have the same animal Jukka :)

Thanks Ken

Why you have been hiding these great pics? Dont say that you waited until somebody opens the thread "Your best Turtle pic" :D

More, please

Jukka

[andyt]

Here is one taken in the Maldives a few years ago.

[Sharp]

Red Sea 2007.

http://pasilensu.com/kuvagalleriat/Pasi%20Lensun%20VA%20SM%20kuvat%202007/slides/Sarja%20C%20-%20ulkomaa.%20Kilpparin%20lepohetki.jpg

http://pasilensu.com/kuvagalleriat/Pasi%20Lensun%20VA%20SM%20kuvat%202007/slides/Sarja%20C%20-%20ulkomaa.%20Kilpparin%20lounastauko.jpg

[Clay Coleman]

Both of those are very nice! Here's one I've posted before somewhere else (I looked for it and couldn't find it, but I'm pretty sure I've posted it before):
http://claycoleman.tripod.com/caebdd30.jpg
Clay

[sorvju-f]

Both of those are very nice! Here's one I've posted before somewhere else (I looked for it and couldn't find it, but I'm pretty sure I've posted it before):

Clay


Andyt, Pasi and Clay...avesome results!

Clay, I havent seen this...behavior;)

Jukka

[redkane]

Of course, I was swimming along with a macro lens on when we come upon a large turtle just laying on a ledge on the reef. I thought, "Oh well, what the heck" and shot a couple of shots. Nothing great, just a cool turtle head shot that actually looks to be in focus. (Wonder how that happened?)

This was shot in North Sulawesi in Sept of 07.

[sorvju-f]

Of course, I was swimming along with a macro lens on when we come upon a large turtle just laying on a ledge on the reef. I thought, "Oh well, what the heck" and shot a couple of shots. Nothing great, just a cool turtle head shot that actually looks to be in focus. (Wonder how that happened?)

This was shot in North Sulawesi in Sept of 07.

You were lucky that you had macro...with wide angle you would have picture that has been taken already 10 zillion time;)

Jukka

[redkane]

That's a good point, hadn't thought about it that way. Thanks!!

[Andrew]

Great pic Redkane, love the way he is looking straight into the lens, then have amazing eyes which seem to look through you. Here are two (also with my macro) from my recent Malaysia trip but not with such good eye line.

Andrew

[allison finch]

I just got back from the Digital Shootout in Bonaire (last night) and here is one I just happen to have handy. I have had no time to plow through all the images yet. This fellow was tearing into the sponge with rough results. Why do they tell us not to touch the reef??? LOL!

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3007/2569153206_43e9d3088a_b.jpg

[solisti]

Amazing shot Allison! Very balanced photo, pleasing to an eye!

[redkane]

Great colors, great focus, and very rich

[Daniel]

The photo is rich in both colour and texture which makes it quite special.

Nice work Allison. :)

Daniel

[allison finch]

Thanks for the nice words! Here's another late evening photo from Bonaire.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3194/2569153220_8b5fcd6914_b.jpg

[Papa Bear]

One from Wananavu out at Mellow Yellow:
http://twotankedproductions.com/images/480__MG_7918_Hawksbill_in_Bligh_Water_12-08.jpg

[ftansari]

Its time to open own thread for turtles ( I got so many pics from Egypt )!

Here is couple of mine:

Did you know that turtle really have teeth?


...and close...


This one is good one to advertise deodorant!


...flying...

Jukka

Jukka, I got bitten once by a green turtle while diving in Indonesia Seaworld. I felt the bite was like a pinch with a little bit of hard teeth inside.

here is mine http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1042/3166430509_2aaabfe74a.jpg