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10-JUN-2016 Hank Vander Velde

20160610 4753 Blanding's Turtle2.jpg

Ottawa West

THE BIG Yawn!

The Blanding's is the big one with its mouth wide open. Blanding's Turtles are at risk and are protected under Federal Law. Several reside in the pond/lake where this one was photographed. The other smaller turtles are Painted Turtles.

Nikon NIKON D7200,Nikon 300mm AF-S f4 PF ED +1.7 T.C.
1/1250s f/8.0 at 500.0mm iso400 full exif

other sizes: small medium original auto
Allan Jay13-Jun-2016 20:51
Top notch composition, Hank.
The icing on the cake is its
wide open mouth!
Graeme13-Jun-2016 19:11
Excellent work, Hank.V
Len13-Jun-2016 16:04
An excellent capture Hank, Top-notch.(Haven't seen one in the wild for years)
Torben Jorgensen13-Jun-2016 15:14
Getting crowdy. Maybe he is trying to scare the others away. :-) Great capture Hank.
Tom Munson13-Jun-2016 14:27
Great shot, Hank.
Tom LeRoy13-Jun-2016 13:36
A fine capture, Hank. Looks great all lined up on this log, and especially with his big mouth ! V
Claude Gagnon13-Jun-2016 12:02
Great shot for this comparison :))
Jan Luit13-Jun-2016 11:49
Nice Hank.
What a size difference.
NealyBob13-Jun-2016 11:14
Great shot of all the turtles lined up on a long Hank~!
Pierre Martin13-Jun-2016 10:50
very nice capture and excellent timing!
hayl13-Jun-2016 10:35
Great to photograph a Blanding's. Nice composition and framing too.
joseantonio13-Jun-2016 09:17
fabulous capture of this lovely imge.
Ton, Ben & Rob Nagtegaal13-Jun-2016 06:36
Mooi zo met zijn bek open Hank.
Juliette13-Jun-2016 06:23
a lazy family; lovely composition !
hge5413-Jun-2016 03:16
Amazing, Hank, but it almost looks like he is trying to swallow something very large.
Ghislaine et Réal Boulet13-Jun-2016 01:46
Beautiful capture.
Jim Coffman13-Jun-2016 01:33
That made me yawn! Nice work, Hank!!
larose forest photos13-Jun-2016 01:10
I should also say, the overall image is simply beautiful. A really delightful scene.
larose forest photos13-Jun-2016 01:09
Wow, another fantastic shot. Love the way you've caught it with its mouth fully open!
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