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Giant Tortoise


Giant Tortoise
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Copyright: Neil Lupin (neillupin) (59)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2008-03-28
Categories: Nature
Camera: Nikon D3, Sigma 15mm f/2.8 EX Fisheye
Exposure: f/4, 1/4000 seconds
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2008-04-05 8:38
Viewed: 1613
Favorites: 1 [view]
Points: 6
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
Curieuse Island is one of the only islands in the Seychelles to host a free roaming population of Giant Tortoises. I wanted to capture something different so went for a low angle with a fisheye lens (I was lying on the ground!) whilst this tortoise ate to give a better sense of it's sheer size. That also enabled me to block out the numerous other tourists in the background!

(State is wrong by the way - Curieuse Island isn't listed!!)
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Waww Neil..
Nice shot and....gigant Tortoise..
SUPER POV and..POV..
Regards,
Ella

Very cute, I wish it was bigger, great timing with the leaf in mouth, you should never interrupt a hungry old one during lunch :-).

Hi Neil, excellent POV. All the wildlife photographers say get to (or below) the animal's eyeline for the best view - and you've certainly done that. My only (minor criticism) is that you've used such a shallow DOF. You could have used f8 with plenty of speed on the shutter. That said, the tortoise certainly stands out from the background. Nice one! Regards, Paul.

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