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Photographer’s Note

Continuing with the series of images caught in my visit to the Ecological Reserve Costanera Sur, I tried during kilometers of long walk, to portray a turtle aquatic without success, given the distance in which they were and the foliage that hid them.

In a while, I found in the edge of the embankment that borders the access roads a turtle totally ready "to model". Of there this image that it wanted to share with you.

In Argentina, the turtle of lagoon - Phrynops hilarii- has ample distribution in the tie region with the water bodies of the river basins of the Parana rivers and Uruguay, arriving by the south until the northern sector of the province from Buenos Aires. The species lives in addition in almost all Uruguay, the south of Brazil and great part of Paraguay.

They are excellent swimmer due to the modifications that in the course of the
evolution it has undergone its anatomy, equipped with a hydrodynamic design, since the shell - considerably smooth is tablet in its dorsal and ventral part. Also the extremities are flattened backwards; in addition they have membranes between the fingers that when extending they facilitate swimming.

The turtle of lagoon is carnivorous; it consumes alive and dead prey. The components of their diet varies in agreement with the age and the station of the year: the young they feed fundamentally with insects, snails and tadpoles; the adults consume insects, fish, pichones of birds and small mammals. Its main predators they are reptiles (like the yacare) and birds (like the storks), that eat eggs and youthful units. The size of the prey and its diet change as they grow, when also it increases his voracity.

(Translation of Babel Fish)

kikvel, ma-tibou, Kenny10pin, richtersl, Michael_Gan, prlcs, papagolf21, elihesamian, nwoehnl, jrj, Letr, avis2avis, cmartos, joseelias, Eagle, Jeppe, sn00zie has marked this note useful

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kikvel (4772) 2004-07-29 7:57

Ricardo:

Pense que era una vibora y la valentia que te atribui se esfumo al confirmar que era una tortuga!!! jajaja!!!

Buena foto, un poco mas de contraste me parece que hubiera sido mejor.

Me gusta;

saludos

Kikvel

Kenny10pin (19301) 2004-07-29 10:25

very good work here, I like the dof here and the focus is so good that you can see the change of skin.

Well done and good composition

Michael_Gan (2772) 2004-07-29 10:58

Great shot. At first I thought it was a snake, but a frog is good as well. And probably not as dangerous to take such a shot! Very nice portrait, very sharp on its face. What I think is especially remarkable, is the black line that continuous through the eyes. Never noticed that before. Very good work!

prlcs (63) 2004-07-29 11:29

S'il te plaît, ne me regardes pas avec ces yeux là !
Je constate que tu apprécies les points de vue inédits Ricardo. Superbe en tout cas dans ce cas-ci. La photo paraît un tout petit peu surexposée et cela ne nuit pas dans la mesure où notre regard est irrémédiablement attiré par celui de cette tortue. Bravo.
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Please, do not look at me with these eyes!
I note that you appreciate new points of view, Ricardo.Superb in any way in this case. The picture appears a little over-exposed and that does not harm insofar as our glance is irremediably attracted by that of this turtle. Bravo.

jurgen (1994) 2004-07-29 13:15

Excelentes detalles en la foto, pero me gustaría que tuviese un poquito más de DOF para verle un poco más la cara. Difícil de ver si es una tortuga, pero el texto lo aclara —y la caparazón esta desenfocada 'muy lejos'. Muy buena foto.

papagolf21 (56251) 2004-07-29 14:32

Il faudrait que la tortue pense à se maquiller pour que l'on puisse la regarder. Elle fait peur telle qu'elle est !
Pas facile à photographier ces grosses bêtes.
Félicitations pour la photographie et la note d'accompagnement Ricardo.
It would be necessary that the tortoise thinks of making up itself so that l'on can look at it. It makes fear such qu'elle is! Not easy to photograph these large animals. Congratulations for photography and the note d'accompagnement Ricardo.

elihesamian (26091) 2004-07-29 14:36

WOW!
What a great portrait in this nice macro,well managed the DOF & colors in a fine way captured.Well done,Ricardo!

Rockyboy (20580) 2004-07-29 17:10

Sa tête est impressionante et la profondeur de champ très bien réglée et son regard superbe. Très bonne photo, Ricardo!
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Su cabeza es impression y la profundidad de campo muy bien regulada y su mirada magnífica. ¡Muy buena fotografía, Ricardo!

nwoehnl (118) 2004-07-30 3:38

Well, this surely is a creature I didn't have the pleasure to look into the eyes before ... Very impressive anatomical details on the head of this turtle, Ricardo, and the slightly diagonal viewpoint enhances this good composition with surprising colors. Well done.

ma-tibou (4566) 2004-07-30 6:24

charmant animal à carapace, De prés elle est assez impressionnante. Bravo Riccardo.

jrj (34779) 2004-07-30 8:29

Impressive capture. It is not nice, but very facinating. Good informative notes.

..anyway glad I don't meet to many of those around ;-)

Letr (0) 2004-07-30 9:40

What a ugly face ;-),at first I thought it was a snake face,reading the note I saw the pantzer,excellent and original pov for this turle with great dof and excellent collors.. Good Job Ricardo !

Burnham (2426) 2004-07-30 18:12

Que lindo! ;o) No verdad, pienso que tortugas son animales my lindas y interestsantes. Cuando fuï a galapagos he visto a tortugas gigantes, pero este es muy differente, y porque tu estuviste bastante cerca del animal, esta un foto differente y tambien dificil "leer", puede ser un serpiente o una rana tambien, verdad? ;o)

Piotr (0) 2004-07-31 8:01

Nice picture Ricardo, great DOF and funny turtle, well done
regards, piotr

waskahegan (0) 2004-07-31 18:02

Pense que era una vibora, pero sorpréndalo que es una tortuga.

avis2avis (4236) 2004-08-01 7:03

Great colors and DoF and very good details. The only problem I have is this looks more like a macro and not close up on the frog. You may have a got little too close to the subject here than necessary IMHO. However, you did manage to fool me into thinking this was a snake. :)

bertolucci (11976) 2004-08-01 15:23

Fine capture of this turtle, Ricardo. Due to the very well chosen DoF our attention is drawn to the front of his head. You captured the colours and scruffy looking texture of his skin very well and the black line, continued thru the eyes looks very interesting. Great job.

cmartos (6086) 2004-08-01 17:53

This shot is amazing. Wonderful sharpness, very good crop, nice bright colours. Excellent note too. Very fine work, congratulations and thanks for sharing Ricardo.

joseelias (367) 2004-08-02 7:40

Very nice note! The photo is also very good with great colors, textures and details. Just a bit more DOF in the head area would be nice but nothing too serious.

Eagle (522) 2004-08-03 11:15

Impressive picture Ricardo! At the first look I thought that it was a snake, but after reading your text I see that it is a smiling turtle =). Great angle for this image!

Jan100 (158) 2004-08-04 7:24

Ha Ha, this is so cute and the detail is great. He has got such a cheeky and mischievious grin, he is probably going for your finger!

Well taken.

Jeppe (18623) 2004-08-04 15:38

Ha ha - very fine and different turtle photo - I like the fine details you got here Ricardo - the DOF works very well and and look in look in hes eye makes me smile - thanks for this and the fine note.

One for the theme.

harold (2271) 2004-08-21 8:23

Vraiment ,de prés étrange petite bête, charmant sourire.
Bravo.