Between A Rock and A Hard Place [Contest Finalists May 2005]
Uploaded: May 13, 2005 01:11:19
A giant tortiose taken at the Melbourne Zoo.
Hand held - auto settings.
Arya Bandyopadhyay May 13, 2005
Wonderful composition and presentation!!! This guy is a real poser!!! Amazing capture, Donna!!! #248437S J May 13, 2005
Terrific capture and excellent framing, Donna!! Both the rock and the turtle looks same...lol. #1346177Jordi Delgado May 13, 2005
Great shot, Donna!! You could've used a tripod and a 15 sec exposure!!! LOL!!!;-)) #1346180
Stanley J. Contrades May 13, 2005
Terrific 'timing' :-)!!, Donna! Excellent capture and subdued color tones on this giant!! Very well done!!Gaurav Mehra May 13, 2005
Its so cute, Donna!!! Very nice capture,I love it, the way it is looking with small lil eyes & the way it is eating grass. Everything is captured beautifully. #1346217Judy S. Fung May 13, 2005
Wonderful composition and capture, Donna!! So very cute. #1346222Paul Michko May 13, 2005
Great portrait, Donna. #1346253Roger Bernabo May 13, 2005
A great Stuck shot if I ever saw one, Donna; great capture! #1346304Donald K. Cherry May 13, 2005
Cute portrait, Donna! I bet you had to use a really fast shutter speed to capture this guy since I heard that they can be quit quick...lol!! Love your comp here!! #1346305Stephanie Lyons May 13, 2005
Great title for an awesome shot Donna! He's adorable - love the grass in his mouth! #1346351Carla Metzler May 13, 2005
Cute capture, Donna! #1346352Tammy Scott May 13, 2005
Great shot, Donna! #1346420Kerby Pfrangle May 13, 2005
Donna he is so cute. Love the title.The detail is amazing. Excellent find and capture. Kerby
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Colette M. Metcalf May 13, 2005
Cute shot, Donna!!! #1346807Karen Engelbreth May 13, 2005
Great shot, Donna!#1347869
Cathy Stancil May 13, 2005
I LOVE turtles !! Awesome composition Donna, and I love the tittle too... #1348081Patty Razonable May 13, 2005
Haven't seen these in a while!! Some times they are a pain swimming in the ocean when someone is shoreline fishing 'cause they will eat the bait! :-(Paul E. Earl May 13, 2005
I guess it wouldn't have been too hard to get it to stand still as I'm sure it wasn't moving very fast.Hehe.Donna Roberts May 14, 2005
Thanks so much everyone, I really appreciate hearing from you Arya, SJ, Jordi, Stan, Gaurav, Judy, Paul M, Roger, Don, Stephanie, Carla, Tammy, Kerby, Colette, Karen, Cathy S, Patty and Paul E.Stacey M. Seufert June 20, 2005
I LOVE THE TITLE & THE PHOTO, DONNA! :) THIS IS SO CUTE! THANKS FOR SHARING IT WITH US! #1490859Donna Roberts June 20, 2005
Thanks so much Stacey, I love this title because it is also the title of an Aerosmith CD that I own and love......LOL.Stan Kwasniowski June 21, 2005
Donna, congratulationsStan K #1498555
Tom Andersen June 21, 2005
Congratulations on this wonderful finalist, Donna! #1499683Debra Booth June 21, 2005
Excellent capture, Donna! Congratulations! #1500526S J June 21, 2005
Congratulations on this terrific Finalist, Donna!! #1500666Mary K. Robison June 21, 2005
How cool is THIS?? (Title, too...)Evy Johansen June 21, 2005
Many congratulations again, Donna! #1502347Patty Razonable June 22, 2005
Congratulations on your finalist, Donna!! #1502474Jordi Delgado June 22, 2005
Congratulations, Donna!! Go with this cutie, she'll get you to a medal!!:-) #1502616
Paul E. Earl June 22, 2005
Well done, Donna!!! #1502786Laura Clay-Ballard June 22, 2005
fabulous shot! congrats!!!!!! #1503671KHAWLA Haddad June 22, 2005
Congrats Donna such great capture well don! #1506608Donna Roberts June 23, 2005
Thank you all so very much for stopping by to give me your congrats on this finalist.Phil Sauvey June 25, 2005
Donna,Congrats on your finalist!! I don't see to many of these around my neighborhood! :) #1519442
Donna Roberts June 26, 2005
LOL - me either......they move a lot faster than I thought they would and gosh, can they eat a lot too!!!Jill Odice April 27, 2006
Great title Donna :-) #2700043Jill Odice April 27, 2006
Great title Donna :-) #2700044Donna Roberts April 27, 2006
Thank you JillBill Wyatt July 07, 2006
Amazing details and colors! The lighting is perfect! Congratulations Donna!!!! #2997965Donna Roberts July 09, 2006
Thanks Bill - I don't usually take images of 'live things', so this was a huge suprise to have this image selected.Roxanne M. Bubar March 08, 2007
Love the title.James E. Coleman June 27, 2007
Donna or should I say DDU,Jim
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