Thanks, Bipin. No, I did not crop this image. This large green sea turtle rose up from underneath me while I was snorkeling, and really was that close. Here is one of the image showing an entire turtle:
http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=15186694 After snorkeling on Molokini, a tiny semi-submerged volcanic crater off the West coast of Maui, we went to a reef known for many turtles. There were dozens who surfaced over a period of about 30 minutes. I was able to swim up and behind several of them and obtain a few images, using a Sea Life underwater compact digital camera. My gallery of turtle photos from that dive are here: http://photo.net/photodb/folder?folder_id=1026664 Thanks for looking and for you kind comments. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Fri, Feb 17, 2012 at 10:12 AM, Bipin Gupta <[email protected]> wrote: > Vow Dan, enthralling capture of of this huge beauty. Did you crop some > of this amphibian out? If yes, can you post the full shot. I guess you > couldn't have been so close. > I have played with these enormous creatures on the beaches of Oman near Sur. > They come inland at night in hordes for laying eggs. And the eggs are > very rubbery, soft, round and a bit larger than a pin pong ball. No > photos though as flash is not allowed. They try to wade back back into > the ocean before day break, but they become so weak that we had to > push many of them back into the sea. They are a sight to behold in the > moonlight - better than the seven wonders of the world. > Bipin - from a far away enchanting land. > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
