TOL

[sleist]

Turtle On Log.
Not quite ready for BIF.

He was a fast turtle though ....

D500 Nikon 200-500 @ 500​

 

[zulu42]

Nice shot, great color!

For fast turtles I like to get some motion blur in the legs and panning blur to the background.

 

[Jeff15]

Nice shot.....

 

[Fujidave]

Good pose and a great shot, good and colourful.

 

[sleist]

Thanks all.

 

[Gary A.]

Yep, you have to work your way up the motion ladder.

 

[ceemac]

I like turtle shots better when the motion is frozen, like you've done.

 

[sleist]

I was thinking I could go back and have an assistant throw the turtle a couple times - you know, for practice.

 

[Gary A.]

Like shooting skeet ...

 

[sleist]

Like shooting skeet ...

Exactly. But I may need 2 assistants. One to throw, and the other to catch. I mean I'm shooting them, but it's not the same as with a shotgun. Plus who would want to throw a dead turtle around? And then the pic would likely be offensive to somebody. Everybody is offended by something these days, am I right? I'm sure there some "save the turtles" group somewhere wetting their pants already. Frigging hipsters crybabies. SMH