Green Turtle Grazing

Here’s a few additional shots of the Green Turtle grazing in a shallow tide pool in Hawaii.

Did you miss the last Saturday Evening Creature Feature?

 

Rembrandt Lighting

When shooting outdoors, you cannot always shoot with the sun on your back. Why not play with the light? This was taken at about 11:00 in the morning on a bright sunny day. Nice Rembrandt Lighting.

Only a madman would shoot white cow in the midday sun.

I’m really impressed with his gray face.

Once again, nice Rembrandt lighting.

Be fearless with the light.

Turkey Tails

I happened upon a fallen log in Dogtown that was covered in Turkey Tail fungus. Just a few art shots.

 

Saturday Evening Creature Feature, Green Sea Turtle

One of the coolest things about the Hawaii trip was the opportunity to photograph Green Turtles. We saw them on a few occasions. The Hawaiian name for this turtle is honu.

The turtles I saw were of various colors. Hmmm, shouldn’t this Green Turtle be green?

It turns out that the color of the carapace has various color patterns that change over time. Hatchlings have mostly black carapaces, juveniles turn dark brown to olive while the adults are spotted brown or marbled.

Looking into this, the name comes from the greenish color of the turtles' fat, which is only found in a layer between their inner organs and their shell.

Green Sea Turtles live to as long as 80 years. It is thought that in their formative years, Green Turtles are omnivorous. In their adult years, they turn vegetarian. 

The Green Turtle is listed as endangered except in Hawaii where it is listed as threatened.

Forgotten Photo Friday, American Crow

Happy Friday. Today I’m going deep for crow shots. Tough birds to photograph, crows are. Here are five shots taken at different times. The first crow is from Carmel, California.

The second was taken at Eastern Point here in Gloucester.

This crow is from Monterey, California.

The same crow. Oddly enough, I was able to walk around to get a different background.

Finally, a crow in Newport Beach, California.