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Between A Rock and A Hard Place

© Donna Roberts

Between A Rock and A Hard Place

Uploaded: May 13, 2005 01:11:19

Description


A giant tortiose taken at the Melbourne Zoo.

Hand held - auto settings.


Comments

Arya Bandyopadhyay May 13, 2005

Wonderful composition and presentation!!! This guy is a real poser!!! Amazing capture, Donna!!! #248437

S J May 13, 2005

Terrific capture and excellent framing, Donna!! Both the rock and the turtle looks same...lol. #1346177

Jordi 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!!
Much Aloha,
Stan #1346183

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. #1346217

Judy S. Fung May 13, 2005

Wonderful composition and capture, Donna!! So very cute. #1346222

Paul Michko May 13, 2005

Great portrait, Donna. #1346253

Roger Bernabo May 13, 2005

A great Stuck shot if I ever saw one, Donna; great capture! #1346304

Donald 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!! #1346305

Stephanie Lyons May 13, 2005

Great title for an awesome shot Donna! He's adorable - love the grass in his mouth! #1346351

Carla Metzler May 13, 2005

Cute capture, Donna! #1346352

Tammy Scott May 13, 2005

Great shot, Donna! #1346420

Kerby Pfrangle May 13, 2005

Donna he is so cute. Love the title.

The detail is amazing. Excellent find and capture. Kerby

#1346718

Colette M. Metcalf May 13, 2005

Cute shot, Donna!!! #1346807

Karen 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... #1348081

Patty 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! :-(
Excellent capture, Donna!! #1349119

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.
I love the pic. Pick the tortoise. #1349334

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.
:-)
#1349860

Stacey M. Seufert June 20, 2005

I LOVE THE TITLE & THE PHOTO, DONNA! :) THIS IS SO CUTE! THANKS FOR SHARING IT WITH US! #1490859

Donna 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.
Thanks so much for stopping by.
:-)
#1494954

Stan Kwasniowski June 21, 2005

Donna, congratulations

Stan K #1498555

Tom Andersen June 21, 2005

Congratulations on this wonderful finalist, Donna! #1499683

Debra Booth June 21, 2005

Excellent capture, Donna! Congratulations! #1500526

S J June 21, 2005

Congratulations on this terrific Finalist, Donna!! #1500666

Mary K. Robison June 21, 2005

How cool is THIS?? (Title, too...)
CONGRATULATIONS, DONNA!! #1501724

Evy Johansen level-classic June 21, 2005

Many congratulations again, Donna! #1502347

Patty Razonable June 22, 2005

Congratulations on your finalist, Donna!! #1502474

Jordi 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!!! #1502786

Laura Clay-Ballard June 22, 2005

fabulous shot! congrats!!!!!! #1503671

KHAWLA Haddad June 22, 2005

Congrats Donna such great capture well don! #1506608

Donna Roberts June 23, 2005

Thank you all so very much for stopping by to give me your congrats on this finalist.
I really appreciate your on-going support.
Better luck next time, huh?
:P
#1513447

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!!!
LOL
:-) #1520675

Jill Odice level-classic April 27, 2006

Great title Donna :-) #2700043

Jill Odice level-classic April 27, 2006

Great title Donna :-) #2700044

Donna Roberts April 27, 2006

Thank you Jill
Thank you Jill
:-)
Always lovely to hear from you.
#2700178

Bill Wyatt July 07, 2006

Amazing details and colors! The lighting is perfect! Congratulations Donna!!!! #2997965

Donna 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.
:-)
#3002193

Roxanne M. Bubar March 08, 2007

Love the title.
Outstanding capture and image.
Congrats. #4034939

James E. Coleman level-classic June 27, 2007

Donna or should I say DDU,
I know this has been here a while but like this fellow I am not so fast sometimes! Anyway a neat picture!!! I like it.

Jim
#4450824


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