HOW TO CAPTURE A TURTLE

Back to the 2nd day of our Sicily holiday – 20 September, 2015.

I took some shots of turtles which were roaming around a terrace in our Stazzo lodging. There was a cheeky b***tard (my daughter, haha) who sneaked a few shots of me while I was busy taking my shots.

Joke: In the forest, a little turtle and a little snail began climbing a tree. It took them forever, but when they reached the highest limb, they were so happy. The turtle waved his arms and fell to the ground. The snail waved his antennae and fell to the ground. After they came to, they began climbing the tree again. After quite some time, they reached the top. The turtle and the snail began waving, and again, fell to the ground. After several attempts (and BIG headaches), the 2 birds who had been watching them the whole time, shook their heads sadly. The female bird said to the male bird, "Do you think we should tell them they're adopted"?

Thank you so much for looking and for all your wonderful comments on my tribute to my dad.

[Beryl Lloyd]

A great capture and a wonderful inset -- but it looks more like a tortoise to me !!

[sally agnew]

Nice capture, I thought it was quite large until I studied the inset :)

[Dione Giorgio]

@beryl You are right, Beryl, it is a tortoise - I always tend to mix them up.

[Irene Marshall]

A great close-up shot of the tortoise Dione.

[Peter Dulis]

Superb ....

[Chris K]

great shots. did he smile for you

[Joyce]

What great captures Dione

[Danny G.]

Funny joke and cool turtle!

[mittens (Marilyn)]

LOL Love it. Excellent capture of that cute turtle.

[gloria jones]

Great shot of the turtle...nice details, light

[John]

A good capture! Such interesting creatures!

[Anja]

Great shot, and fun to include the inset.

[Pyrrhula]

The same position as I`ve captured several toadstools . a great capture and pov. on the turtle pic.

[Suse♡]

Very cool joke, lol loved it. Wonderful shot of the turtle

[Denise (lyndemc)]

My husband does the same thing - take pictures of me while I'm taking a 365 photo. Mr. Tortoise here seems a bit reluctant to have his picture taken.

[Tony]

Clever image, you really went to some trouble to get that shot. Fav

[Kim]

I love that your daughter photographed the photographer, well done both of you!

[Call me Joe]

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[Gena Pegg]

Fun capture...and what a great turtle.

[Dione Giorgio]

@beryl @hermann @irene111 @pdulis @cruiser @thistle @soboy5 @mittens @seattlite @congaree @stiggle @pyrrhula @susale @lyndemc @tonydebont @kimdavis @joemuli @eyesmile Thank you very much for your lovely comments.

[Sylvia du Toit]

Ha ha took nearly the same picture here a few days ago. Poor turtle here is nothing to eat outside, so I fetched a carrot and cabbage leaves to eat.

[Denise Wood]

How wonderful to have them roaming around!

[Alison Hewitt Bailey]

Fun captures - you look like you were really enjoying yourself there. I like the way the tortoise seems to be looking at the picture of you taking its photo.