The Nature Photography Thread

[Reptileherps]

Cool photo's. Is that an Alligator in the last pic?

Sure is. I was pretty surprised to see alligators at that spot.

[RedSidedSPR]

Damn, I thought it was fly, the yellow and huge size threw me off... Thanks

[Stefan-A]

Damn, I thought it was fly, the yellow and huge size threw me off... Thanks

The eyes and head give it away, if nothing else.

[RedSidedSPR]

The eyes and head give it away, if nothing else.

Yeah that's what made me ask.. Never seen one like that. To me this was a fly lol. That thing was 3 times the size and colored like a bee. Threw me off.

[Natrix]

Steve, I have checked both the UK and U S freshwater turtle sites for possible ID it looks like the animal in question could well be a hybrid of Red eared slider and a map turtle of some kind?? Given that pic was taken in the UK Who knows what it it is. That said It's unusual.

[guidofatherof5]

Thanks Rod.
I was thinking it was some kind of map turtle.

[Reptileherps]

Here are some photos I took while in Costa Rica last summer. I have hundreds of pictures but I'll just narrow it down to a few.

[Reptileherps]

And a couple more.

[guidofatherof5]

The baby sea turtle, Leatherback? (Dermochelys coriacea) is awesome.

[Reptileherps]

Honestly I'm not sure what kind it is. I wasn't expecting to see any there. And what's odd is that it was the only one, there wasn't another one in sight. I guess it was either an early or late hatcher.