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African keeled mud turtles swimming at Antwerpen zoo The light was poor and they were swimming quite fast, so it is not as sharp as I wanted. African keeled mud turtle,Antwerpen,Pelusios carinatus Click/tap to enlarge Species introCountry intro

African keeled mud turtles swimming at Antwerpen zoo

The light was poor and they were swimming quite fast, so it is not as sharp as I wanted.

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  1. View Graeme Ruck's profile
    Graeme Ruck
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    Wow! great grouping Posted 12 years ago
  2. View Frankhuizen Photography's profile
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    May be next time you can try to set your shutter at 1/500 (and your aperture at 2.8 if the light is poor) with swimming/moving animals. Posted 12 years ago
    1. View Ferdy Christant's profile
      Ferdy Christant
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      You're totally right. I was relying too much on auto ISO with this one. Posted 12 years ago
    2. View Ludo Sak's profile
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      I think the choice of settings is quite favourable here, Ferdy captured slow creatures in movement, Maybe not that sharp, but catching the essence. It ads to the atmosphere. Posted 12 years ago
      1. View Frankhuizen Photography's profile
        Frankhuizen Photography
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        It was just a hint after Ferdy's comment about the sharpness underneath the photo ;-) Posted 12 years ago
        1. View Ferdy Christant's profile
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          Your tip is well received. What happened here is that I was at the zoo with my g/f. Just the reptile part of it alone has dozens of creatures, and I can't keep her waiting for me to tune the settings for each scene. That's why I prefer photographing alone :) Posted 12 years ago
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    Reminds me of the Great A'tuin:) Posted 12 years ago

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The African keeled mud turtle

The African keeled mud turtle is a species of turtle in the Pelomedusidae family.
It is endemic to Africa, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Republic of the Congo, and Gabon

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Similar species: Turtles And Tortoises
Species identified by Ferdy Christant
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By Ferdy Christant

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Uploaded Aug 1, 2013. Captured Apr 27, 2013 14:26.
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  • NIKON D7000
  • f/3.2
  • 1/125s
  • ISO6400
  • 105mm

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