These turtles are remarkably difficult to approach. So this picture will have to just be compositionally and texturally interesting, and not be a super-close-up zoom of the turtle. One of these days, I’m going out in my waders so I can stand in the water and get better shots. It seems like a lot for just a picture for fun, but I don’t want to not do anything a National Geographic photographer would do to get a shot he or she wanted.
Two more days and we leave for Portland. I’ve got to start charging my camera batteries now. I am so excited. I think I’ll spend a whole day in the Japanese gardens, just shooting pretty things.
