Above George
April 11, 2013
This is George, he is my son’s red footed tortoise. He just turned 2 years old, about 4 inches long, and refuses to come out of his shell when I try to take his picture lately. I did get some when he was younger, some of them are below. He is in there, I can see his face, sometimes just an eye, I tempted him with a strawberry but nothing. So, I got this shot from above. His markings are very cool. When we tell people we have a tortoise the same question always come up… “how long does he live?” My answer is always: until he dies like everyone else. My son would tell you over 50 years, we have read they can live up to 70-80 years. I picture him being at my funeral, of course he will finally come out of his shell, but I won’t be able to take his picture…
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1/400, f4.0, iso 500, Nikon D700, Nikon 105mm