Delaware Valley Wildlife - Box Turtle, Red Tailed Hawk, and White Tailed Deer

in Delaware Valley Lifelast year (edited)

Last year I posted photos of a Garter Snake and White Tailed Deer that I happened across while walking the dog. Today, the dog and I came across a box turtle. I didn't have my phone with me, but I was able to go inside and retrieve it and find the turtle again. Here are some photos that I took, playing around with different zoom settings and angles. (all photos taken near West Chester, PA).

First, I tried zooming from further away, but I wasn't sure if that would be blurred by digital zoom or not, so I also wanted to get some close-up shots. The closer I got, the further his head and legs slipped inside of the shell.

1x zoom from close-up

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1x zoom from a bit further away

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1x zoom close-up front view

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1x zoom close-up top view

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1x zoom from about five feet away

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2x zoom from about five feet away

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4x zoom from about five feet away

As feared, the photo was getting blurry due to the digital zoom, so I'm glad I took the close-ups too.

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10x zoom from about five feet away

Blurred by zoom, but you can see how far its neck was stretched out before I got closer to it.

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And as long as I'm posting photos again, here's a White-Tailed Deer that I photographed on June 3.

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Unfortunately, they spook so easily, I can't really get good photos with a cell phone, but that's all I had with me at the time. I see the deer so often that I don't photograph them much any more... it's starting to feel cliché. If you want some better deer photos, you can go back to last year's posts, Delaware Valley Wildlife - Garter snake and more White-tailed Deer or DelVal Wildlife Photography - White Tailed Deer.

And finally, here's a Red Tailed Hawk that the dog and I happened to see back in February. Again, the digital zoom blurs things. I guess I should start carrying the regular camera on my dog walks. ;-)

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Side-note: The Red-Tailed Hawk link is from the Audubon Society. I grew up within walking distance of the John James Audubon Center in - you guessed it - Audubon, PA.

Update: I should note that @primevaldad posted a much better Red-Tailed Hawk photo, back in April.


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I really like the photos you have taken of nature. You can tell that you have a good eye and a lot of patience to capture those moments. Regarding the deer, it is quite difficult to take a picture of them since they are always attentive to everything, but I see that you achieved it. The hawk and the turtle with their attitude are the opposite of the deer, and they are easier to photograph. Thank you for sharing.

I like to see the design of the turtle's shell, it looks very good in several photos, in relation to the deer , that's what you say, it's more difficult to take a good photo, but the one I see seems fine to me.
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I also can't take good photos from my mobile phone from afar, in this regard, a lot of frames escaped from me. You have beautiful pictures!

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