Common Snapping Turtle Yeah, there I was, just minding my own business; trying to capture a simple click of a Great Blue Heron; kneeling on the wet weeds with my tripod behind a small knoll, next to the lake. And, just a few feet from my left foot, comes a rock floating down the lake. Wait a minute, rocks don’t float. Nope, it was a turtle, a really big turtle, head directly for me. On one hand, I did not want to move so the turtle would get closer. On the other hand, my foot was just a few inches from the water. Today, I had heavy iron, the D3x with the 70-200mm and a 2x teleconverter After a while, my knees just had to move a bit. And, of course, the turtle turned around to parallel the lakeshore. Click!
