Wild Sea Turtle
Uploaded: April 22, 2011
This gorgeous sea turtle was curious to look at us snorkling. Barbados.
Animals
Exif: F Number: 3.8, Exposure Bias Value: 0.00, ExposureTime: 1/250 seconds, Flash: did not fire, auto mode, ISO: 64, White balance: Auto white balance, FocalLength: 6.20 mm, Model: PENTAX Optio WS80
R. J. Laudenbacher April 22, 2011
Wow Karen...what a great capture. That must have been a real treat to have this come up to you like that. Great comp and wonderful B&W. #1371288Jeff Robinson April 22, 2011
Excellent capture and use of B&W! Jeff #9363257Nadia Paul April 23, 2011
What a great experience Karen - wonderful capture! #9364569Karen Celella April 30, 2011
Thank you Becky, Jeff and Nadia. It was exciting to be so close to this wild sea turtle! #9381248Courtenay Vanderbilt May 18, 2011
Big Congrats, Karen! A well deserved Finalist! #9411264Freddy Bland May 18, 2011
Many congratulations, Karen!! This is wonderful!! #9411806Carol Eade May 18, 2011
What a wonderful capture, Karen, congratulations on your finalist! #9411985Memoriee G. Sconce May 18, 2011
Congrats Looks like a fun time.Usman M. Bajwa May 18, 2011
CONGRATZ on your terrific Finalist, good luck in the next round!!!UB. #9412602
Nancyj E. Hovey May 19, 2011
C O N G R A T U L A T I O N SPatricia Seidler May 19, 2011
CONGRATULATIONS KAREN! #9413429Carla Capra Anderson May 19, 2011
Wow, Wow and WOW!Ron McEwan May 19, 2011
That water is amazingly clear. Congrats on this wonderful image getting Silver WTG Karen #9413852Tarun Bose May 19, 2011
Congrats for your outstanding finalist, Karen. Seems a winner to me. #9413857Kim Andelkovic May 19, 2011
Spectacular Finalist Karen.....Super Congrats :-) #9413880Lisa J. Boulden May 19, 2011
Fantastic, Karen!Robert R. Goodman May 19, 2011
A big congratulations,Karen!!! #9413932David Hurt May 19, 2011
Congratulations Great capture Karen.Marcel J. Fernandez May 19, 2011
Congratulations, Karen on your delightful Finalist. #9413941Carol L. Fowler May 19, 2011
Big Congrats on this Finalist! #9414288William88 May 19, 2011
Great capture! Congratulations Karen!! #9414299Craig D. Minton May 19, 2011
Congratulations Karen! I missed this earlier. What a unique capture. The B&W works perfectly. #9414517R. J. Laudenbacher May 19, 2011
So happy to see this here Karen. I liked it the moment I saw it. Congrats on your finalist. #9414596Bojan Bencic May 19, 2011
Congratulations on your finalist, Karen! #9414674Leslie McLain May 19, 2011
Congrats on your amazing finalist, Karen. #9414918Ellen Hodges May 19, 2011
Huge congrats on an awesome finalist, Karen! Very best luck!! #9414976Jeff Robinson May 19, 2011
Congrats Karen on your Fantastic Finalist! Jeff #9415050Anita Hogue May 19, 2011
A wonderful capture, Karen! Congratulations! #9415192Stephen Zacker May 19, 2011
Striking. Like it in B & W. Congratulations #9415211Merna L. Nobile May 19, 2011
It is with great pleasure that I offer my congratulations on your award for the month of April. Merna
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Debra R. Harder May 19, 2011
This is soooooooo AWESOME, Karen! Huge congratulations on your BRILLIANT finalist! Deb #9415638Rona L. Schwarz May 19, 2011
LOve this one, Karen! A marvelous Finalist - terrific composition with fantastic detail and clarity and excellent in B&W! Sorry I missed it earlier, Apologize for my absence...once back from out of town I discovered we had a critical publication deadline with a very short turnaround, and then had computer problems. Such is life... #9415800Robert K. Bemus May 19, 2011
Wonderful shot and great in B&W...congratulations on your Finalist!! #9415819Patti Coblentz May 19, 2011
Must have been amazing! It's a spectacular image, Karen...congratulations on your finalist! #9415899Thomas E. Hinds May 20, 2011
Fantastic image of this sea turtle! Great comp, pov, and detail! Wonderful work, Karen! Congratulations on this Finalist! #9416781Joseph T. Pilonero May 20, 2011
Wow! What a find and what a wonderful capture of this. Perfect framing! Such great clarity and grey tones. Just perfect. Congratulations. TED #9417188Patrick Rouzes May 20, 2011
Congratulations on this exceptional finalist, Karen! Amazing work, indeed! Good luck! #9417296Robert K. Bemus May 20, 2011
Congratulations on an a gorgeous and so well deserved Grand Prize, Karen!! #9417621Freddy Bland May 20, 2011
MANY CONGRATULATIONS to you Karen--Outstanding Grand Prize winner!!! #9417627Kim Andelkovic May 20, 2011
SUPER SUPER CONGRATS Karen......you hit the JACK POT.......I'm so happy for you.......enjoy the wave ride.....whoooo hooooo :-) #9417628Millie A. Talarico May 20, 2011
Grand Prize, super, Karen!!! #9417631Anita Hogue May 20, 2011
WOW, I think a GRAMD CONGRATULATIONS is in order! I am so very happy for you, Karen! #9417658Nikki McDonald May 20, 2011
Terrific capture, Karen -- great tones. Congratulations on scoring the big one. So very pleased for you, my friend. #9417726Carolyn M. Fletcher May 20, 2011
BIG congrats on your BIG win!! #9417767Amy M. Wilson May 20, 2011
Huge congratulations on your AWESOME Grand Prize winner, Karen!!! #9417780Patrick Rouzes May 20, 2011
Heyyyyy, Karen, Congratulations on your well-deserved Grand Prize Winner! Happy for you!!! #9417787Maria Morrow May 20, 2011
Big congratulations to you, Karen... Great work!!! #9417808Deborah Lewinson May 20, 2011
Hardy congrats, Karen, on your awesome Grand Prize Winner!Debby #9417814
Janet McNeil May 20, 2011
Congratulations on a super Grand Prize Win!! #9417842Ellen Hodges May 20, 2011
Very Huge congrats on a gorgeous winner, Karen!! Yeah!!!! #9417859Thomas E. Hinds May 20, 2011
So well deserved, Karen! Love it! Big Congratulations on this GP Winner!! #9417870JO ANN CLEVELAND May 20, 2011
Congratulations on your GRAND PRIZE winner Karen!jo ann c. #9417878
Nancyj E. Hovey May 20, 2011
C O N G R A T U L A T I O N SJack Gaskin May 20, 2011
I'LL SECOND THOSE WORDSHAPPY SHOOTING
JACK #9417971
Heather Loewenhardt May 20, 2011
Congratulations on taking the top honour. Your image is amazing. #9418025Michelle Alton May 20, 2011
It was a thrill to see this image in the GP position of honor. So well deserved, Karen! Congratulations! #9418029Mark S. Cox May 20, 2011
F A N T A S T I C!! Big congrats on the win!!! #9418301Sharon Sawyer May 20, 2011
Whooooo Hoooooooo!!! WTG, Karen!!! HUGE congratulations on your amazing and well deserved GRAND PRIZE WINNER!!! #9418328Carol Eade May 20, 2011
Very big congratulations, Karen, this is a wonderful Grand Prize! #9418337Randy D. Dinkins May 20, 2011
Great capture Karen, Big congratulations!!! #9418360Rolando Rosito May 20, 2011
Big Congratulations on your grand prize Winner!!!! Fantastic!!! #9418400Terry Cervi May 20, 2011
Karen! WTG! Congrats on your wonderful Grand Prize win!!! #9418456Debra R. Harder May 20, 2011
WHOOOO-HOOOOO!!! WTG, Karen! Huge congratulations on your BRILLIANT GRAND PRIZE WINNER! Deb #9418478Kay Beausoleil May 20, 2011
Karen, congratulations on your Grand Prize win -- so well-deserved! #9418591Tammy M. Anderson May 20, 2011
Congrats Karen on the Grand Prize. #9418631Jeana Clark May 20, 2011
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Daniella Puente May 20, 2011
Congratulations on this great Grand Prize Karen! #9418744Rona L. Schwarz May 20, 2011
YIPEE and WOWEE! WTG, Karen!! I am absolutely thrilled for you! It is a spectacular capture and so deserving of the GRAND PRIZE WINNER!! HUGE CONGRATULATIONS to you, my friend! Rona #9418765R. J. Laudenbacher May 20, 2011
I knew this was a WOW shot from the first time I saw it. A BIG CONGRATULATIONS to you Karen. I couldn't be happier for you. WTG!!! #9418797Usman M. Bajwa May 20, 2011
So happy to see this again and that too with a GP Win. HUGE CONGRATZ, Karen!!!UB. #9418803
Steven W. Lepak May 20, 2011
BRAVO, BRAVO !!! Huge congrats on you Grand Prize Winner Karen. WONDERFUL. Keep them coming. Best Regards, Steven #9418818Patti Coblentz May 20, 2011
Yea, Karen...I'm so thrilled for you :)) A big congratulations on your wonderful Grand Prize winner!!! Huge smiles to you :) #9418833Robert R. Goodman May 20, 2011
Congratulations,Karen.And a beautiful grand prize winner it is!!!!! #9418842Liz blahh May 20, 2011
Congratulations on your Grand Prize Winning image! #9418873Lisa J. Boulden May 20, 2011
WTG, Karen!Joannie Bertucci May 20, 2011
Absolutely marvelous Karen and so deserving of the Grand Prize...Congratulations! #9419074Bojan Bencic May 20, 2011
Congratulations on your GP win, Karen. Well done. #9419076Karen Celella May 21, 2011
Oh My Gosh! What a shock! Now that I picked myself off the floor I want to heart fully thank the BP Judges! This is the highest honor and I am thrilled and humbled to receive the award. An even greater thanks to Jim Mioke for providing this awesome sight where photographers, at all levels, come together to share and learn. I am most grateful for the many friends and acquaintances I have met here. BP is an addiction! Thank you friends, for being so very kind and supportive. It really feels like family! And one more special thank you goes to Ken Ferguson and the FFFP club. They are immediate family here. lol They are the ones that tell you how it really is and can smack you into shape, with love of course. lol Wow, I started out feeling speechless and look what happened. Sincere thanks! #9419303Karen Celella May 21, 2011
Sorry, that's Jim Miotke. And I want to thank you Janet, for calling to tell me the good news. Congratulations on your winning rose! #9419366Mary K. Robison May 21, 2011
Karen, even in b&w, it's clear that this turtle is gorgeous --- all those wonderful patterns on the shell and legs.Patricia Seidler May 21, 2011
Wow Karen. You did it!!!! Huge congratulations on your grand prize winner. I must congratulate Russ too for his patience and the time he spends with you in order to capture these great pictures...... #9419400Danny B. Head May 21, 2011
Beautiful, Karen! Congrats on the GP Winner! #9419435Alejandro Cerutti May 21, 2011
Great to see you received the TOP PRIZE Karen !!! #9419581Ryan Murphy May 21, 2011
Congrats, Karen! This image is fantastic #9419613Kara L. Hendricks May 21, 2011
HUGE congrats on the coveted GP! #9419782Mark Dodge May 21, 2011
Un-Believable. #9419868Amanda D. Austwick May 21, 2011
Karen, Many Many Congratulations on this Great GP WInner!!! Love the details on the turtle done so well in B&W! #9419869Lynne S. Fried May 21, 2011
wow, wow, wow. Congratulations Karen How deserving is this!Linda L. Ruiz May 21, 2011
#9419957Stephen Zacker May 21, 2011
This is awesome! Big Congratulations #9420114Ann H. Belus May 21, 2011
FANTASTIC!!! HUGE CONGRATULATIONS! #9420265Lydia Williams May 21, 2011
Fantastic capture, Karen....a big congratulations, awesome! #9420292Sandra Anderson May 21, 2011
Congratulations Karen on your wonderful grand prize winner. #9420617Denny E. Barnes May 21, 2011
Outstanding!! Congratulations, Karen on your awesome Grand Prize Win!! #9420796Tarun Bose May 21, 2011
Big congrats Karen for your Grand prize winner. #9420949Anne McKinnell May 21, 2011
Congratulations on your wonderful grand prize winner Karen!! How exciting! #9420964Jessica Jenney May 22, 2011
Congratulations Karen on your fabulous Grand Prize winner! #9421281Joseph T. Pilonero May 22, 2011
YES!! You did it. What a picture and what an accomplishment! Congratulations!! TED #9421303Katarina Mansson May 22, 2011
Great capture and huge impact. Congratulations on your superb GP Karen! #9421360Claudia Kuhn May 22, 2011
Congratulations on your grand prize winner! #9421909Giancarlo Bisone May 22, 2011
Hi Karen:Merna L. Nobile May 22, 2011
I would like to congratulate you for your achievement into the winner’s circle. What you have accomplished is something to be very proud of and should wear it like a badge of honor! Merna #9422229Ken Smith May 22, 2011
Way to go, Karen...such a deserved honor! Congrats to you!! #9422344Courtenay Vanderbilt May 22, 2011
HUGE congrats, Karen! A most deserved Grand Prize! #9422460Mary Beth Aiello May 22, 2011
Karen -- Huge congrats on this absolutely outstanding GRAND PRIZE winner. I'm so happy for you. Just love it. A spectacular capture. #9422719Craig D. Minton May 22, 2011
It had to win!!! Nice job, Karen. #9422997Kathryn Wesserling May 23, 2011
This is a spectacular image, Karen (aren't yours, always!!) Congratulations on receiving the Grand. It's definitely the Best of the Best. #9423221Linda Blair May 23, 2011
Congratulations on your wonderful Grand Prize Winner!!!!!! #9423985David M. Montero May 23, 2011
I can't tell you how happy I am for you Karen. A HUGE congratulations for the selection of your wondertful shot as the Grand Prize for April. Go crazy girl! You deserve it. #9424198Donna La Mattino Pagakis May 23, 2011
I am so excited for you Karen. Congratulations on your Grand Prize win. WTG!!! #9424213Jeff Robinson May 24, 2011
Big Congrats on your GP Win Karen!! #9425318Cathy Barrows May 24, 2011
Congrats on your Grand Prize Win #9425845Marcel J. Fernandez May 24, 2011
Karen, congratulations on your Amazing Grand Prize Winner. #9425863Susan M. Reynolds May 24, 2011
Great Capture and Congratulations on your GRAND PRIZE WIN!!! #9426204Maria Coulson May 24, 2011
Karen, HUGE congratulations, wow, what an honor. I truly rejoyce with you. #9426226Inge S. Lasmana May 24, 2011
Congratulations on your grand prize winner Karen! #9426318Phyllis H. Burchett May 24, 2011
HUGE congrats Karen on this fabulous GRAND PRIZE WINNER!!! #9426600Summer A. Kozisek May 24, 2011
Fantastic capture, congratulations on your Grand Prize Win!!! #9426682Nadia Paul May 24, 2011
Congrats on your wonderful GP winner Karen! #9426740Mitch Spence May 25, 2011
Karen, congratulations on this extraordinary image and on your grand prize winner. #9427976Datha Y. Thompson May 26, 2011
WOOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOO :)Theresa Marie Jones May 27, 2011
Bravo! Congratulations on an excellent image! Love your new Gallery! #9431440Renee Doyle May 28, 2011
Belated but very BIG congrats on your outstanding GP win Karen!!! WTG!! #9432925Cindy Bendush May 30, 2011
Fabulous capture and excellent GPW! Congratulations Karen! #9436381Agnes Fegan June 02, 2011
Belated congratulations on your Grand Prize Win Karen ... we were away in California when the Finalists and Winners came out so I was a bit out of the loop! Well deserved win!!! #9440852Carole L. Parker June 03, 2011
Awesome shot. Congrats!!! #9442926Karen Celella June 16, 2011
I can't tell you how much I appreciate all of this kind support. Thank you all so very much! #9463555Tammy L. Newcomb June 23, 2011
I had every intention of saying congratulations and forget and remembered several times. So congratulations on your well deserved Grand Prize Win. I can only imagine how incredibly excited you were. #9478280Mitch Spence July 02, 2011
Belated here too, but large, Karen. #9501975Karen Celella July 03, 2011
Thank you very much Tammy and Mitch. #9503476Sign up for an interactive online photography course to get critiques on your photos.
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