Jacob Wat
October 2025 - Turtle
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For this month I was able to photograph a turtle at the New York Botanical Gardenin using my canon EOS Rebel T7 with a 75-300 mm lens. I then worked on adjusting the lighting and adding a crop. I am unsure if I want to keep the purple flecks in the water and was wondering what everyone thought on them. To get the turtle in focus I used the auto focus setting on the camera and then adjusted the focus by hand. I am unsure of the quality of the focus and how best to improve.
3 comments posted
I love the pose of the turtle with his head held high. He looks so regal.
I do like the purple flecks but they are a distraction. In Lightroom or PS I would go to "color hue and saturation", choose reds and desaturate a little by moving the slider to the left. Posted: 10/07/2025 18:30:47
I do like the purple flecks but they are a distraction. In Lightroom or PS I would go to "color hue and saturation", choose reds and desaturate a little by moving the slider to the left. Posted: 10/07/2025 18:30:47
Hi Jacob,
This is really nice. I also like the pose of this turtle (likely a Snapping turtle).
I am a bit puzzled by the purple reflections in the water, and would try to tone them down or remove them.
To illustrate this, I worked on it a little: slight change in crop, selective color swaping, and resizing Posted: 10/10/2025 22:47:10
This is really nice. I also like the pose of this turtle (likely a Snapping turtle).
I am a bit puzzled by the purple reflections in the water, and would try to tone them down or remove them.
To illustrate this, I worked on it a little: slight change in crop, selective color swaping, and resizing Posted: 10/10/2025 22:47:10
I did like the purple in the water until I saw Pierre's magic. Toning down the colors is good, too. This is a very good shot. What were your other settings on the camera? I sense the iso is high? Posted: 10/14/2025 18:32:31