Burmese Star Tortoise Hatching Photos

[royden]

One of the world's top 20 critically endangered tortoises. The Burmese Star! And somehow I was in the right place at the right time.

 

[Chase]

Did you hatch these?

 

[BocaJan]

That is incredible! Congrats.

 

[laurie]

Never saw these guys before, they are beautiful, great pics.

 

[royden]

These were hatched by a local breeder.
Thanks!

 

[Cainschams]

And somehow I was in the right place at the right time.

You seem to be good at that!!! Great photos and what an awesome subject!

 

[haleybobl]

Those pictures are truely amazing! I only wish I could take pictures like that, not to mention of such a neat creature. Thank you for sharing!

 

[Rocky]

those are awesome pictures! good job!

 

[royden]

You seem to be good at that!!! Great photos and what an awesome subject!

Seriously, I don't know how this happens to me. Not even a Russian tort or a painted anything..no..a burmese star! Incredible.

You're looking at my nactus submission for the endangered category next year.

 

[dondeb562]

awwww very cool! how adorable is that little face!!

 

[Nicodemayo]

Amazing as usual!

 

[AncientCritters]

Amazing as usual!

What he said!!!!! Burmese Stars are great. I have Indian and Sri Lankan stars but no Burmese. Hopefully one day.

 

[royden]

thanks guys!

 

[jojackson]

Tortoises are a soft spot of mine, They are so cute! Fantastic Pics too btw, What sort of cam did you use? slr? Im gonna use one as my desktop! Great stuff!

 

[klangford]

What sort of cam did you use?

According to the photo data he used the following:

Canon EOS Digital Rebel
Adobe Photoshop 7.0 (for editing)
Shutter Speed 1/200 sec.
Fstop 7.1
Focal Length 60mm
ISO-100
Manual Exposure
Picture taken 1/27/2009 at 2:39 PM

Ok - I cheated and looked in the JPG details

 

[royden]

Saves me from typing!

All I'd add is two speedlites, two softboxes and a bunch of helpful assistants.

 

[SpikeTheVeiled]

Absoloutly incredible, i love to see things like this happening in the world. It just goes to show anything is possible if you put your mind to it.