An exotic animal, lost on the icy cold shore of Latvia. It seems, the turtle is longing for the warm, southern sea. But it is condemned to stare at an endless frozen surface. The turtle may envy the woman who is able to go where it cannot follow.

Canon EOS 500D with EF-S 18-55mm | Exposure f/13 @ 1/200sec | ISO 100 | Focal Length 33mm
Bad Weather for Turtles, by Jens Hieke

Award Winner: Photo of the Day | December 24
Award Score: 67 (Value 13, Clarity 12, Composition 17, Style 13, Skill 12)
Photo of the Day Award Category: Nature Photography
Photograph Location: Latvia

Photographer: Jens Hieke (Dresden, Germany) Registered
Jens Hieke was born in 1967 and lives in Leipzig, Saxony, Germany. Though he was a graduate librarian, but working for a broadcaster for some time. He was always fascinated by the unlimited diversity of the world, and only a few years ago he discovered photography as a wonderful possibility to capture the transient, constantly changing beauty of humans, animals and things. Actually a man of words, the passion for photography is more than an addition to his other love, the literature. He had previously photographed with the Samsung NV24HD, but currently the Canon EOS 500D is his catcher.

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