I was photographing a Green Heron at the Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge in Oklahoma when these two Snapping Turtles showed up and started mating. I got a quick video.
How I Got The Shot – Snapping Turtles Mating
I parked on the side of the auto tour road at Miner’s Cove. I had my camera resting on a bean bag draped over the open window of my pickup. It was raining, and I had a high ISO (6400). I don’t like that high of an ISO but I processed it with Topaz DeNoise and it cleaned it up.
Gear Used:
- Camera: Fujifilm X-T3
- Lens: Canon EF 100-400 mm f/4.5-5.6 L IS II USM (attached with a Fringer EF-FX Pro)
Technical:
- Location: Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge (Oklahoma)
- Date and Time Taken: July 30, 2020 (07:04:42 A.M.)
- Aperture Priority
- Aperture: f5.6
- Shutter speed: 1/90 sec. (as determined by the camera)
- ISO: 6400
- White Balance: Auto
- Metering Mode: Multi
- Exposure Compensation: +0.33 EV
- Back-button Focus
- Single Point Focus
- Focal Length: 400 mm
- Processed With Luminar 4