Ageing with dignity? - a photo on Flickriver

            Taken in the highlands of Santa Cruz island in Galapagos, this photo is only possible due to intervention efforts to protect the giant toirtoise on the islands. Invasive species (brought by man no doubt) such as rats and goats nearly wiped out the population, and some variations indeed already have been. After intense efforts to remove the invasive speices and incubate toirtoise eggs in captivity, the population is thankfully again beginning to thrive. But is a life that is desperately dependent on this level of human intervention a dignified one? Perhaps this leaf munching giant has the answer...
   

Taken on: December 27, 2017

Tags:

#gianttortoise

#galapagos

#oldage more »

#dignity

#leafeaters

#santacruz

#darwin

#highlandspecies

#blackandwhitephotography « less

Sets appears in: • The Cute the Bad and The Ugly (Portraits)

Groups appears in: • animal portraits (faces only) • Galapagos Islands more » • B & W • Nikkor 300 F4 AFS Nikon 300 f/4 • SJohnson's Fauna PLEASE READ: surgery complete doing well • NATURAL SCIENCES (Biology and Geology) • Nikon D500 User's Group • PLANET ANIMAL (animal planet) « less

Camera: Nikon D500, f/6.3, 1/400 sec, 300mm (=450mm), ISO 640 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Nikon D500
Lens:	300.0 mm f/4.0
Aperture:	f/6.3
Exposure Time:	0.003 sec (1/400)
Focal Length:	300mm (35mm equivalent: 450mm)
ISO:	640
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	No Flash
Exposure Program:	Manual
Exposure Mode:	Manual
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Saturation:	Low
Sharpness:	Hard
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Adobe Photoshop Elements 15.0 (Windows)
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