The Great Turtle Shot!

I’ve sent this to a few people, but thought I should make the distribution global. No, the attached picture was not doctored in Photoshop! Earlier this Spring, Noel and a few co-workers went out on a snorkel / swim with turtles / see spinner dolphins cruise off the Waianae coast (another reason to get off the beaten path here...at least out of Waikiki!). I'm not sure if the cruise operators got mad at Noel for getting so close (I think this distance just may be illegal), but I think he just kind of drifted toward the turtle (who was possibly in a drift of his own) and the turtle didn't swim away quickly. In the shot, Noel is looking down and advancing a disposable camera. The tour hires a professional photographer to get in the water and take shots of the cruisers, and Noel bought this one from him. I can’t wait to go months from now, definitely after the baby arrives, sometime before we leave here. Noel said he saw a ton of dolphins up close from the boat, but they swim away the minute anyone gets out of the boat into the water. But all the turtles - lots of them - stick around. Here’s another one from the professional photographer.