Conversations With A Tortoise

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1. Dave Connell makes this comment

   Monday, 20 July 2009

   I too was very pleased w/ my recent trip to the Galapagos. Your magazine has in past articles stated future stories will take on Conservation causes which the Galapagos clearly qualifies - ie. feral cats, goats and pigs are a BIG problem for the resident wildlife. Why didn't you at least mention the situation ? The program of recovering lost populations on some of the islands needs World wide attention as they sort of represent a benchmark of mans knowledge of evolution.

2. Erin Fresno, CA makes this comment

   Wednesday, 08 July 2009

   wow.....

3. Nancy Barrett makes this comment

   Monday, 06 July 2009

   I read this in the mag first and was entranced. Thanks for taking me to the Galapagos with you, Dewitt! And that seal! Good grief--he looks like a Bateman painting. What's wrong with a little harmless anthropomorphizing, anyway? Thanks for a great article.

4. Bunny makes this comment

   Tuesday, 30 June 2009

   Your column is inspiring. Going to the Galapagos has been on my list and my daughter's for years. I have wanted to go and be able to take incredible pictures and just ponder the marvelous creation of the Lord amidst some ancients! Guess I have been waiting to "be a good enough photographer" and my daughter just LOVES giant tortoises and lizards and the like and wants to be among them - for real. Think it's time to start planning to make it happen!!

5. Paul Young makes this comment

   Tuesday, 30 June 2009

   We just got back from a trip to Galapagos, and while I didn't talk to any tortoises, two of our ladies did have a game of tag with a juvenile sealion! They really are the most playful creatures!

6. Philip Lewin makes this comment

   Sunday, 28 June 2009

   I enjoy all of Dewitt's columns, but this one was especially good. Some of my most magic moments in outdoor photography have been when an animal treats you the same way we should treat them - with respect and as part of the environment. I remember being at Yellowstone and having a bull elk a foot taller then me walk past, look at me for a second and then keep going - no fear, no aggressiveness, a simple but powerful acknowledgment of mutual respect that stays with me still. And, I remember being with a manatee in Florida that actually kept blocking me from getting back on the boat because it was not done playing. Despite the horrible detestation people have done to this endangered animal and many others, their natural instinct to share the world is a very generous gift and a magic moment for any photographer. Thanks Dewitt!

7. Tom makes this comment

   Wednesday, 13 May 2009

   I went last summer and it took a couple of days to get past the quick-click photography mode needed for most of my wildlife pictures and relax into really forming and composing an image, something the Galapagos deserves. The rewards are worth the trip.