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Turtles swimming at sunset Late swim at Kiholo Bay Tropical resting place
Head cushion Just chillin' Tropical nirvana
On Top of the World! Sheltered life Tropical nirvana (closeup)
Harmonious Swim Breath of fresh air Turtles resting at Kiholo Bay
Golden cove Lazy afternoon siesta Playful
Livin' to da max! Harmonious swim at Kiholo Bay (Large View) Turtles resting at Kiholo Bay
Gracefully swimming green sea turtle Swimming in harmony Harmonious swim at the city of refuge
Turtle swimming around snorkelers Green sea turtle resting

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Brittany 10-Jan-2015 14:01
Stunning work!! So clear and colorful, it's like we are there! Excellent work.
Buba Jafarli24-Apr-2011 05:24
A perfect collection! You are the man, Yves! V.
Guest 11-Sep-2009 23:17
I love your bright pictures
Happypoppeye31-Aug-2009 04:02
Great gallery. The title "Turtles" should be changed to "Not Just Turtles" or "Turtles with Color". Some great compositions and color in these shots.
Neil Marcus14-Aug-2009 22:27
A very interesting and unusual gallery. I particularly like the turtles swimming at sunset . the tones and the composition is marvelous
frank_111222-Apr-2009 01:36
GREAT GALLERY
Guest 03-Apr-2009 22:35
wow !!! beautiful !!!
ŠLux20-Mar-2009 07:13
Unique gallery...I like it very much!
V!
Bob Reynolds19-Mar-2009 23:20
Outstanding set of images. I love turtles and these images really capture them well. The post processing is also excellent.
Bart Aldrich10-Jan-2009 15:04
Stunning collection and another vote!
Reflections by Ruth16-Dec-2008 19:21
what a stunning gallery of color and exceptional compositions :)
found you from the Epson forum :o)
Peter Stahl09-Nov-2008 03:29
Came back for another look, These shots are so stunning each and everyone of them. Congrats again.
Bartosz Kotulski06-Nov-2008 13:52
mazing gallery with many beautiful images. well done V
Nikhil Bahl01-Nov-2008 15:39
An Excellent body of work. v
Marcia Rules31-Oct-2008 13:34
wonderful, nature's harmony at its finest ~V~
Foto:Chemistry31-Oct-2008 00:57
You made me smile today, I love this gallery :) thanks for sharing! V
Debbie Blackburn Beierle30-Oct-2008 06:59
OUTSTANDING gallery!!! Like fantasy land! Gorgeous colors. Just beautiful work!!!
Alain Boussac28-Oct-2008 22:25
Very beautiful, colored, harmonious and peaceful pictures which make love the turtles. I like your work very much, Yves, it is great ! BV.
Joanne Kamo27-Oct-2008 03:22
Outstanding gallery and work on turtles. You have captured them so beautifully that made me want to look at them all! V
deborahcuming20-Oct-2008 03:50
the emotion of this entire gallery is overwhelming and so beautiful...I applaud you! Your images are true treasures and the creatures here are just amazing! V
Guest 06-Apr-2008 04:01
Beautiful and fascinating images. Well done, Yves. ~V~
blizzard04-Apr-2008 14:15
the best and I mmean the very best gallery on Turtles on PB
big vote
Rosemarie Kusserow27-Mar-2008 21:16
Amazing turtle gallery, I enjoyed every image, thanks for posting, vote, Rosemarie :o)
Vikas Malhotra25-Mar-2008 18:08
WOW WOW WOW what a super gallery. Gorgeous.

Voted.

Cheers, Vikas.
Guest 19-Mar-2008 17:25
I was looking again in that gallery and I realized that I really love that animal!
Thank you!
=] -V-
Thomas18-Feb-2008 16:59
great collection & presentation of my favourite animal! V
Guest 10-Feb-2008 13:06
Excellent gallery!
Esa Ervasti31-Jan-2008 05:47
I feel that you have wonderful humorous touch in this gallery :-)
Anna Pagnacco08-Jan-2008 01:06
What a brilliant work, a pleasure to look at these images!! ( V ) Anna
Guest 23-Dec-2007 20:45
this gallery is a HUGE @#$%ING WOW!!!
it should be in the top top popular
what amazing colors
what amazing landscapes
and the turtles - national geo , man !!!
fantastic superb work, u are getting better and better !!!

huge vote from me, of course
Guest 23-Dec-2007 19:18
great work a fabulous collection.
Patricia Lay-Dorsey23-Dec-2007 00:28
I'll never get tired of your turtle pix! How I love those creatures, and you really show them to advantage.
Chad Ramsey22-Dec-2007 17:48
Ok now I want to go to a tropical place! :-) Beautiful shots! VVV
Darbowski22-Dec-2007 09:14
Magnifique galerie, couleurs superbes
Andrew Vincent20-Dec-2007 11:02
A remarkable adventure, spectacular gallery Yves! VOTE!
Giancarlo Guzzardi18-Dec-2007 18:15
very kind work
Guest 18-Dec-2007 06:36
Fantastic gallery Yves!!!
Guest 11-Dec-2007 19:20
Marvelous frames and envirourment.
Splendid work indeed.-V-
Patricia Lay-Dorsey09-Dec-2007 03:09
I am back for another ride on the backs of these magnificent creatures. Yves, your images take me to such a deep place in myself, a place where we are all one. Thank you for giving me this amazing place of respite.
Chon Chat Tock02-Dec-2007 01:33
The images you exhibit here are just incredible! I'm really jealous of you. V!
Guest 17-Nov-2007 12:23
Wonderful gallery! A vote.
Sandi Whitteker03-Nov-2007 18:12
Fantastic shots of one of my favorite animals. You've done a great job capturing them, plus the gorgeous colors of water and sky. V
Guest 07-Oct-2007 19:54
Truly masterful stuff. Beautiful compositions. Voted. A new favorite.
Guest 11-Sep-2007 04:15
Wow fantastic processing. I love the artistic look of your photos.
Guest 05-Sep-2007 16:27
FANTASTIC work. Beautiful setting. Voted!
doron nissim03-Sep-2007 15:58
Amazing galleri - Bravo !
Guest 17-Jul-2007 21:04
A unique, creative and beautiful gallery.
Excellent work.
Eric Herbelin09-Jul-2007 16:15
wish Iknew one of them personnaly.
Guest 16-Jun-2007 03:05
I like turtles also. But hardly seen beautiful photos of them until got a visit to this gallery. I like how up close and personal you got. Excellent work! V
silvia marmori11-Jun-2007 13:11
they are really fascinating.. great work! v
Guest 11-Jun-2007 02:32
Wonderful Site. JT
Guest 26-May-2007 04:29
Absolutly amazing gallerie
David Chauvin12-May-2007 21:59
A woundrous gallery of fine images. I have only encountered sea turtles on two occasions while diving. Fantastic work!
Sang Chung09-May-2007 13:05
Thanks for your great talent and effort to create these impressive images of turtles: informative and enjoyable to view them.
Guest 01-May-2007 18:37
Stunning! Great images! I love to dive and interact with subaquatic wildlife. If you ever have the chance, go to Indonesia or East-Timor. The best places I ever dived... and I miss them so much that it hurts! Looking at your images made me travel. Thanks!
Maxim Popykin24-Apr-2007 06:54
Fairy photos!!!! Big vote
Kiriakos Korakis21-Apr-2007 07:58
Amazing Gallery ! V !
PS: thnx for your comments !
Guest 07-Apr-2007 13:16
a peaceful and colourful gallery
Guest 05-Apr-2007 14:12
Bon Matin Yves,

Je suis tres impressionne par la qualite de tes images.Celles-ci sont magnifiques.Merci d'etre venu sur mon site''www.loizo.com''...''L'homme des glaces...!!'' et du Saguenay.
Bravo pour le site...au plaisir...Marc Loiselle/Loizo...Tadoussac Qc.
Guest 20-Mar-2007 06:21
Turtles! You gotta love them, they're such wonderful animals!

Awesome photos! Voted.
Latifa Messaoudi11-Mar-2007 07:12
i love this gallery and really interesting subject!!!!! it s very passionating to know how this animal survives,

my vote !

really exellent treatement ; colors ect...
Guest 28-Jan-2007 00:44
These images are absolutely stunning. Voted!!!!!
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Patricia Lay-Dorsey09-Jan-2007 23:52
I have also had a great love of turtles that started back when I was a child. This gallery is like a love letter to those exquisite creatures. Thank you. V
katrina 27-Dec-2006 05:15
I have been there a hundred times and have never seen it look this beautiful. You do amazing work!!!!
Guest 25-Dec-2006 16:07
Great gallery with special colours. V.
Guest 24-Nov-2006 18:56
awesome and breath-taking images. I am speechless at this gallery. BIG Vote!!!
Guest 18-Nov-2006 17:46
another great gallery. V
Ton, Ben & Rob Nagtegaal10-Nov-2006 23:13
What a amazing gallerie, all great shots.
fantastic job.
Rob
flowsnow10-Nov-2006 07:35
Simply vibrant and awesome!!!
Guest 03-Nov-2006 17:43
Awesome gallery.
Guest 03-Nov-2006 17:36
Very enjoyable gallery of a great subject. V
Guest 03-Nov-2006 07:47
Nice gallery! I like your work :)
Joe Vincent28-Oct-2006 13:10
Oh my, these are lovely Yves! I wish they were mine.
Lloyd & Sandy Spitalnik06-Sep-2006 17:13
Hi Yves, Fabulous gallery! Loved each and every image. VOTE Sandy&Lloyd
lorna reay 02-Sep-2006 17:58
Wow! Beautiful, top quality pictures. Love them!
Guest 31-Aug-2006 00:19
Beautiful gallery, Yves. I loved it!
Jim23-Aug-2006 04:34
Awesome gallery. Voted.
Guest 16-Aug-2006 03:17
Simply Spectacular. =v=
Guest 08-Aug-2006 22:23
What can I add that has not been said....superb!
Guest 02-Aug-2006 00:08
Wonderful Gallery
Guest 31-Jul-2006 13:17
What a wonderful gallery ! You have captured some amazing colors and compositions.
Azlin Ahmad31-Jul-2006 07:11
Beautiful. Thanks for sharing.
max 29-Jul-2006 15:07
!..Excellent..!I Love your gallery...................!
Luzikz - Photography28-Jul-2006 16:03
wow... beautifull images from sea turtles : )
I love them!
Peter Stahl27-Jul-2006 22:33
Definitly the best turtle shots I've seen yet. Congrats!!
Guest 18-Jul-2006 03:34
Beautiful gallery!
Barbara Read and Fred Schaad18-Jul-2006 03:15
You honour the turtle with this gallery. V
Guest 17-Jul-2006 19:29
Wow, such a beautiful gallery!
It's one of the best I've seen on all of PBase!
GMV
Guest 17-Jul-2006 05:38
Wondweful gallery and colors. Voted.
'Surya' 17-Jul-2006 02:57
O! you have done. Beautiful presentation or Turtles. Nice capture.
Regards,
'Surya'
www.revatisurya.com
carol j. phipps16-Jul-2006 16:50
Exciting gallery.
Richard Cobby15-Jul-2006 16:35
A spectacular gallery - very refreshing and vibrant - full of interesting and well composed images. GMV - Kind regards - Richard Cobby UK
Christina Fleesh-priest 15-Jul-2006 11:33
Wow! These pictures are amazing and so beautiful. It's seems there are a fabolous range of talented photogophers! This is a well and truley wonderful sight. I would reccommend...
Eric Carrčre14-Jul-2006 18:27
De superbes images, tout simplement !
toxaphene14-Jul-2006 16:49
Fabulous color and place.....EXCELLENT.....
Chris Sofopoulos14-Jul-2006 14:53
Absolutely impressive project Yves!
A big bravo and thanks for sharing it. v
JOSE MATA13-Jul-2006 23:28
GEORGEUS GALLERY !!! VOTED.
FungShuiFish 13-Jul-2006 18:34
High-grade picture.
Professional work !
Keep going on.
Guest 13-Jul-2006 08:16
Those colors! Warm, cool...
Are they natural?
Don't get me wrong here: even if they are not, they are beautiful!
Guest 13-Jul-2006 00:10
Beautiful Gallery. Voted.
Yves Rubin12-Jul-2006 22:12
To Guest:
It is indeed a real issue getting too close to turtles on the Big Island, in recent years they have greatly increased in population and they can be found at most of the beaches now, either sleeping on the sand or feeding on seaweed under water. This is really fortunate because they became almost extinct in the 70's, but at the same time overactive real estate development and human population have both dramatically increased recently (to my dismay), to the point that it is difficult to predict how the turtles will react to this.

The shot was taken at Honaunau Bay (near the Place of Refuge), a very popular snorkeling and scuba diving place that even some guided tours visit. I was following this peacefully swimming turtle from a decent distance and saw it suddenly stepped on by the unwitting snorkeler at right not knowing it was approaching. That area was right at the place were swimmers enter the water from a steep lava shelf, talk about crowding! The turtle continued on not showing any sign of distress but of course those snorkelers got really excited about their "discovery" and followed it briefly.
Guest 12-Jul-2006 18:14
I'm sure it's good to be friend with them if they feel happy with it.
Guest 12-Jul-2006 17:29
As you say above "keep in mind that they are protected and should not be approached too closely." Hawaiian Green Sea Turtles are a THREATENED Species protected by both state and federal law. IT IS ILLEGAL TO DISTURB THEM IN THE OCEAN OR ON THE BEACH and fines can be imposed for doing so.
Karen Moen12-Jul-2006 07:06
Amazing images beautifully photographed. Voted.
Rene Hales12-Jul-2006 02:03
Amazing galleries, wonderful colors and compositions.--Rene
Gayle P. Clement11-Jul-2006 17:21
Beautiful gallery.
Guest 11-Jul-2006 16:23
very nice
Guest 11-Jul-2006 07:11
Beautiful pics Yves, do u know where else I can find these lovely turtles other than Hawaii?
Travis Flynn11-Jul-2006 03:32
Great gallery! I especially like "Late Swim" and "Turtle Resting."
Steve Parkin11-Jul-2006 02:35
Spectacular job. It has my girlfriend and I wanting to go there and see the turles immediately!
Guest 11-Jul-2006 02:28
congratulations on a wonderful gallery. too many great shots to pick a favorite. voted.
Guest 11-Jul-2006 02:19
beautiful job, you're very fortunate to not only see such magnificant creatures, but to film them so well, congrats!
Guest 10-Jul-2006 20:41
I love it
Guest 10-Jul-2006 07:33
Great Gallery, Voted
Bethany Forgey10-Jul-2006 01:24
absolutely beautiful gallery,cheers!
golfpic10-Jul-2006 00:40
Nice images. I like how you have included some lovely surroundings with your turtle shots.
Guest 10-Jul-2006 00:06
Great work -
Hans Meerbeek09-Jul-2006 14:39
Awesome gallery!
Sundevil307-Jul-2006 18:32
Excellent gallery!
Marc Demoulin06-Jul-2006 17:47
Brilliant set Yves. Vote.
Marc
Ann Sherba26-Jun-2006 16:16
Wonderful gallery, enjoyed my visit.
Fabienne03-Jun-2006 23:08
Une galerie absolument magnifique. Les couleurs, la composition et les lumières sont d'une grande qualité. Une très belle série de photos.
Dean 16-May-2006 22:08
I love this gallery!
Dave 13-Jan-2006 00:17
What's your secret? I've never seen turtles in shallow water. I've seen them when snorkeling in Maui but they are always in about 30 -40 feet of (not always so clear anymore) water. Great photos, and such clarity. I went to the Place of Refuge last summer but strangely saw no turtles that afternoon. I'll definitely check out Kiholo Bay next time.
Scott Johnson 27-Jul-2005 01:48
What a beautiful gallery! One gets a feeling of peace looking at these pictures
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