I submitted three pictures for a Photo Contest at Turtle Times and two of them have been voted as finalists! I was so excited when I saw my pictures in the list of finalists because I had never expected them to be voted in among many others :biggrin: Pictures that win the Photo Contest will be published in the 2008 Turtle Times Calendar!

1. The stacked up river terrapins that I named “The Triplets”

Stacked-up river terrapins

The bottom-most terrapin was 2 years old when this picture was taken (I think it was last year, I’m not too sure). The middle one was one year old, and the top one was only a few months old.

2. A sleepy hatchling which I nicknamed “Sleeping Beauty”

9-month-old river terrapin

I’ve explained in an earlier post why this hatchling looked so sleepy :)

While this is easily categorized as a popularity contest, I would say that this is a little different from other contests that I have read about or participated in. For one, only members of the Turtle Times forum may vote, and each member can only vote once. But what makes me take my hat off is that new members aren’t allowed to vote. While some people may think that this is rather restricting, I think that this is a very good measure that ensures that nobody registers “just to vote”.

If you are a Turtle Times forum member, please vote for my pictures! But if you aren’t a member, you may still check out the other finalists here (the voting links have been removed)!

Update: The verdict is out!