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 
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”
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”
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!
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I love the second picture. It does look like it has woken from sleep, right? lol
All the best!
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Like Helen, I like the second pic. It is so natural! What I meant was the “pose”. I hope you’ll win it!
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I love the second pic as well. I really hope that one wins. ^_^
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Congrats. Love both the pictures. The first picture is kinda unique. Too bad I’m not a member in Turtle Times Forum..
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Congratulation
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Congrats ! What’s are the prizes ??
Too bad I can’t vote, else I would put in a vote for you !
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Awww … so cute. I like the 2nd picture though. Like the lil’ one just woke from a lovely nap
Congratulations! Hope you win
Congrats, Jie!
I hope you’ll win and we share-share the prize, OK?
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Congrats Pelf!
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congrats!!!! can the bottom one take the weight? sorry ah..but shells can be so heavy!
Aiyo..I just showed my son the sleepy turtle..he asked me, “he got blood? he got died?..what happen?”
Haiya..this becoz he remembered your picture of a dead baby turtle. I’m amazed that he could clearly remember it. Hmm…
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Congrats, dai kah cher!
Personally, I like the 2nd pic. Sleepy turtle rocks!
By the way, did you notice there’s a foot ‘unintentionally’ taken in the 1st pic?
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Yes, I noticed the foot but Turtle Times requested that all pictures be big, so I didn’t bother cropping that, LOL.
Congratulations, pelf
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Wow! There’s so many great photos there! Congrats on being a finalist
The “The Triplets” is really cute. “Sleeping Beauty” would make a great calendar picture.
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Congratulations! After working so hard on everything (blog and photos), you deserve this compliments! Let’s hope you’ll go further on this (what else, champion lah~)
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