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This Gopher tortoise was crossing the trail that lead to Caspersen Beach on the gulf coast of Florida as I was walking it with my family on a one day trip there. This is only one wildlife picture that I took in a short series of wildlife photographs. This wildlife picture was taken after putting down a load of beach gear, opening a belt pack and digging out my camera and turning it on. I am extremely glad that the Gopher Tortoise is a very slow moving reptile.

Original File name: Gopher Tortoise 003 (2017-7-22 (5))
© 2017 by Chris Mercer Images

I am a Wildlife photographer whose medium is digital photography. As a photographer, my primary focus is wildlife photography wherever I can find it. Wildlife has an amazing capacity to show up or exist nearly anywhere, be it city or country. Nature has provided animals with an almost unbelievable ability to adapt and exist with whatever changes man makes in their environment. Of course nature itself can change at least temporarily the environment and still the animals adapt and survive in the new conditions. Currently all of my photography is conducted in the central Florida area. I have a strong, lifelong interest in nature and wildlife as well as the occasional domestic animal. Many of my photographic models are animals such as...