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Wednesday, March 8, 2017 - 10:15
Box Turtle in Monmouth County, New Jersey

While cleaning my backyard one afternoon, I bumped into this beautiful box turtle hiding under the leaves. First when I saw the leaves move, I got scared / excited that probably there is a snake there or something but then when I saw it's shell, things changed, for the better. I relocated it to a open space for a quick photoshoot and then released it in the woods near a marsh, which is where it belongs. 

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Raakesh Blokhra

Raakesh is a professional photographer currently living in New Jersey, USA. He has a wide array of photography subjects from shooting macros (insects and flowers), to wildlife (reptiles, animals) to portraits and family pictures. Raakesh took photography as a hobby back in the 1990s when he used to race motorcycles. His first photography sessions were dedicated to motor sports, which later developed into a passion in itself.

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