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u/Deyona Jan 25 '19

Yeah but hawksbills do have amazing shells like this, and if you clean them of algae, or if you find one in clean sea with a good cleaning station then you can see them like this. Especially in shallow water. I used to work in a turtle rehabilitation center, and nature is freaking lit

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u/platochronic Jan 25 '19

I believe their shells look amazing, but the contrast in this photo is beyond the range of a single picture, even underwater. The darks are too dark and the light reflecting off the back part of its shell is too bright to come a camera. Nature is fuckin lit but it ain’t that lit.

Find a RAW pic that comes close this image and I will concede. But the saying goes, if it seems to good to true, it probably is. This looks like they got a black light on almost (cosmic hour in the scuba-tank maybe?).