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Which Board? => Photo Essays => Topic started by: Bryan on February 26, 2016, 04:19:08 AM
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These are some photos from a trip my wife and I took to Costa Rica a few weeks ago. It was our first time there and the thing that impressed me the most was the wildlife, so I'm dedicating this photo essay to that. I brought 3 cameras, a Canon AE-1 with 4 rolls of Ektar 100, a Bolex B8 8mm movie camera with a roll of E100D and a View Master Camera loaded with Velvia 100. It was a lot to lug around but I had a great time shooting film. The following photos were all taken with the Canon AE-1.
The first night we spent at the home of an old co-worker of mine that has been living there for the last 15 years. He has a 10 acre farm in Atenas so we spent the day touring his farm. This photo is a Golden Silk Orb-Weaver that we ran across on the walk. It has a leg span of at least 4 inches. They are venomous, almost as bad a a Black Widow bite.
(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1523/25171336951_501dd3c4c8_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/EmiFw8)Golden Silk Orb-Weaver (https://flic.kr/p/EmiFw8) by Bryan Chernick (https://www.flickr.com/photos/60348236@N07/), on Flickr
The next 3 days we spent in Jaco Beach. It's a small beach town/tourist trap on the Pacific side. One of the things we did there was a tram ride up the side of a mountain that takes you through the jungle canopy. this is called an Owl Butterfly because of the markings on it's wings.
(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1579/24633868574_ef76f69bc5_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/DwP1TY)Owl Butterfly (https://flic.kr/p/DwP1TY) by Bryan Chernick (https://www.flickr.com/photos/60348236@N07/), on Flickr
This was a large Iguana that didn't seem to mind having his picture taken. He was about 4 feet in length.
(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1568/24633873114_11fb562ecb_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/DwP3ff)Iguana (https://flic.kr/p/DwP3ff) by Bryan Chernick (https://www.flickr.com/photos/60348236@N07/), on Flickr
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The next tree days we spent in an area called Manuel Antonio, it's right next to the Manuel Antonio National Park which is a very popular tourist destination. Our hotel room had a semi private pool shared with the room above us. Every morning was a Monkey Pool Party.
(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1507/25146189212_7dc86873ca_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/Ej5MYq)Pool Monkeys (https://flic.kr/p/Ej5MYq) by Bryan Chernick (https://www.flickr.com/photos/60348236@N07/), on Flickr
(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1715/24896799079_86b005ebfb_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/DW3AYx)Pool Monkey (https://flic.kr/p/DW3AYx) by Bryan Chernick (https://www.flickr.com/photos/60348236@N07/), on Flickr
This Jesus Christ Lizard hung out by the pool the entire time we were there. He did make himself scarce when the Monkeys came around, they would consider it a nice snack. They are called Jesus Christ lizards because they can walk on water. I saw him run across the pool a few times.
(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1571/25238212126_c8a3ea023a_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/Esdrbo)Jesus Christ Lizard (https://flic.kr/p/Esdrbo) by Bryan Chernick (https://www.flickr.com/photos/60348236@N07/), on Flickr
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We took a walking tour of the Manuel Antonio National Forest. We did see Sloths there but they were too high in the trees to get a good photo with the lens I had. There were Monkeys everywhere, it was fun to watch them steel food from the tourists.
(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1505/25146247652_9fbf150ecc_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/Ej66m1)3 Monkeys in a tree (https://flic.kr/p/Ej66m1) by Bryan Chernick (https://www.flickr.com/photos/60348236@N07/), on Flickr
(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1608/25264480595_97893a0622_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/Eux4T2)Monkey (https://flic.kr/p/Eux4T2) by Bryan Chernick (https://www.flickr.com/photos/60348236@N07/), on Flickr
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Looks like a beautiful place Bryan. You certainly got some good wildlife photos out of it. Thanks for sharing.
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Bryan - fantastic set of photos. The wildlife / birds are amazing there.
My wife and I went on tour Costa Rica a few years ago; Monte Verde Cloud Forest, Mount Arenal, San Jose, Rain Forest (Jungle) / Tortuguero and a week scuba diving in the Pacific off Guanacaste province.
Sadly, I can't post the results here as we only had d*g*tal cameras with us on that occasion ???
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Thanks guys! for me the best part of the trip was seeing all the wildlife. The one thing that I wish we had time to do was visit one of the volcanoes. My wife wasn't interested in that, she said we have plenty of volcanoes back home.