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 p.1 #1 · Costa Rica Wildlife: Part 6 (13) | |
Almost all of these images were shot in and around Tortuguero. Most were from a boat as we toured the river. I'll point out exceptions as they occur. I will post the last of this series tomorrow - whew!!
As usual all EXIF data is intact. I welcome and encourage C&C - don't hesitate to criticize either the images or me 
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1. Three-toed Sloth. This is the lone image in this series not shot near Tortuguero. We never found a sloth that had any background other than overcast sky. The only photos of a Two-toed Sloth that I have doesn't even show the face. Anyhow, it's not great, but it's the best Sloth image I have. I would really love to spend a longer time down there. Maybe someday...
2. Green Heron. Nothing exotic about the bird here, but I love the light in this shot.
3. Ringed Kingfisher. These are prevalent all through Central and South America. They are pretty large as far as Kingfishers go.
4. Ringed Kingfisher.
5. Bare-throated Tiger Heron. We saw quite a number of these, both juvenile and adult. I'm posting 3 images of these guys, taken at different times. They are a very large heron. This is a full frame image.
6. Bare-throated Tiger Heron. Again, this is a full-frame image.
7. Bare-throated Tiger Heron - with dinner. Taken in very low light, ISO 2000. A minor crop for composition.
So I'll finish this post with a series of Capuchin (white-faced) Monkeys. That will keep the image count down here and I'll have one more post tomorrow. I did manage a number of photos that I was pleased with of the Capuchins, but at first it did not look like that would be the case. The first time we saw them, I had been merrily shooting away as they moved from tree to tree in front of us. When they had passed I looked down to review the images and the exposures were all over the map! There were only a couple of decent images in the series. I was heartbroken, not knowing if we would see any more of these guys on the day and a half that was left of our trip. At first I thought my 1D MK III was malfunctioning, but then I remembered that I had moved the metering over to Spot Metering for a difficult exposure earlier - and I forgot to turn it back to Evaluative! User error, plain and simple.
The good news is that we had another good encounter with a group of Capuchins while we were on the boat later on. This time, you can be sure that I had the camera on Evaluative Metering. As a bonus, there was yet another encounter with these guys that was totally unexpected. I'll get to that later.
8. Capuchin Monkey.
9. Capuchin Monkey.
10. Capuchin Monkey
11. Capuchin Monkeys leaping from tree. Too bad I was focused on the back monkey, waiting for him to jump when I shot this frame  Nevertheless, I don't think it's too bad
12. Capuchin Monkey Portrait. So we had just finished lunch and we were sitting around in our casita (cabin) waiting until we were to go out for our final boat outing on our last afternoon in Tortuguero when we heard this commotion outside our casita. I went out on the deck and there was a family of Capuchins being "chased" around by the hotel owner's little dog. I think the Capuchins were playing with the dog as he was surely not threatening them much  Anyhow, this one Capuchin was on the tree just beyond my deck. Too bad he's a little chewed up, but I guess it happens. Anyhow, I had the 500mm +1.4x on the 1D Mk III, so I picked it up and dialed the ISO up to 2500 and prayed. These next two are full frame shots, nearly at minimum focusing distance, handheld @700mm, ISO 2500. This image is at 1/160th of a second. Thank goodness for IS!!
13. Capuchin Monkey. Everything is the same. Still at full frame as he moved even closer to me. This one is at 1/125th of a second.
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