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Back in April I was lucky enough to make my first visit to South America, spending two weeks in Ecuador. Three days in the Amazon, a day in the cloud forest, and a week on a yacht around the Galápagos. I found it quite a challenging set of locations; not enough light in the forests, and too harsh lights in the Galápagos! In all I took 7000 photos, sorting those is a task I've barely started.
Rainforest
We spent three nights at the Sacha Lodge resort. An amazing location next to a tranquil blackwater lake. The highlight was five species of primates. The most photographic were the Common Squirrel monkeys that appeared around the lodge at 4pm every day.
Common Squirrel Monkey by Paul Whitbread, on Flickr
Chicken with a Mohawk by Paul Whitbread, on Flickr
Cloudforest
A day trip to the Bellavista Cloud Forest Lodge and Reserve. The thing that attracts everybody here are the hundreds of hummingbirds that buzz around the feeders. We saw probably ten species of hummingbird, from ones with long blue tails to tiny ones that sound like bumble bees.
Buff-tailed Coronet by Paul Whitbread, on Flickr
Galapagos
We spent a week on a 16 guest yacht, with two land visits each day. Unfortunately the light was too harsh due to the designated landing times not being close enough to sunrise/set. Plus having to stick close to your naturalist guide limits the ability to spend time with good photo ops. If I go back, I'd definitely want to do so with a specialist photographers expedition. Swimming with sea lions was one of my highlights (lowlight: slipping on the steps on the boat and trying to break my back)
Galápagos Sea Lion by Paul Whitbread, on Flickr
Razor Surgeonfish by Paul Whitbread, on Flickr
Preening Blue-footed Booby by Paul Whitbread, on Flickr
Bad Hair Day by Paul Whitbread, on Flickr
I hope you enjoyed those. If I ever face loading up the other 6993 photos in Lightroom, I'll post an update.
Rainforest
We spent three nights at the Sacha Lodge resort. An amazing location next to a tranquil blackwater lake. The highlight was five species of primates. The most photographic were the Common Squirrel monkeys that appeared around the lodge at 4pm every day.
Common Squirrel Monkey by Paul Whitbread, on Flickr
Chicken with a Mohawk by Paul Whitbread, on Flickr
Cloudforest
A day trip to the Bellavista Cloud Forest Lodge and Reserve. The thing that attracts everybody here are the hundreds of hummingbirds that buzz around the feeders. We saw probably ten species of hummingbird, from ones with long blue tails to tiny ones that sound like bumble bees.
Buff-tailed Coronet by Paul Whitbread, on Flickr
Galapagos
We spent a week on a 16 guest yacht, with two land visits each day. Unfortunately the light was too harsh due to the designated landing times not being close enough to sunrise/set. Plus having to stick close to your naturalist guide limits the ability to spend time with good photo ops. If I go back, I'd definitely want to do so with a specialist photographers expedition. Swimming with sea lions was one of my highlights (lowlight: slipping on the steps on the boat and trying to break my back)
Galápagos Sea Lion by Paul Whitbread, on Flickr
Razor Surgeonfish by Paul Whitbread, on Flickr
Preening Blue-footed Booby by Paul Whitbread, on Flickr
Bad Hair Day by Paul Whitbread, on Flickr
I hope you enjoyed those. If I ever face loading up the other 6993 photos in Lightroom, I'll post an update.