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Northern Emerald Toucanet! This is one of the parents of the nested family I posted previously taking a break between feedings The lesser violetear of Monteverde! These little guys are practically everywhere in the area, so when I asked him if he knew a good spot for a photo he had the perfect set up in mind 😂 In all honesty, hummingbirds can make for a pretty photo in alm
Last week I shared my first glimpse of a quetzal. While that image was more unique and I love the hidden aspect of it, the quetzal is just one of those birds that needs to be seen in full! Fortunately for me, the cloud forest and a different quetzal My first quetzal encounter of this trip was just a glimpse through the dense cloud forest. Not exactly the wide open perch you picture when you dream about photographing quetzals, but I love this image! The entire encounter was fairly quick, but he
Topaz asked me to test their new browser-based Topaz Image Web on a file, so I went digging through my Costa Rica images for an image I kind of liked but wouldn't typically use because of high ISO. I’m generally pretty selective about what mak
White-faced capuchin baby! We were driving back after a pretty long day of hiking, and from the car we thought we saw some monkeys, so we pulled over. It ended up being a whole family of capuchins moving through the trees and eventually settling dow Violet Sabrewing! This is a massive hummingbird, nearly double the size of the other hummingbirds we saw on this hike. And to no one's surprise, these guys are pretty aggressive and dominant. Just about every hummingbird is noticeably terroritial, b Lesson's Motmot! I showed their nest in my video earlier this week, but since this pair was active feeding and on such a predictable rhythm bringing food back to the nest, it was pretty easy to catch them in nice perches or with their meals as they