Costa Rica Images (Page 3): Outstanding…..I love them all.

photophly Loc: Old Bridge NJ

Outstanding…..I love them all.

photophile Loc: Lakewood, Ohio, USA

gunflint wrote:

Hello, our family was in Costa Rica a month ago. It was an incredible trip and our first time there. The wildlife is so colorful and so different than I have ever seen. My first time taking photos in the dark by flashlight was definitely a learning experience but I am happy with some of the results.

Thanks for checking them out...

Dave

Well done.

classic320

Wow! great pictures!

Hasslla

Nice shots. Costa Rica is a great destination, not only for the wildlife but for the cost, people, and short flight time from US.

imagemeister Loc: mid east Florida

You did GOOD ! Very nicely done .......thanks for sharing

gunflint Loc: Rocky Mountain High, Colorado

HamBar06 wrote:

Dave,
Thanks for sharing. Shots are really great. I assume you were there in December 22 or January this year?
I was there in 2019 in the Arenal area and didn't see half the wildlife you show!! Where in CR were you?
Larry B.

Hello, we were there from 12/22/22 - 01/8/23. The monkeys, sloths, macaws were mainly in the Manuel Antonio area. Frogs, birds, and snakes (all night shots) and were in La Fortuna area.

Dave

sippyjug104 Loc: Missouri

Bravo..!

AntonioReyna Loc: Los Angeles, California

Very beautiful set of images.

StanMac Loc: Tennessee

gunflint wrote:

Hello, our family was in Costa Rica a month ago. It was an incredible trip and our first time there. The wildlife is so colorful and so different than I have ever seen. My first time taking photos in the dark by flashlight was definitely a learning experience but I am happy with some of the results.

Thanks for checking them out...

Dave

Are you on the Nat Geo photographer staff? Excellent images!

Stan

Bayeuxfab

David,
Going to Papagayo , CR , in July—-any experience in that location with guides, etc, ? Where were you? Your photos are fantastic, particularly the frogs! Equipment? Macro? I shoot with Olympus OM , and plan to take 100-400, 12-100, and 60macro—-suggestions? Thanks very much!
Richard

Fotoartist Loc: Detroit, Michigan

gunflint wrote:

Hello, our family was in Costa Rica a month ago. It was an incredible trip and our first time there. The wildlife is so colorful and so different than I have ever seen. My first time taking photos in the dark by flashlight was definitely a learning experience but I am happy with some of the results.

Thanks for checking them out...

Dave

Congrats. A very successful photographic output from your trip. You nailed most of the big opportunities.

gunflint Loc: Rocky Mountain High, Colorado

StanMac wrote:

Are you on the Nat Geo photographer staff? Excellent images!

Stan

Ha Ha, if only!

HamBar06 Loc: Philadelphia, PA

Dave,
Thanks for responding to my questions. I am jealous of your photography skills.
Larry B.

gunflint Loc: Rocky Mountain High, Colorado

Bayeuxfab wrote:

David,
Going to Papagayo , CR , in July—-any experience in that location with guides, etc, ? Where were you? Your photos are fantastic, particularly the frogs! Equipment? Macro? I shoot with Olympus OM , and plan to take 100-400, 12-100, and 60macro—-suggestions? Thanks very much!
Richard

Hi Richard, we were not in that area but about 3 hours east of there in La Fortuna. I have photos of other frog species from there also and the only close photos of Howler monkeys. We were in Monteverde where I got photos of birds and the pit viper on a night walk. Left there after 1 night to go back to La Fortuna. We were in Manuel Antonio for 10 days where we saw Macaws, toucans, squirrel monkeys, capuchen monkeys etc but no frogs. I take that back, we saw one green and black poison dart frog during the day.

Any park we were in was a group walk. Other times it was by ourselves but the guides can really spot the small frogs and other wildlife. Especially sloths, most of the time we only saw them way up in the trees and looked like a ball of fur.

I shoot with a Nikon D850, used a Nikon 70-200 almost exclusively and even in the dark with a flashlight I was never using a tripod, there just wasn't time and other people were there also. My settings at night were 1/500 sec at F8 with variable ISO. The image I attached to this was ISO 25,600.

In daylight, which is still pretty dark under the canopy, I sometimes used my Nikon 300PF. Either of these lenses with the D850 support extreme cropping so I don't even own anything bigger than the 300PF, even for Africa wildlife.

Hope that helps...
Dave

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jederick Loc: Northern Utah

Simply terrific, colorful images...many thanks for sharing!!