Posts for: gunflint
Jan 31, 2023 19:25:37 #
Jan 30, 2023 18:48:42 #
Jan 30, 2023 15:35:30 #
joecichjr wrote:
A superb composition 💚💚🎯💚💚
The lizard made it easy!
Jan 30, 2023 09:28:53 #
jrvinson45 wrote:
The Green Basilisk had me returning to stare at it for quite a while. He/she/they is/are the most interesting reptile that I have ever seen. If it could talk, I would not be surprised.🤓
Hi jrvinson, yes it is quite interesting. I am attaching a photo of the Jesus Christ Lizard (because it runs on water).
It was about two feet long and posed quite nicely for me.
Jan 29, 2023 15:38:41 #
radiomantom wrote:
Well done, your Photography skills seem to excel. Were looking into a trip there back a few years ago, but the CoVid put an end to that. Hopefully will still get there. From everything I see it is a photographer's paradise for wildlife images.
Yes, the opportunity is certainly there but like most wildlife photography it is a lot of luck. If I went back to the exact same locations today, I might see more, or less, or certainly different numbers and kind of animals.
Jan 29, 2023 15:09:32 #
Nikonbob wrote:
David,
Absolutely spectacular photography in every way.
Thanks for sharing.
Bob
Absolutely spectacular photography in every way.
Thanks for sharing.
Bob
Thanks Bob for such nice praise!
Jan 29, 2023 15:08:21 #
Jan 29, 2023 13:22:41 #
Jan 29, 2023 13:10:11 #
philo wrote:
I have been to CR twice and never saw what you saw. Where did you stay?
Hi Philo, please check out my earlier reply to others...
Jan 29, 2023 11:42:52 #
jederick wrote:
Simply terrific, colorful images...many thanks for sharing!! 
Thanks!
Jan 29, 2023 11:15:12 #
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
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
Jan 29, 2023 10:51:17 #
StanMac wrote:
Are you on the Nat Geo photographer staff? Excellent images!
Stan
Stan
Ha Ha, if only!
Jan 29, 2023 09:20:11 #
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.
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
Jan 28, 2023 17:18:42 #
joecichjr wrote:
You must have felt as if you were in another world 
Spectacularly beautiful shooting 🟢🟣🔵🟡🟠🔴
Spectacularly beautiful shooting 🟢🟣🔵🟡🟠🔴Wow, thank you!
Jan 28, 2023 15:25:06 #
luvmypets wrote:
Nice!! I really like the first one and the last one!!
Dodie
Dodie
Thank you Dodie!