Peru 2015 - Marmoset

I hesitate sharing this one because, objectively, it’s not very good. However, the situation was this …

I was in a skiff on the side of a river tributary. The guide was pointing into the trees and saying “monkey”. All we could see was movement, but it was extremely dark, as the sun was setting, and the monkeys were about three trees in, under the canopy. I had to shoot “wide open” to maximize the light gathering of the lens, at the cost of focus ability. Also, it was so dark, the the ISO was set extremely high (creating the noise).

So I was bouncing up and down, moving left to right, aiming and trying to focus in the dark on little monkeys that were each smaller than my hands … and I still got a shot better than the bigfoot hunters.

Originally posted at stories.starmind.org.

Knight anole (Anolis equestris)

Thankful for claws, not too pleased about gravity.

Originally posted at stories.starmind.org.

Micronesian Kingfisher (Todiramphus cinnamominus)

Thankful that bird jocks don’t taunt bird nerds for having underbites.

Originally posted at stories.starmind.org.

Prevosts Squirrel (Callosciurus prevostii)

Thankful for the RAW file format.

Not the squirrel, me. Black and white mammals are hard to light properly in the limited time you have before they stop posing for you.

Originally posted at stories.starmind.org.

Clown Fish and Anenome

If you had a venomous lawn, you wouldn’t have many visitors either.

Originally posted at stories.starmind.org.