Tag: Central America
Fisherman’s Beach, Pacific Coast, Costa Rica, 2012
A drying net and a bicycle rest near the boats on a fishing beach South of Puntarenas.
Frond, Arenal Volcano, Costa Rica, 2012
A fern frond on the slopes of Arenal Volcano.
Waterfall, Monteverde Cloudforest Reserve, Costa Rica, 2012
A waterfall by a trail, in Monteverde Cloudforest Reserve. Nothing in the cloudforest really stays still for long enough to make a blurred-water shot, the result of dripping water, so the leaves near the top are blurred by motion almost as much as the waterfall.
Green Iguana (Iguana iguana), (closeup), Restaurante Las Iguanas, Muelle, Costa Rica, 2012
One of the eponymous iguanas of Restaurante Las Iguanas, a famous stop on the road from la Fortuna to the Rio Frio and Caño Negro. A large number of them inhabit the bamboo and trees near the restaurant/gift shop, attracted by the food the owner leaves for them. Iguanas in Costa Rica are know as Gallina de palo, “Chicken of the Tree,” since they used to be eaten by poor Ricos.
Green Iguana (Iguana iguana), Restaurante Las Iguanas, Muelle, Costa Rica, 2012
One of the eponymous iguanas of Restaurante Las Iguanas, a famous stop on the road from la Fortuna to the Rio Frio and Caño Negro. A large number of them inhabit the bamboo and trees near the restaurant/gift shop, attracted by the food the owner leaves for them. Iguanas in Costa Rica are know as Gallina de palo, “Chicken of the Tree,” since they used to be eaten by poor Ricos.
Green-Crowned Brilliant (male II), Monteverde Cloudforest Reserve, Costa Rica, 2012
Another Green-Crowned Brilliant, the most cooperative of the hummingbirds in the garden, and certainly one of the finest.
This image had a piece of string removed in post, and the blur on the rear leaf was increased, as well as the normal edits.
Volcàn Arenal from Lake Arenal, Costa Rica, 2012
The cloud-covered cone of Arenal volcano recedes as we cross Lake Arenal on the ferry to Monteverde.
Volcàn Arenal from la Fortuna, Costa Rica, 2012
The cone of Arenal Volcano seen during a clearing in a storm from the road just north of the town of La Fortuna. The volcano and surrounding jungle has made La Fortuna one of the country’s premier tourist draws, even as it has stopped spitting lava in recent years.
Beetle, Canopy Layer, Monteverde Cloudforest National Park, Costa Rica, 2012
Some kind of large brown beetle high in the canopy, photographed from the hanging bridge in Monteverde National Park.
Some form of Dynastes?