Wildlife Photography
On a recent trip up the Rio Negro in Brazil I discovered a new passion for wildlife photography. I became a big fan of the 3-toed Sloth. I suppose one reason I like the sloth is that it is slow moving, extremely slow-moving and therefore quite easy to shoot in action! Well first you have to find them hidden in the trees. I like their faces and how much they remind me of a robber or bandit trying to evade our detection. While out on our launches we would be looking for any wildlife and come upon birds which are A LOT harder to shoot at least with the equipment I had. Getting up close was not remotely possible as they were fearful and shy of us even when we were silent. I never saw a Toucan close enough to get a good photo. Only a shot of a kingfisher was what I got when shooting birds in the wild. We could go out 4 times per day - the early morning launches at sunrise were really nice! We would also make a landing and hike through the jungle. At night we would go out again on...