Gallery: Macro & Close-upPosted November 7, 200962 views5 comments
I took this picture in the Cloud Forest in Ecuador (at La Hesperia Biological Research Station). I have no idea what he is, but he's certainly a proud little guy :) Any and all suggestions welcome.
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Comment posted by Sam Rua on November 7, 2009 at 10:02 PM
Hi Lindsay -
I'd suggest a tighter crop on this to help bring out the subject. This may be a great habitat shot but it took me a long time to figure out what the heck I was looking at. My guess is some sort of leaf-hopper but it's a bit dwarfed by all of the other elements in this image.
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Comment posted by Dan Borzynski on November 7, 2009 at 11:13 PM
I'd have to agree with Sam. It is an interesting insect whose details are getting lost in the background.
By the way, I am envious of your trip down there. There are a lot of cool insects which make ours up here almost boring. How did you wind up down there (researcher? tourist? photographer?)
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Comment posted by Katja Rosvall on November 8, 2009 at 9:55 AM
I agree with Sam about the ID, Dan about the trip, and both about cropping. AFAIK some leafhoppers look pretty bizarre, so this could really be one; what a great find. The black and white critter makes a fantastic contrast to the green background. I certainly like this!
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Comment posted by Lindsay Lough on November 8, 2009 at 7:32 PM
Hi,
Thank you for the tips - I did crop the image down to about 1/3 -1/2 of what it was and played with the colors a little, and I think that it does look much better with a clearer subject. Also, thanks for the ID!
As for the trip, I spent one year volunteering and living at CICRA Biological Research Station in the Amazon of Peru on a Fellowship (so thats were all the jungley Peru photos come from). Now, I'm in medical school and as part of my scholarship I have a "travel fund" that lets me go to underserved parts of the world to volunteer in hospitals and clinics. I was recently on such a trip in Ecuador, and I took a couple of weekends off to go to biological research stations.
I was invited to stay at the research stations because I explained to their directors that I was a semi-professional/professional photographer who had worked for the Amazon Conservation Association at CICRA, Peru in the past. I asked that they give me a reasonable discount on cabin or tent rates and in exchange, I would give them a CD with digital copies of all the photographs that I took at their station on the condition that they use the photographs only to promote conservation and their organization, and that they CITE me when they use the photographs. I showed them my work from CICRA and they were pretty agreeable, thankfully.
I think a big part of why they let me stay at the stations was because I had significant prior experience working and living in a jungle setting before, so they felt comfortable with me wondering around by myself. Usually, with other visitors, they have to assign a local person to guide them on the trails to avoid the risk of them getting lost, bitten by a snake or spider, etc.
If you guys would like to plan a trip, let me know and I'd be happy to provide some recommendations on good photo locations.
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Comment posted by Katja Rosvall on November 9, 2009 at 3:15 AM
What a great story Lindsay; you've been doing some good work! I hope we'll see more of your jungle photos here
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5 commentsI'd suggest a tighter crop on this to help bring out the subject. This may be a great habitat shot but it took me a long time to figure out what the heck I was looking at. My guess is some sort of leaf-hopper but it's a bit dwarfed by all of the other elements in this image.
By the way, I am envious of your trip down there. There are a lot of cool insects which make ours up here almost boring. How did you wind up down there (researcher? tourist? photographer?)
Thank you for the tips - I did crop the image down to about 1/3 -1/2 of what it was and played with the colors a little, and I think that it does look much better with a clearer subject. Also, thanks for the ID!
As for the trip, I spent one year volunteering and living at CICRA Biological Research Station in the Amazon of Peru on a Fellowship (so thats were all the jungley Peru photos come from). Now, I'm in medical school and as part of my scholarship I have a "travel fund" that lets me go to underserved parts of the world to volunteer in hospitals and clinics. I was recently on such a trip in Ecuador, and I took a couple of weekends off to go to biological research stations.
I was invited to stay at the research stations because I explained to their directors that I was a semi-professional/professional photographer who had worked for the Amazon Conservation Association at CICRA, Peru in the past. I asked that they give me a reasonable discount on cabin or tent rates and in exchange, I would give them a CD with digital copies of all the photographs that I took at their station on the condition that they use the photographs only to promote conservation and their organization, and that they CITE me when they use the photographs. I showed them my work from CICRA and they were pretty agreeable, thankfully.
I think a big part of why they let me stay at the stations was because I had significant prior experience working and living in a jungle setting before, so they felt comfortable with me wondering around by myself. Usually, with other visitors, they have to assign a local person to guide them on the trails to avoid the risk of them getting lost, bitten by a snake or spider, etc.
If you guys would like to plan a trip, let me know and I'd be happy to provide some recommendations on good photo locations.