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Rob > A freshly-emerged baby leatherback turtle squirms in my pudgy fingers. The little guys' flippers were remarkably strong. He and his clutch-mates were taken to the local turtle center where they'd be safe until they could be released into the sea. Location: Grande Riviere, Trinidad Lens used: 28-135mm f3.5-5.6 IS
Rob > A somewhat frazzled-looking jackal runs across a dirt road. Location: Pench National Park, India Lens used: 100-400mm f4.5-5.6 IS
Rob > The name of these flowers eludes me now, but they're quite common in Venezuela. The butterflies and moths just loved 'em. Location: Los Llanos, Venezuela Lens used: 60mm f2.8 Macro
Rob > A Howler monkey lookin' at me from a tree. It's a shame pictures can't convey what these things sound like when they start howling - they sound like jet engines. LOUD jet engines. Quite amazing. Location: Orinoco River Delta, Venezuela Lens used: 100-400mm f4.5-5.6 IS
Rob > If there is one wildlife experience in the world that I'd have to recommend to other, similarly-minded individuals, it would be to go see the very highly-endangered Mountain Gorillas in East Africa. There are groups in each of Rwanda, Uganda and the DRC that can be visited. Doing so isn't a cheap excursion (in addition to the expense of just getting to East Africa) and, as the number of visitors to the gorillas is heavily regulated plus how the gorillas make their home in a politically iffy part of the world, it takes some advance planning to do. But when you finally do come upon the gorillas in the bamboo forest, surrounded by adults and youngsters doing their thing sometimes only mere feet from you, it's magic unlike anything else. There is but one dominate male in each group, the Silverback. This shot is of our group's Silverback (we visited 'Group 13'). Location: Parc National des Volcans (Volcano National Park), Rwanda Lens used: n/a (Canon S1 IS point-and-shoot)
Rob > Though still incredibly endangered, the african Mountain Gorillas have much more in the way of advocacy than most species teetering on the brink. The money they bring in to the government's coffers, for example tends to keep them in the spotlight, somewhat. Not all such endangered species are so lucky - most vanish away without anyone even knowing. Humans are pretty much always to blame for such extinctions. Please try to be a good human - at least acknowledge that we share this planet with other beings and creatures that deserve to live just as much as we do. Location: Parc National des Volcans (Volcano National Park), Rwanda Lens used: n/a (Canon S1 IS point-and-shoot)
Rob > Nice profile shot of a small butterfly perched on a stem. I like the resulting bokeh. Location: Nyaungshwe, Myanmar Lens used: 100-400mm f4.5-5.6 IS
Rob > Marmots are cool. I see them at work regularly and they seem to have so much personality - if I was one to anthropomorphize, that is. Even this guy here seems to have a lot 'written' on his face. Location: Glacier National Park, Montana Lens used: 100-400mm f4.5-5.6 IS
Rob > Nearly all of the iguanas I've seen on my travels have been tree dwellers - are they all like that? - usually in swamps, where there is water below. This makes for a pretty easy escape path in case of danger - just drop out of the tree and into the water. That is what we had this day when we took a small boat out into the swamp and water channels. We heard the loud splashes of beasts ditching all around us. After a few hours of hearing splashes, I was about to resign myself to not getting a single iguana photo when we came upon this guy. Unlike his iguana friends, he seemed okay with us maneuvering our little boat nearly under him, where I got my shot. They're quite colorful, in a subdued sort of way. Location: Los Llanos, Venezuela Lens used: 100-400mm f4.5-5.6 IS
A freshly-emerged baby leatherback turtle squirms in my pudgy fingers. The little guys' flippers were remarkably strong.

He and his clutch-mates were taken to the local turtle center where they'd be safe until they could be released into the sea.

Location: Grande Riviere, Trinidad

Lens used: 28-135mm f3.5-5.6 IS
> A freshly-emerged baby leatherback turtle squirms in my pudgy fingers. The little guys' flippers were remarkably strong. He and his clutch-mates were taken to the local turtle center where they'd be safe until they could be released into the sea. Location: Grande Riviere, Trinidad Lens used: 28-135mm f3.5-5.6 IS
A freshly-emerged baby leatherback turtle squirms in my pudgy fingers. The little guys' flippers were remarkably strong.

He and his clutch-mates were taken to the local turtle center where they'd be safe until they could be released into the sea.

Location: Grande Riviere, Trinidad

Lens used: 28-135mm f3.5-5.6 IS
Camera: Canon (Canon Eos 20d) |
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Original size: 3707px x 2769px |
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