More Guyana Goodies

[Ed Rotberg]

Well, after 2 weeks of computer problems, and a bunch of other stuff keeping me busy, I've finally gotten a bit of time to work on culling and processing the many images I brought back from Guyana.

I'm about 2/3's of the way through the initial cull & process phase, and I thought I'd take a few moments to set some up for this board, and post 'em up. I have gone back and forth about what order to present what images, and I figured I'd just keep doing it grab-bag style: take 8 or so at a time and just post whatever grabbed my attention.

This batch has no "wild" Giant Otters. I've got one from each of the otters in rehab. There is one of Sappho eating (Sappho is a 1 1/2 year old female), and one of Tsunami running (Tsunami is a 3 1/2 month old male cub). I love the expression in Sappho's shot :) Beyond that, they are what they are.

The EXIF should be intact if you are interested. Any shots take at either 400mm or 560mm were taken on land. All other shots were taken from a boat - usually moving. Once again, I wish I'd had a 300 IS or the 400 DO IS for the boat. Next time I'll know better :)


Enjoy!

= Ed =

In alphabetical order:

Blue-gray Tanager
http://www.edrotberg.org/images/Blue-gray%20Tanager%201.jpg

Capybara
http://www.edrotberg.org/images/Capybara%202.jpg

Black Cayman
http://www.edrotberg.org/images/Cayman%20Closeup%201.jpg

Green Ibis
http://www.edrotberg.org/images/Green%20Ibis.jpg

Sappho - Giant Otter
http://www.edrotberg.org/images/Sappho%20Eating%205.jpg

Tsunami - Giant Otter
http://www.edrotberg.org/images/Tsunami%206.jpg

Yellow Oriole
http://www.edrotberg.org/images/Yellow%20Oriole%201.jpg

Yelow-headed Caracara
http://www.edrotberg.org/images/Yellow-headed%20Caracara%202.jpg

[Alan B]

Another great collection of shots :cool:

Loving the #5th one down of the otter :D

[MegaTrixel]

All of these are outstanding!!!

I especially like the cayman.

[Khaja]

Beautiful! The blue-gray Tanager's color is gorgeous.

Khaja

[tommykjensen]

Wow, great photos. #5 of the giant otter is my favorite.

[thomascanty]

Wow, the otter pics (both of them) are great, as are the others.

[foxbat]

Fantastic shots, truly inspiring.

[Ed Rotberg]

Another great collection of shots :cool:

Loving the #5th one down of the otter :D

Thanks Alan. I really love the expression in that photo of Sappho as well.

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[Ed Rotberg]

All of these are outstanding!!!

I especially like the cayman.

Thanks for the kind words Mega. We saw lots of cayman there. Most Black Cayman but a few Spectacled as well. Glad you liked the photos.

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[Ed Rotberg]

Beautiful! The blue-gray Tanager's color is gorgeous.

Khaja

Thanks Khaja. The lighting was really brutal when I took that image - it was close to noon. Fortunately I was able to get on the "right" side of the bird for the photos. That image was taken with my 400mm plus the 1.4 Ex extender. I'm pleased with the detail of that combo - even though it means manual focus.

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[Ed Rotberg]

Wow, great photos. #5 of the giant otter is my favorite.

Thanks TOmmy. The Giant Otters really seem to relish their meals. They make all kinds of cool sounds when they get to eating. They also eat just about everything - bones and all. They only seem to leave the fish heads of catfish. For other fish (pirhana, bass, etc.) they leave nothing.

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[Ed Rotberg]

Wow, the otter pics (both of them) are great, as are the others.

Thanks Thomas. I'm glad you enjoyed them.

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[Ed Rotberg]

Fantastic shots, truly inspiring.

Fox,

Your compliments are much appreciated.

= Ed=

[TammieO]

Ed, these are fabulous. I can't wait to see more, especially those otters (they're so cute)!

[Shoreliner11]

Great shots. How far away were you for the cayman and the 1st otter shot? Just curious.

[Ed Rotberg]

Ed, these are fabulous. I can't wait to see more, especially those otters (they're so cute)!

Thanks Tammie. I'm working on them :)

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[Ed Rotberg]

Great shots. How far away were you for the cayman and the 1st otter shot? Just curious.

We got to about 15 feet from the Cayman, IIRC. Both of the otters in these photos are otters being rehabilitated at the Karanambu Ranch where we were staying. Sappho is a 1 1/2 year old female - she's only bout 3 1/2 feet long so far (Giant Otters can get over 6 feet long). Tsunami is a 3 1/2 month old male cub. I was able to get very, very close to them.

As to the wild otters (some of which were posted a couple of weeks ago), we got to within about 15 yards of them. We didn't want to intimidate or frighten them. We had no such concerns about the Cayman though :D

I'll post some more of the wild otters later this week. I still have a lot of images to process.

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[courtknee202]

I'm speechless. That shot of the Cayman strikes my fancy the most. I hope to be shoot as well as you someday!

[Maz]

All very nice photos. Thank you for sharing these photos of animals and birds from another part of the world.

Great stuff!

Maz
http://www.homesteadsforsale.com

[wintoid]

Wow, stunning!

[Nascar Nut]

Those are some great shots

[Ed Rotberg]

I'm speechless. That shot of the Cayman strikes my fancy the most. I hope to be shoot as well as you someday!

Thanks Courtknee. We saw a LOT of Cayman, mostly Black Cayman but some Spectacled as well. Somewhere in the photos that I haven't yet processed are some babies as well. I'll get to them sooner or later. :o

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[Ed Rotberg]

All very nice photos. Thank you for sharing these photos of animals and birds from another part of the world.

Great stuff!

Maz
http://www.homesteadsforsale.com

Thanks Maz. The variety of life there is something that I'll remember forever. It really makes me want to make some other, off-the-wall trips :)

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[Ed Rotberg]

Wow, stunning!

Thanks Simon. I do appreciate it!

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[Ed Rotberg]

Those are some great shots

Thanks for the kind words NN.

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[Onwuma]

I love the birds... and i was flabberghasted by those otter fangs of death.

[Markus]

Thank you!
I'm impressed.....