Miscellaneous-CR

‚ Miscellaneous‚Costa Rican Rainforest
The Mangrove Swamp By Boat
One of the days was devoted to touring theRio Aquinasdelta in a small boat. With a 6 foot range between high and low tide the mouth of the river is a mangrove swamp and home to a huge variety of both aquatic and avian life. The numbers of birds found nesting in the mangroves was truly astonishing. Once again the use of an Image Stabilized lens made all the difference between being able to get shots and missing them due to movement of the boat.
Flacon & Branch‚ Costa Rica, 2001
Photographed with a Canon EOS D30 and 100~400mm f/5.6L lens @ 400mm1/500 sec @ f/8‚ ISO 400 
Beyond the mangrove swamp theAquinasstarts to meander though a countryside dominated by cattle ranches. This is one of the contradictions about Costa Rica; it has some 25% of its total land area devoted to national parks and eco-reserves, yet it is deforesting at a rate greater than almost any Latin American country.
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