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by Diane | May 4, 2019 · 6:36 pm

Belize Scout Trip

In April we (Bob and Diane) went to Belize to scout new and exciting experiences. We explored and photographed new trails, caves, butterfly gardens, Mayan sites, new lodges and more to add new experiences to our Belize and Guatemala Adventures. We found great new opportunities and can’t wait to share them. Some areas had no other people – we had trails and caves to ourselves. Thanks to our guides who helped with lighting.

Trail to the cave
© 2019 Diane Kelsay

New trail in a favorite old place.
© 2019 Diane Kelsay

Collared Aracari
© 2019 Diane Kelsay

Black orchid, national flower of Belize.
© 2019 Diane Kelsay

Russet-naped Wood-Rail
© 2019 Bob Harvey

Russet-naped Wood-Rail
© 2019 Diane Kelsay

Pale-billed woodpecker
© 2019 Bob Harvey

Fox
© 2019 Bob Harvey and Diane Kelsay

Dancing Lady orchid
© 2019 Diane Kelsay

Wren
© 2019 Bob Harvey

Red-throated Ant-Tanager
© 2019 Bob Harvey

We explored a new area of caves, limestone grotto, forest and artifacts. I asked our guide what the Spanish word was for grotto (which best explained the area) and apparently there wasn’t one. His description included the word bosque and something about the limestone, so I named it The Stone Forest.

White-collard Manakin
© 2019 Bob Harvey

Link to our Belize and Guatemala Photography Adventure

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by Diane | April 6, 2019 · 9:21 am

Cloudforest Birds of Ecuador

Ecuador 2018 – After much encouragement from our trusty mainland guide in Quito, we explored the cloud forests seeking new wildlife and scenery photo options. His relative, the most noted birding guide in Ecuador, was our guide. We were amazed at the wealth of experiences we had and filled cards like crazy with colorful birds and cloud forest scenes and critters.

From the cloud forest, we explored the Paramo for mountain vistas and the world’s largest hummingbird.

Link to our Ecuador Birds web page. 2019 is full, but we still have space in 2020!

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by Diane | February 23, 2019 · 2:21 pm

Botswana Adventure 2018

Botswana 2018 – First visitors in March – We arrived just as the lodges opened up for the season. Everything was green and full of life. And the photography from the river was outstanding. We had great angles and access to the action.

Elephants heading for the water and mud along the banks of the Chobe River.
© 2018 Bob Harvey

How great they look after their mud bath.
© 2018 Diane Kelsay

Malachite Kingfisher – nest is in the riverbank.
© 2018 Diane Kelsay

Fish Eagle
© 2018 Diane Kelsay

Crocodile giving “the look”
© 2018 Diane Kelsay

Hippo, also giving “the look”, but definitely looking for trouble!
© 2018 Diane Kelsay

The salad bar
© 2018 Diane Kelsay

Heron Fishing
© 2018 Bob Harvey

Saddleback Stork fishing
© 2018 Bob Harvey

Lesser Jacana
© 2018 Diane Kelsay

Not a sunset! Midday clouds with prisms – zoomed in tight with 500mm. NO saturation added.
© 2018 Diane Kelsay

A short plane ride later, the interior – also green and full of life.

Wild Dog – Looking cute? You should have seen the pack chasing an impala! I couldn’t believe how fast the impala ran and how high he jumped. (he won)
© 2018 Diane Kelsay

Little lion cub coming over to us to see if we would play.
© 2018 Diane Kelsay

He sat down and looked adorable.
© 2018 Diane Kelsay

Then he showed us he could look ferocious!
© 2018 Diane Kelsay

He managed to wake up dad from his nap (who shoved him away)
© 2018 Diane Kelsay

Finally, family play time.
© 2018 Diane Kelsay

Carmine Bee-eater.
© 2018 Diane Kelsay

Southern Red Bishop
© 2018 Diane Kelsay

Baboons
© 2018 Bob Harvey

Serval
© 2018 Bob Harvey

Fish Eagle
© 2018 Bob Harvey

Zebras
© 2018 Bob Harvey

Me and my mom and the Oxpecker.
© 2018 Bob Harvey

Join the fun on the next trip to Botswana, March 2021. Link to our Itinerary

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by Diane | January 8, 2019 · 10:41 am

Iceland Adventures 2018

Iceland November 2018 Wildbunch Adventure – November is the time when there are very few hours of daylight, but the angle of the sun is low and dramatic light is available longer.

Iceberg that was washed up on the beach.
© 2018 Diane Kelsay

It’s also cold enough that ice caves are available for exploration.

It’s a time when you might find the aurora borealis.

Milky Way with aurora
© 2018 Diane Kelsay

Winter scenes can be very exciting with low sunlight. The blue in the icebergs become more saturated in cloudy light.

Iceland July 2018 Adventure – July is a time when you can photograph all day and most of the night in daylight. It’s a time when birds come to the island to nest. The scenery is vibrant green, and weather changes offer great photo opportunities.

Puffin bringing food back to the nest.
© 2018 Diane Kelsay

Loons
© 2018 Diane Kelsay

Macro inside an iceberg
© 2018 Diane Kelsay

Glacier coming out of the fog
© 2018 Diane Kelsay

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by Diane | August 19, 2018 · 10:44 am

Yellowstone Winter 2018

Post 2 – Scenery What can be more enchanting than sparkling snow and the cool colors of winter. Snow also simplifies an otherwise busy landscape and adds a new creative element.

Fog from hot steam meeting cool air at Mud Volcano
© 2018 Bob Harvey

Norris Geyser Basin
© 2018 Bob Harvey

Canyon
© 2018 Bob Harvey

Yellowstone Falls
© 2018 Bob Harvey

West Thumb
© 2018 Diane Kelsay

Bacterial mat
© 2018 Diane Kelsay

Sunrise on Madison River – great to be the first ones in the park for dramatic light.
© 2018 Diane Kelsay

Join us next January! Link to Yellowstone Winter Photography Safari

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by Diane | July 23, 2018 · 10:11 am

Yellowstone Winter 2018

Post 1 – The Wildlife – great wildlife opportunities this year. Wolves for all of our 3 tours. A coyote’s prize – a goose? Wow, that was a special moment! And of course the bald eagles were always nearby waiting for the leftovers.

Wolf
© 2018 Bob Harvey

Wolves
© 2018 Bob Harvey

Wolf on the bison kill
© 2018 Diane Kelsay

Wolves resting after the feast
© 2018 Diane Kelsay

Wolves
© 2018 Diane Kelsay

Bald eagle hovering over the kill
© 2018 Bob Harvey

Coyote on the prowl
© 2018 Bob Harvey

And the feathers went flying
© 2018 Diane Kelsay

Bison with early morning frost
© 2018 Bob Harvey

Fox sneaking behind us while everyone was watching for wolves
© 2018 Diane Kelsay

Otter, Yellowstone River
© 2018 Bob Harvey

Elk crossing the Madison River
© 2018 Diane Kelsay

Bald eagle
© 2018 Diane Kelsay

Time to hide the food!
© 2018 Diane Kelsay

Coming soon – Post 2, scenery.

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by Diane | May 22, 2018 · 8:45 am

Morocco

The Sahara – A Bedouin camp – great tents (complete with bathrooms) hours away from cities, gave us opportunities to photograph dunes without traces of people or ambient light at night.

We did have lights in our tents, but as we returned from dinner, the pathway (a Berber rug in the sand) was lit by 2 candles – enough to light the tent and dune for the 20 second exposure of the stars.
© 2018 Diane Kelsay

Pre-dawn light and Milky Way.
© 2018 Diane Kelsay

Early morning and late day light in surrounding dunes – so many compositions!

We left on a camel excursion before sunrise to capture early light in the dunes.

Stay tuned for more Morocco images.

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by Diane | January 9, 2018 · 5:59 pm

Northern Costa Rica

Late November/early December 2017 – We explored some of our favorite trails, canopy bridges, cloud forests, waterways (inland and estuaries), mangrove forests, waterfalls and the Pacific Coast. We sampled fresh coffee, chocolate and sugar cane from the source. We got up close and personal with frogs, monkeys, sloths, crocodiles, and of course lots of birds. Following is just a sample of images.

See more about our Northern Costa Rica Photography Adventure, scheduled in early December, 2018, here.

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by Diane | November 20, 2017 · 6:53 am

Alaska Bears!

In August 2017 Bob lead a group of adventure photographers to Alaska to spend a week flying over forest and waterways in search of bears. Each morning the group set off in float planes to spot bears and then land near feeding sites.

Dressed in waders, the group proceeded over rocky shoreline carrying long lenses and tripods – the results were…

We have another adventure with brown bears on the Katmai Peninsula of Alaska scheduled for 2019. There are already a good group of photographers signed up! Link to the 2019 Alaska Bears and Salmon Adventure

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by Diane | August 29, 2017 · 8:40 am

The Eclipse – Oregon 2017

While a over a million people flocked to Eastern Oregon to photograph the eclipse, Bob, Laura and Diane chose the west side of the Willamette Valley from backroads (the winery route) to avoid jams. Most wineries had events and are nicely positioned on hills above vineyards. We had a nice table next to the vines and positioned 2 tripods, each with a long lens (one with the ND filter for partials), calculations done in advance, and we rotated our 3 camera bodies around. The sky was clear and the winery folks kept our special eclipse wine glasses filled. What a day!

We chose to photograph the partials with a plain “eclipse” ND filter and did not add color. The sun naturally is white and only picks up color through the atmosphere at sunrise or sunset or special environmental circumstances. The spots are sunspots. Following is a selection from the sequence.

Natural starburst (no filter) worked the same as we teach you in the field – small portion of sun visible through leaves, notches in rocks, etc.
© 2017 Diane Kelsay

So what do you call an eclipse sundowner??? Whatever your photography quest… make sure you enjoy life!
© 2017 Diane Kelsay

And use the sun and the moon to capture artistic images. We work hard on our adventures to position you to take advantage of this. From our Galapagos adventure…

And from our Iguazu Falls Adventure, the falls by moonlight…

Please consider joining us on one of our photography adventures. And we just added a Galapagos 2020. And Iguazu Falls in 2019. Link our Calendar.

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Belize Scout Trip

Cloudforest Birds of Ecuador

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Iceland Adventures 2018

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Yellowstone Winter 2018

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