Tag: Field Techniques

Featured photo: Mist in Monteverde cloud forest by (WT-shared) Velorian, CC BY-SA 1.0. Resized; thumbnails may be cropped. This image and its resized/cropped versions remain available under this license. Costa Rica’s changing weather can be part of your photographic vocabulary. Mist can separate forest layers, cloud can soften a harsh background, and rain can leave […]

Featured photo: Arenal Volcano and Lake Arenal panorama by Kamran Saraf, CC BY 3.0. Resized; thumbnails may be cropped. Costa Rica deserves a place on a nature photographer’s travel list because a thoughtfully paced trip can connect very different ways of seeing. You might work with forest atmosphere, a bird’s behavior, a wetland reflection and […]

Featured photo: Monteverde cloud forest habitat by Ron Knight (sussexbirder), CC BY 2.0. Resized; thumbnails may be cropped. Choosing a habitat is one of the most useful decisions you can make before a Costa Rica photography trip. A misty mountain forest asks you to work differently from a sunlit wetland or a seasonally dry woodland. […]

Featured photo: Tropical dry forest in Santa Rosa National Park by Geoff Gallice, CC BY 2.0. Resized; thumbnails may be cropped. Guanacaste photography can combine tropical dry-forest interests, Pacific coastal scenes and inland mountain settings. The official tourism overview describes that diversity, but the region is too broad to treat as one convenient base. Choose […]

Featured photo: Frog’s Heaven official photograph. Reproduced with permission. Illustrative photograph of the destination or subject; it does not represent every provider or imply a recommendation. Resized; thumbnails may be cropped. Macro photography in Costa Rica is an opportunity to slow down. A leaf’s texture, a small insect or a detail on the forest floor […]