Hello all, some of you have seen my pictures on FB, but creating a thread here was long overdue.
Last April, I had the chance to get a glimpse of beautiful Argentina. Myself and a friend from Switzerland, Martin Hüsser, met up with Pato in Buenos Aires for the start of our little adventure. We had decided to go explore the Yungas, a semi-tropical, high elevation, very humdi type of forest known from the provinces of Salta and Jujuy. The main goal of the trip, as you can imagine, was to observe tarantulas in nature, but the three of us really enjoy photography, so I can say, at least as far as I am concerned, I was just looking to take some pictures!
So here are some of my shots, I hope you will enjoy them and I hope it will make you discover how immensely gorgeous Argentina is. I can say that I really fell in love with this country and getting to know Pato was really great. I always enjoy meeting up with other board members!
So a few shots from the first day on the field. It was a short stop on our arrival in Salta, before the big day (the next one) where we would go visit one of the National Parks.
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Next day, we left early and drove to the Calilegua National Park
This is where I hung my hammock, it was bitter cold at night and the humidity was through the roof. This is really a cloud forest and it was quite impressive.
In order to illustrate the level of humidity, a picture of Martin. The picture is not out of focus or anything, it is just the humidity!
the biodiversity was outstanding and we were not dissapointed. It was well worth the minor inconvenience of not too comfortable camping and horrible biting tiny flies!
I will start by the last insect I photographed at the park simply because it is my best memory of it. Yes, some of you will wonder... a fly... but anyone who know me will understand. I have a passion for photographing flies and this is simply the HOLY GRAIL of flies. We were paking and leaving and I was bringing trash to the can and suddenly my heart stopped, this gorgeous female was laying eggs on the sides of the garbage can. I ran to get my equipment, I am amazed that I managed some good shots as I was shaking in excitement. The funny thing is that the whole time we were complaining how those cans smelled so bad and there I was inside one taking pictures. I hope Pato will post the shot of me taking the pictures inside the can.
a close-up portrait, not a perfect shot, but considering the situation, my favourite of the trip and one that I am really proud of.
interesting spider
close-up
another one I like a lot from this location
more to come
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another cool bug
a close-up, note the mite on the twig!
a couple of cool spiders
a gorgeous Deinopis sp. that Pato found on a night hike
we were well served with plenty of Nephila sp. all over!
more to come
---------- Post added 01-24-2012 at 10:22 PM ----------
some opilione
different angle
those orange ones were decently abondant, really gorgeous creatures!
close-up
fly infested millipede
another millipede
a strange looking spider
---------- Post added 01-24-2012 at 10:28 PM ----------
a few grasshoppers
random fly, unfortunate flash light fall-off, but I liked the fly and the composition
longhorn beetle, impossible to photograph well, I did not have a tripod for NL shots
a wolf spider, there were tons of them
another species
scorpions were abondant
---------- Post added 01-24-2012 at 10:39 PM ----------
found a lot of those scorpions
we were spoiled with a lot of nice mygalomorphs of the Dipluridae family
another millipede
tiny snail
mandatory UV shot!
funky spider
another great find by Pato, a velvet ant... these are incredibly hard to photograph as they never stop moving!
---------- Post added 01-24-2012 at 10:50 PM ----------
this may come as a surprise, but there were some vertebrates as well! Birds are hard to shoot in lush forests and I am not equiped for that (no telephoto). Still I managed those two:
the only reptile we have seen, it was fall, beginning of winter, I guess that could explain the lack of reptilian presence
and these tiny frogs were a treat!
a cluster of Nephilas, B&W on purpose
Last April, I had the chance to get a glimpse of beautiful Argentina. Myself and a friend from Switzerland, Martin Hüsser, met up with Pato in Buenos Aires for the start of our little adventure. We had decided to go explore the Yungas, a semi-tropical, high elevation, very humdi type of forest known from the provinces of Salta and Jujuy. The main goal of the trip, as you can imagine, was to observe tarantulas in nature, but the three of us really enjoy photography, so I can say, at least as far as I am concerned, I was just looking to take some pictures!
So here are some of my shots, I hope you will enjoy them and I hope it will make you discover how immensely gorgeous Argentina is. I can say that I really fell in love with this country and getting to know Pato was really great. I always enjoy meeting up with other board members!
So a few shots from the first day on the field. It was a short stop on our arrival in Salta, before the big day (the next one) where we would go visit one of the National Parks.
---------- Post added 01-24-2012 at 10:09 PM ----------
Next day, we left early and drove to the Calilegua National Park
This is where I hung my hammock, it was bitter cold at night and the humidity was through the roof. This is really a cloud forest and it was quite impressive.
In order to illustrate the level of humidity, a picture of Martin. The picture is not out of focus or anything, it is just the humidity!
the biodiversity was outstanding and we were not dissapointed. It was well worth the minor inconvenience of not too comfortable camping and horrible biting tiny flies!
I will start by the last insect I photographed at the park simply because it is my best memory of it. Yes, some of you will wonder... a fly... but anyone who know me will understand. I have a passion for photographing flies and this is simply the HOLY GRAIL of flies. We were paking and leaving and I was bringing trash to the can and suddenly my heart stopped, this gorgeous female was laying eggs on the sides of the garbage can. I ran to get my equipment, I am amazed that I managed some good shots as I was shaking in excitement. The funny thing is that the whole time we were complaining how those cans smelled so bad and there I was inside one taking pictures. I hope Pato will post the shot of me taking the pictures inside the can.
a close-up portrait, not a perfect shot, but considering the situation, my favourite of the trip and one that I am really proud of.
interesting spider
close-up
another one I like a lot from this location
more to come
---------- Post added 01-24-2012 at 10:16 PM ----------
another cool bug
a close-up, note the mite on the twig!
a couple of cool spiders
a gorgeous Deinopis sp. that Pato found on a night hike
we were well served with plenty of Nephila sp. all over!
more to come
---------- Post added 01-24-2012 at 10:22 PM ----------
some opilione
different angle
those orange ones were decently abondant, really gorgeous creatures!
close-up
fly infested millipede
another millipede
a strange looking spider
---------- Post added 01-24-2012 at 10:28 PM ----------
a few grasshoppers
random fly, unfortunate flash light fall-off, but I liked the fly and the composition
longhorn beetle, impossible to photograph well, I did not have a tripod for NL shots
a wolf spider, there were tons of them
another species
scorpions were abondant
---------- Post added 01-24-2012 at 10:39 PM ----------
found a lot of those scorpions
we were spoiled with a lot of nice mygalomorphs of the Dipluridae family
another millipede
tiny snail
mandatory UV shot!
funky spider
another great find by Pato, a velvet ant... these are incredibly hard to photograph as they never stop moving!
---------- Post added 01-24-2012 at 10:50 PM ----------
this may come as a surprise, but there were some vertebrates as well! Birds are hard to shoot in lush forests and I am not equiped for that (no telephoto). Still I managed those two:
the only reptile we have seen, it was fall, beginning of winter, I guess that could explain the lack of reptilian presence
and these tiny frogs were a treat!
a cluster of Nephilas, B&W on purpose
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