back from French Guyana

[Kriegan]

:clap: Excellent!! Amazing pics, more please!:worship:

 

[ShadowBlade]

Dendrobates!! Yeah! I love them.

 

[syndicate]

wow awesome pics!looks like it was a great time.any more shots of that e.murinas ?

 

[Galapoheros]

Wow, very nice! I'd love to do something like that! I've got the time. I only speak english though and that makes me a little uneasy. So was that trip just for fun, school, both, or something else? As so many mentioned, I might be tempted to stay in a place like that a while. Really appreciate the time to both of you took to post those pics. Thanks!

 

[Ythier]

wow awesome pics!looks like it was a great time.any more shots of that e.murinas ?

No, she didn't go outside her burrow

I only speak english though and that makes me a little uneasy.

So go to (ex english) Guyana !

So was that trip just for fun, school, both, or something else?

Just for fun

 

[Sheri]

Wow! Really amazing pictures.

Eric, how did you get stung? Trying to photograph the wasps?

Martin, damn how cute that spider is with the net! I've always thought they were cool as hell, but I wasn't prepared for how adorable they are!

Amanda, do you know what the species might have been of the two snakes tht you saw?

And wow, to see blondi in the wild... the photo of the 8" blondi, was she the largest you saw? How hard were they to entice out of the borrow? Any feeding behaviour observed?

It seems the avicularia there are very common and easy to find!

Congratualtions to you all on an incredible field trip!

 

[Ythier]

Eric, how did you get stung? Trying to photograph the wasps?

Hi Sheri,
The wasp stung me because one of them came on my head and became tangled into my hairs (you can see how my hairs are very long ), the ants stung me while I was putting my hand on a tree (I immediately thought I had impaled my hand on a big thorn !).
I let Martin and Amanda reply for the tarantulas.
Eric

 

[Alakdan]

Amazing images! Makes me want to pack my bags and escape.

 

[tarcan]

Sheri,

And wow, to see blondi in the wild... the photo of the 8" blondi, was she the largest you saw?

**yes, the only large one we saw, but we were not looking for large burrows anyway. Eric found 2 spiderlings as well.

How hard were they to entice out of the borrow?

**very easy, extremely eager to attck the stick, she went back in her hole and we were able to have her out a few extra times easily.

Any feeding behaviour observed?

**no, except for Amanda feeding the Avicularia sp. and E. murinus! LOL

It seems the avicularia there are very common and easy to find!

**not really, only seen 2 specimens, but again we were not really looking for these as well. I found any species to be quite hard to find actually.

Martin

 

[Ythier]

Hi,
Avicularia are very common and easy to see in gardens with Bromeliacae (pineaples and others), where most of them live in the center of each plant, or in the houses (ceiling or walls) where they can catch bugs and lizards, but in the forest it is much more difficult to see them.
Eric

 

[drastak]

Novak, I use a Canon Rebel XT

Hi, awesome pictures ...

Can you, please, specify what lens(es) did you use for these pictures?

Thanx

 

[tarcan]

Drastak,

I use 3 lenses:

the one that comes with the Rebel Xt (350D)

the canon 100 mm macro lense

the canon 70 - 300 mm zoom (with image stabilizer)


The macro lense is the one I have on 90% of the time

Take care

Martin

 

[YouLosePayUp]

To Martin & Eric:

Brothers from another mother?
http://perso.orange.fr/eycb/28.jpg

To Eric:

What species is this? It's amazing!!
http://perso.orange.fr/eycb/86.jpg

 

[Ythier]

Hadrurochactas species. Only H.schaumii occurs in French Guyana but this specimen seems to be another species.
Cheers
Eric

 

[drastak]

Drastak,

I use 3 lenses:

the one that comes with the Rebel Xt (350D)

the canon 100 mm macro lense

the canon 70 - 300 mm zoom (with image stabilizer)


The macro lense is the one I have on 90% of the time

Take care

Martin

Hmm ... I expected this answer. 100 marco is really good lense

Thanx

 

[maarrrrr]

Looks like it was a really great trip. The pics are amazing! I'm jealous.

 

[Ms. Peaches]

Amazing pictures. Thats one place I would love to visit it looks beautiful from the landscape pics. Too bad you didnt see more snakes though.

 

[Steven]

WOW :drool:

stunning,... :worship: :worship: :worship:




but i seem to have missed the Scolopendra pictures :?

 

[Endora]

Martin, Amanda and Eric, Those pics were beyond amazing. I stared at them all in total awe. Glad to see you made it home safe, minus a couple of painful stings and probably a few close calls.
:clap:
Julie

 

[Crotalus]

Great pix Eric! Thanks for sharing!
What time of the year is the rain season in FG?