Random Galapagos Photos (my AKPM style photo post)

**backpack** · 11-13-2006, 10:55 PM

Coming in for a landing:

Crabs:

Pelicans:

Yellow Crowned Night Heron:

**backpack** · 11-13-2006, 10:56 PM

Boobies:

Red-Footed w/Nasca Coloration

Red-Footed Normal Coloration:

Baby Booby

Finch & Cactus Flower:

**backpack** · 11-13-2006, 10:56 PM

Spiders:

Frigatebirds:

Yellow Warbler:

A cool cactus pad:

Cactus flower:

Random shot of a student:

**backpack** · 11-13-2006, 10:57 PM

Underwater:

Sea Cucumber feeding

Parrotfish

Blenny

Puffer

Random cute little fish

Scorpionfish

Lobstah

Urchin

That's it for now... got 8 other albums from Galapgagos, though, so I'm sure I'll add more random crap later.

**zion zig zag** · 11-14-2006, 10:15 AM

Nice pics.

**Tippster** · 11-14-2006, 02:20 PM

Worst.Booby.Pics.Ever.

Nice shots - color me jealous.

**hutash** · 11-14-2006, 02:36 PM

Good pics, That is a place I have always wanted to go. Need some pink booby pictures.

**shamrockpow** · 11-15-2006, 01:23 PM

Did the student let you get up close or did you have to use the zoom lense to get that shot?

KQ · 11-15-2006, 02:49 PM

Wot? No marine iggys? Love them!

Quite a trip, eh?

**backpack** · 11-15-2006, 06:23 PM

Originally Posted by shamrockpow

Did the student let you get up close or did you have to use the zoom lense to get that shot?

Haven't you heard? The students in Galapagos are tame like the other wildlife. You can walk right up and stick the camera in their face and they don't even notice.

Originally Posted by KQ

Wot? No marine iggys? Love them!

Quite a trip, eh?

I have a lot more photos... some of which do indeed include marine iguanas.

It was a good trip, but not quite as exciting the second time around when you've already been to most of the landing spots. I'd like to go back and do more snorkeling and maybe diving, but otherwise I think I would have to be doing fieldwork.

**trouble** · 11-15-2006, 07:35 PM

baby booby

heh heh

Nice pics man, was it part of your job/studies or just for fun?

**backpack** · 11-16-2006, 09:55 PM

Snorkeling:

Frigatebird:

Galapagos Dove:

Short Eared Owl w/ Storm Petrel

Frigatebird

Had to include a sunset pic, no?

Pinnacle Rock:

Bartolome:

**backpack** · 11-16-2006, 10:04 PM

More Snorkeling:

Bartolome again:

Lizard:

Cool lava formations:

Santiago:

Frigatbirds on the boat:

Future Hamburgesas:

**str8line** · 11-16-2006, 10:46 PM

Wow. The Galapagos are definitely on my list of places to go after seeing your shots. How long were you there/how long did it take you to get all those shots?

**GheePup** · 11-16-2006, 11:18 PM

Originally Posted by backpack

Urchin

I need to take mushrooms and stare at this one for hours sometime. Actually, this one makes me feel kinda like I am on mushrooms.

Nice shots. Keep 'em coming.

**dk_alaskan** · 11-17-2006, 02:19 AM

GREAT shots, but you had BETTER copyright the pic of the student. don't want them to get "borrowed" for a photo contest...

**backpack** · 11-17-2006, 02:40 PM

Originally Posted by str8line

Wow. The Galapagos are definitely on my list of places to go after seeing your shots. How long were you there/how long did it take you to get all those shots?

I was there for a week this time, so I guess it took me a week to get these.

There are more coming... I still have to sort through another 6 facebook albums.

It's really not hard to get wildlife photos in the Galapagos, though. Kind of like shooting fish in a barrel.

You should definitely try to make it out there. I'd also recommend a trip to the Amazon while you're in Ecuador... Tiputini Biodiversity Station is one of the (if not THE) most biodiverse places in the world. It's not geared towards tourists at all, but it's more than worth the trouble. I'll post photos from there eventually as well.

**Tippster** · 11-17-2006, 03:02 PM

The HMS Beagle, Mr. Darwin?

**backpack** · 11-26-2006, 10:48 PM

"baby" tortoises

A younger tortoise keeping in shape for the ladies

cactus flower

old tortoise

lava lizard

land iguana

hello there

what nice feet you have

gotta scratch that itch

yet another lizard

a marine iguana swimming (just for you KQ

)

Mmm... grass

speedbump

bad to the last, delicioius morsel

this guy appears to be fine after one of my students kicked it... heh

tortoise periscope

in the lava tube

in one end and out the other

like a rock

**GT40** · 02-19-2007, 08:46 PM

So many cool pics!!

What equipment did you use to get the underwater shots?

**summit** · 02-20-2007, 02:33 AM

sweet! i'm headed there in march!

**mavrick** · 02-20-2007, 11:53 AM

wow nice pics.. makes me want to take a vacation there (if my broke ass could ever save money)

**backpack** · 02-20-2007, 08:39 PM

Originally Posted by GT40

What equipment did you use to get the underwater shots?

SD500 with Canon's underwater housing. It's pretty basic, but it's also the cheapest way to get decent underwater pics.

Summit -- which islands are you going to, and what boat are you on?

mavrik -- yea, it's expensive as fuck... if I wasn't getting paid to go I couldn't have done it again.

Also: sorry about the small sizes now... I decided to switch to thumbnails after a month or so to reduce chances of swiping... too much of that going on to leave up the "large" versions without watermarks.

**GT40** · 02-20-2007, 09:01 PM

Originally Posted by backpack

SD500 with Canon's underwater housing. It's pretty basic, but it's also the cheapest way to get decent underwater pics.

When you come out next month, I want to ask you more about the Canon underwater housing.

Northern Utah was soft today. Looks better than it has in over a month. Bring some of that NY snow with you.