I just looked at my images from the Galapagos tour to grab images from our second day of the trip, and even I am surprised at how much we saw in one day. We woke up off the Southern coast of Isabela Island for our first full day of the photo tour. All of us were excited to capture some amazing wildlife amongst the volcanic rock.
Whenever I have heard people talk about Galapagos, I have never once heard anyone say anything about the colorful crabs, but we all loved them! They are all over the islands, and so much fun to photograph. Right after we got off our Zodiac we saw these crabs and walked around looking for the crabs with the best colors, and in a location where we photograph them at eye level. This one got up high and posed for us. I didn't think this would be the first subject of the day, but it is still one of my favorite images from the trip.
As we walked onto the island we saw Sea lions everywhere, and they are so used to people that we had to be careful not to step on them. This one decided to have a rest on the bench. No sitting there for us!
For those who have never been to the Galapagos, the islands are very protected. You can not bring food onto the islands and one guide is required for every 10 people. The guides are excellent sources of information, but also help to guide us in how close we could get to the wildlife.
This was our first time seeing Water Iguanas. We all had fun capturing photos of this one, not knowing if we would see more...
...but we saw LOTS more. They were everywhere.
There were so many that I had to help my guests figure out how to frame them for a shot. We looked for interesting clusters of the iguanas, both close up...
...and wide.
Whenever I teach, I remind my guests that when they take a photo, they should focus on a "subject". In this case, it is the iguana that was closest to me. Remember, people will be drawn to which subject is most in focus.
It was fun to see so many of these iguana piled into a small area. A couple of days later, we watched as these iguana fed under water, but that is a future blog.
I had no idea that they had penguins in the Galapagos. Now I can say that I have photographed them in South Africa and off the shore of Ecuador.
This was also the first time that we saw a Blue-footed booby and we were all very happy to get a photo of this un-official mascot of the islands. You will see in a future blog post some really cool photos of these birds in action.
Towards the end of the day, we had some free time to walk around a beach to either relax or look for more interesting photos. I saw our boat (and home) just off the shore and thought I would take a photo to share with you all.
I found some more Water iguana on the rocks, and decided to get down low for a good shot. Laura captured this image of me doing my thing. :)
This is one of the photos that I captured while in the water.
I saw this iguana hanging out, with the tide washing in and out around it. I decided to slow the shutter speed of the camera to try and get some motion of the water. This was taken at 1/4 sec which was the slowest shutter speed I could get (at ISO 50, f/36).
This iguana was licking the minerals off of a rock, and each time it would turn towards me and open it's mouth. I waited for that moment and grabbed this shot.
After we returned to the boat, we had a really nice dinner and then watched the sunset. It was an awesome first full day of the trip.
More to come!
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