Archive: January, 2011

Betsy the BotFly

Posted on 01/17/11 by Tim 4 Comments

I returned from Ecuador unknowingly having smuggled a host back home. If I knew and checked the ‘yes’ box on my customs declaration I have no idea what the officers would have done. Likely not a pleasant or easily explainable event.  Anyway, I have returned with my third bot fly embedded in me. It has […]

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Sani Lodge Pt.3 – The Plants

Posted on 01/16/11 by Tim 1 Comment

A number of friends have “challenged” me to return from this trip with pictures of plants. They know all to well that I burn myself out chasing and photographing the animals – specifically the reptiles and amphibians. I’ll admit that I’ve seen some really cool things and much of it is not shot. As much […]

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Color shift in photos

Posted on 01/08/11 by Tim 2 Comments

I’ve noticed a slight color shift in some photos posted on my blog. This is not intentional. It is the result of massive downsizing and adjustment to large original files. I work with my images on a large color-corrected monitor as full size RAW files. Selected blog images are converted to small jpgs, a slight […]

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Sani Lodge Pt.2 – The Place

Posted on 01/08/11 by Tim 3 Comments

Laguna Challuacocha as viewed looking westward from the lounge of Sani Lodge. With the introduction of the people of Sani complete I would now like to introduce the place.  The country of Ecuador is relatively small. Slightly larger than the US state of Oregon (or the UK for my Euro readers) in terms of area […]

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