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Photography © John Baker Photographer LLC/Travel Images.com/JayBeeStock.com
The following images represent the typical range of subjects for this particular Travel Images photo tour or workshop. They were selected with the knowledge that all our clients are able to obtain similar images, but should a particular technique be new to you I will share everything I know so that you reach every one of your photographic goals.
Please scroll down for images taken on Travel Images photo tours by the leader John Baker.
In most cases, links to client images from this destination are at the bottom of the page
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| The Galápagos Green Turtle, also known as the Pacific Green Turtle or Black Sea Turtle. 'Tis true, the Galápagos Islands photography is very much about wildlife, but this Travel Images' photo workshops/tour gets under way on mainland Ecuador so we'll start there . . . |
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The Otavalo food market is a place of color and contemporary images as confirmed by the images above and below. Sometimes the simplest of things have the most impact. |
A wonderful natural smile from a fresh-faced Andean girl. |
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| The women of a number of South American cultures wear these type of hats, which adds to the interest of this colorful food market shot in Otavalo. |
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Moving to the Otavalo craft market here is wonderful color above and below, combined with some symmetry. |
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Just off the Plaza Grande in Old Quito stands the Carondelet Palace [Palacio de Carondelet], with Guards such as this one in colorful uniforms. |
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Hummingbird in flight. They can be extremely difficult to capture in flight, but very often any kind of fill flash will do two things . . . bring out the color in the plumage, and give an edge of apparent sharpness.
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1 of 3: A trio of Butterflies from the Ecuadorian Cloud Forest at the start of each trip.
This first one is the Postman butterfly.
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A Glasswing Butterfly. |
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Julia butterfly on Butterfly Weed.
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. . . And now to the Galápagos Islands off the west coast of Ecuador.
Left and below, a pair of images of the Waved Albatross in flight.
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A Galápagos Mocking Bird pauses on a cacti while foraging for food on the island of Santa Cruz. |
A Great Blue Heron. |
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1 of 2: A baby Galápagos Turtle heads for the ocean in broad daylight which is a very risky thing to do . . . |
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. . . and so it proved when two minutes later the young 'un was plucked from the water by this Frigatebird, and is visible in it's beak. It was very, very sad to witness, but that is nature's way.
Perhaps that's why the Frigatebirds are also known as Man of War birds or Pirate birds.
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| A Brown Pelican dives for dinner. |
Swallow-Tailed Gulls during their mating ritual . . . look the other way children! |
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Left, a Marine Iguana basking on volcanic lava, and below, another Marine Iguana returning from feeding on underwater algae. Mmmmm, I think I know this fella from Star Trek.
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| A Galápagos Land Iguana on North Seymour Island. |
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Completing the trio of pre-historic looking lizards is this Lava Lizard on North Seymour Island. |
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A Male Frigatebird attracting a mate on North Seymour Island. It didn't take long for a female Frigatebird to appear and off they went for dinner and a movie.
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Red-billed Tropicbird flying just below cliff-top level on Española Island.
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Finch.
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On Española Island an Oystercatcher teaches it's young how to 'process' it's food. |
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South Plaza island covered in Sea Purslane [Galápagos Carpetweed], and dotted with Prickly Pear cacti, above and left.
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Sally Lightfoot Crabs. They start out life black and well camouflaged against the black lava rock, but when they mature they are bright reds, yellows and oranges.
Below, 'little Miss Sally' eye to eye!
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A look of 'I couldn't care less' from a Yellow-crowned Night Heron on the shores of Bartolomé Island.
On an exposure note, shooting against a dark background means that some exposure compensation is needed. In this scenario it's under-exposure.
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Lava Herons, also known as the Galápagos Heron, are common in the Galápagos Islands, and are well camouflaged when standing on the lava. |
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Nazca Boobies above and below on Española Island. |
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A Floreana Island pair of images with a Yellow Warbler right, and a Flamingo feeding in the island lagoon below.
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Penguins on the Equator? Yes, the Galápagos Penguin here seen in the throes of their mating ritual off the coast of Bartolomé Island. |
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I suggested to my group at the time we were shooting this Galápagos Hawk that it would be an image that could benefit from some sort of manipulation seeing as it was such a strong silhouette . . .
. . . and so it goes as after playing with the image in PhotoShop I settled for this version. The options are infinite of course, and you are only limited by your own imagination.
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The Sally Lightfoot Crabs look like they are gathering for a surprise attack on these Galápagos Penguins, but the reality is that the Galápagos islands wildlife lives in harmony with each other, and humans too to a lesser extent, which in turn affords a myriad of photographic opportunities. |
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The Galápagos Giant Tortoise on Santa Cruz Island. |
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A young Fur Seal contrasts against the lava rock..
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 Above, a Blue-footed Booby returns from the ocean to feed it's chick, and left, a Lava Heron concentrating on it's prey. Both were shot on Española Island.
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Snorkeling is optional during free time while at sea, and with little effort you'll get shots better mine. Species photographed on a recent trip were Galápagos Penguins, Turtles, Spotted Rays and Sting Rays, plus Marine Iguanas feeding.
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| Frigatebirds regularly bob and weave in a form of 'dance' with each other. I shot a selection, then edited things down to this particular image for a 'before and after'. The shot at left is the original, while the other was manipulated in PhotoShop. |
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A sunset just off Puerto Ayora, Santa Cruz Island. |
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Galápagos Islands by Doug and Lu Canham
Galápagos Islands, Ecuador by Julio and Renée Mulero
Galápagos Islands, Ecuador by Brian Wedekind
Galápagos Islands, Ecuador by Albrecht Granzow
Galápagos Islands, Ecuador by Chad Tufts
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