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Photography
© John Baker,
Travel Images
The following images represent the typical range of subjects for this particular Travel Images photo tour or workshop. They were selected in the knowledge that every client is 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 trips by 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
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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
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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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Andean Woman |
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 White-Faced 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 on North Seymour
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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 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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Masked 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
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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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Galápagos
Islands brochure
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