A month from today, I’ll finally be back to my international wildlife travels for the first time since before Covid. It’ll just be for a week, but I’ve chosen the Peruvian Amazon. I’ve always loved the Amazon for all it’s varied life both night and day, including the nocturnal tree frogs. This image was taken years ago in the Bolivian Amazon. It’s a polka-dot tree frog. Interesting note about these guys. In 2017, scientists discovered — quite by accident — that their skin is naturally fluorescent. They were studying a frog for other reasons and put it under ultraviolet light. That was only five years ago, but biologists now know that quite a few species of frogs exhibit a natural, bright green fluorescent glow when exposed to UV light. It’s thought that the fluorescence plays a role in communication, camouflage and mating. Nikon D300 with Nikkor 200-400mm lens (at 400mm) ISO 200, f/5.6 at 1/60th of a second, two Nikon SB-600 flash units.
How cool is all that?!? I look forward to your posts from the Amazon in Peru! We were scheduled for a trip there this February but had to cancel for health reasons. So I will vicariously travel with you and your postings from what we assume is an amazing place. Enjoy! Be safe!
Awesome perspective, Sean. Am sooo happy to learn that you will once again be globetrotting with your camera gear! Have a great time & do bring us more amazing images of the exotic creatures & their equally exotic habitat! Travel with care.
Thanks Sue. It’s certainly been awhile. Can’t wait to get back to the Amazon. Such a rich environment, although sometimes hard to see all the wildlife that’s hiding in the lush landscape.
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A month from today, I’ll finally be back to my international wildlife travels for the first time since before Covid. It’ll just be for a week, but I’ve chosen the Peruvian Amazon. I’ve always loved the Amazon for all it’s varied life both night and day, including the nocturnal tree frogs. This image was taken years ago in the Bolivian Amazon. It’s a polka-dot tree frog. Interesting note about these guys. In 2017, scientists discovered — quite by accident — that their skin is naturally fluorescent. They were studying a frog for other reasons and put it under ultraviolet light. That was only five years ago, but biologists now know that quite a few species of frogs exhibit a natural, bright green fluorescent glow when exposed to UV light. It’s thought that the fluorescence plays a role in communication, camouflage and mating. Nikon D300 with Nikkor 200-400mm lens (at 400mm) ISO 200, f/5.6 at 1/60th of a second, two Nikon SB-600 flash units.
Are these the Amazonian frogs that make you trip balls when you lick their skin? Either way, probably best to lick it just to be sure.
How cool is all that?!? I look forward to your posts from the Amazon in Peru! We were scheduled for a trip there this February but had to cancel for health reasons. So I will vicariously travel with you and your postings from what we assume is an amazing place. Enjoy! Be safe!
Thanks Laura. Here’s hoping I’m able to get some shots of the abundance of creatures that live there.
Awesome perspective, Sean. Am sooo happy to learn that you will once again be globetrotting with your camera gear! Have a great time & do bring us more amazing images of the exotic creatures & their equally exotic habitat! Travel with care.
Thanks Sue. It’s certainly been awhile. Can’t wait to get back to the Amazon. Such a rich environment, although sometimes hard to see all the wildlife that’s hiding in the lush landscape.
Have a great trip! Can’t wait for the pics!