The Shore of the Cuiaba River
The Pantanal
Brazil
South America
This image shows what the riverbanks of the Cuiaba River in the Pantanal look like from a boat. The terrain was very similar up and down the river with occasional beaches where the jaguars would come. This image also shows a jaguar mother and her cub in the distance.
I stayed on a floating hotel on the river during my stay there, and twice a day we would go out in boats which carried three or more photographers and a guide. I was in a boat with two other photographers in the middle of the river looking across towards the bank when I took this shot. There we would sit and watch for jaguar activity. All of the boats had a radio which was used to communicate information between the boats regarding animal sightings. When the alarm was raised, all of the boats would hurry to the location given. A great many times there were already boats at the location from other photography companies, and then we would have to jostle for position.
I was using my 150-500m lens most of the trip. A great many of my images from this trip were cropped to bring the animals closer, because most of the time we were not any closer to the river bank than we were to this one.
The Shore of the Cuiaba River
The Pantanal
Brazil
South America
This image shows what the riverbanks of the Cuiaba River in the Pantanal look like from a boat. The terrain was very similar up and down the river with occasional beaches where the jaguars would come. This image also shows a jaguar mother and her cub in the distance.
I stayed on a floating hotel on the river during my stay there, and twice a day we would go out in boats which carried three or more photographers and a guide. I was in a boat with two other photographers in the middle of the river looking across towards the bank when I took this shot. There we would sit and watch for jaguar activity. All of the boats had a radio which was used to communicate information between the boats regarding animal sightings. When the alarm was raised, all of the boats would hurry to the location given. A great many times there were already boats at the location from other photography companies, and then we would have to jostle for position.
I was using my 150-500m lens most of the trip. A great many of my images from this trip were cropped to bring the animals closer, because most of the time we were not any closer to the river bank than we were to this one.