Canon EOS 5D Mark II - f/10.0 - 176mm - 1/640s - 400 ISO

"The Osa peninsula, thousands of acres of tropical rainforests meeting the ocean. When the environmentalist Alvaro Ugalde, father of Costa Rican National Parks, first arrived in OSA, it was all burning to make pastures, "At this point, I almost gave up"."

Canon EOS 5D Mark II - f/4.0 - 19mm - 1/320s - 800 ISO

"In the rainforest, we had to get higher to meet certain species since most of the action is happening at the canopy level. We used the help of Miguel Sanchez, a farmer from the area. This picture was taken at 30 yards from the ground, Miguel didn't used any kind of security for himself."

Canon EOS-1D Mark IV - f/5.6 - 280mm - 1/400s - 1600 ISO

"I stood at the top of that tree from 10am to 6pm, with absolutely nothing to see. Suddently, in the very last minutes, a group of white faced monkeys showed up and surrounded us, so surprised of the big primates they were seeing. They stayed around us until dark, unable to satiate their curiosity."

Canon EOS-1D Mark IV - f/5.6 - 700mm - 1/800s - 1600 ISO

"Scarlet macaws are making a big come back in the peninsula and can now easily be seen. However, with the economic crisis and tourists number drop off, danger of illegal traping is high. A young macaw can be sell for up to 1,000$ in the US."

Canon EOS-1D Mark IV - f/11.0 - 700mm - 1/320s - 400 ISO

"Scarlet macaw's nests are usually high in the tree. In reason of massive forest destruction, especially of the tallest trees, a lack of holes with a suffiscient size for nesting led the macaw to nest significantly lower. They have to deal with predators that did not have acces to their nest before."

Canon EOS-1D Mark IV - f/5.6 - 700mm - 1000s - 1600 ISO

"I woke up at 5am to be at the top of the hill around 6. The first ray of sunlight flamed a tree where two aras were sitting."

Canon EOS-1D Mark IV - f/5.6 - 700mm - 1/800s - 1600 ISO

"Aras are noisy animals, so not too difficult to spot. Unfortunately, they are usually flying too high to get interesting shots. I took advantage of this fest of nuts to get closer and make this image."

Canon EOS-1D Mark IV - f/5.6 - 700mm - 1250s - 1600 ISO

"This white hawk was hunting young white faced monkeys (see next photograph) by frightening them and hoping a lethal mistake from them."

Canon EOS-1D Mark IV - f/5.6 - 700mm - 1000s - 1600 ISO

Canon EOS-1D Mark IV - f/6.3 - 700mm - 1/640s - 1600 ISO

"The forest is dense enough to take a 20 pounds spider monkey mother and its baby jumping 30 feet above in an impressive noise."

Canon EOS-1D Mark IV - f/5.6 - 700mm - 1/200s - 3200 ISO

"A group of spider monkey was playing in that tree before preparing to sleep on it."

Canon EOS-1D Mark IV - f/5.6 - 700mm - 1/250s - 800 ISO

Canon EOS-1D Mark IV - f/9.0 - 700mm - 1250s - 1600 ISO

"The main difficulty in the canopy is the low visibility. Because of the vegetation density, I did not have a direct view on animals and this picture of Spider monkey was a challenge. These monkeys are called this way because of their long members, notably their prehensile tail, that gave them an impressive agility in trees."

Canon EOS-1D Mark IV - f/6.3 - 700mm - 1000s - 800 ISO

"Howler monkeys are the first to wake up the morning, their howls can be heard clearly from 3 miles. Waking up at dawn at the intersection of 7 groups of howler is an impressive experience."

Canon EOS-1D Mark IV - f/7.1 - 700mm - 1/400s - 1600 ISO

"Difficult to photograph because staying in the darkness of the forest, Jacamars are called by the locals "hummingbird of the forest", they're however a lot bigger than hummingbirds, about 5 times (10 inches)."

Canon EOS-1D Mark IV - f/5.6 - 700mm - 1/640s - 1600 ISO

"This Red-legged Honey creeper contrasts with the white branches of the tree in a graphical way."

Canon EOS-1D Mark IV - f/5.6 - 700mm - 1/40s - 3200 ISO

Canon EOS-1D Mark IV - f/5.6 - 700mm - 1/250s - 1600 ISO

Canon EOS-1D Mark IV - f/8.0 - 700mm - 1/320s - 1600 ISO

"Lineatted woodpecker mesures more than 30 centimeters. These two males challenge each other in a parade."

Canon EOS 5D Mark II - f/16.0 - 180mm - 100s - 100 ISO

"The first ray of sunlight create a beautiful mist on the hills. With the deep guttural growls of howler monkeys, that can be heard miles away in the morning, the ambiance was absolutly magical. The fly of brids added a new dimension on the image."

Canon EOS 5D Mark II - f/8.0 - 121mm - 4s - 400 ISO

Canon EOS-1D Mark IV - f/11.0 - 700mm - 1600s - 800 ISO

"Pelicans are gliding just above the surface of the water to save energy but still have to deal with the huge waves of Costa Rica."

Canon EOS-1D Mark IV - f/11.0 - 700mm - 1600s - 800 ISO

Canon EOS-1D Mark IV - f/5.6 - 700mm - 1/2500s - 1600 ISO

Canon EOS-1D Mark IV - f/4.5 - 500mm - 1/250s - 200 ISO

"This pigmee kingfisher is the smallest of the world, weighting only 18g, it is not common in Costa Rica."

Canon EOS-1D Mark IV - f/5.6 - 700mm - 1/4000s - 3200 ISO

"During the dry season, caimans are stuck in a large number of ponds everywhere in the forest. The ponds are sometimes too small for the mother and all its offsprings, so when the babies are growing, they may come in conflict with the mother and end up in her stomach."

Canon EOS-1D Mark IV - f/9.0 - 700mm - 1/30s - 400 ISO

"It was raining very hard and the basilisk was staying on the branch pretending not to notice, when suddendly he took off, walked on the water and disapeard in the marshes."

Canon EOS-1D Mark IV - f/5.6 - 700mm - 160s - 400 ISO

"The Costa Rican Jesus Christ Lizard, shy and unpredictable, can stay hours without moving, on a branch overhanging pond full of cayman. The texture of its skin combined with the bark of the branch make this portrait really organic."

Canon EOS 5D Mark II - f/20.0 - 100mm - 1/40s - 2500 ISO

"Red-eyed tree frogs are very sensitives to pesticides as their skin absords everything. Touching them with insect repellent in the hands is enough to cause death."

Canon EOS-1D Mark IV - f/5.6 - 280mm - 1/300s - 800 ISO

Canon EOS-1D Mark IV - f/4.0 - 500mm - 1/4000s - 1600 ISO

Canon EOS-1D Mark IV - f/5.6 - 700mm - 1/250s - 1600 ISO

Canon EOS 5D Mark II - f/5.6 - 17mm - 1/50s - 2500 ISO

"Walking through thoses ceibas can be dangerous since it is usually home to a lot of snakes."

Canon EOS-1D Mark IV - f/5.6 - 500mm - 1/320s - 1600 ISO

"The population of Central american squirrel monkey is declining, mostly due to deforestation and capture to be kept as pets. The group we saw that day wasn't scare of humans at all, which is a good sign. They came very close from us. Curiosity is something we clearly have in common."

Canon EOS 5D Mark II - f/1.4 - 35mm - 100s - 1250 ISO

"Neyer B. Campos, our guide and partner in the forest, on a life mission to save costa rican forests, by connectings small privates lands and create natural corridors around national parks."

Canon EOS 5D Mark II - f/1.6 - 35mm - 1/25s - 2500 ISO

"El macho (as he's called in the village) used to be a taxi driver in San Jose. He got some lands in OSA from the governement but couldn't turn into a farmer. He's now about to sell his lands and get back to the city."

Canon EOS 5D Mark II - f/1.6 - 35mm - 1250s - 800 ISO

"Moved from Panama to Costa Rica, the Guaymì indians are using a vast land given by the Costa Rican governement. Preserving their culture is getting harder and harder, especially when at the same time trying to enter tourism business."

Canon EOS 5D Mark II - f/1.4 - 35mm - 1/2500s - 800 ISO

"Meeting young Guaymì school children was an intense experience. The first 20 minutes were very cold, even if the teacher had explained to them who we are. The children were not sure about us."

Canon EOS 5D Mark II - f/1.4 - 35mm - 1/640s - 800 ISO

"Then I started by showing them funny pictures of animals I had taken, so we started laughing together and naming things. Behind, boys are still reluctant to participate."

Canon EOS 5D Mark II - f/1.4 - 35mm - 1/2000s - 800 ISO

Canon EOS 5D Mark II - f/1.4 - 35mm - 1250s - 800 ISO

Canon EOS 5D Mark II - f/1.4 - 35mm - 1600s - 400 ISO

"After some time, like every child in the world surrending to the temptation of having fun, we all went out to take pictures."

Canon EOS 5D Mark II - f/1.4 - 35mm - 1000s - 100 ISO