No need for a $5.00 cab from here. I took off on foot and within a half hour I was at the gates greeted by a coati. The entrance fee is $18.00 and the reserve closes at 5 p.m. so get there early. I read in one guidebook that they cap the number of people in the reserve, so if you are here during the high season from Christmas through April, you really want to get started early. I was here in the ending of the rainy season and before the busy or high season, so there was no problem entering the reserve.
There are probably about 6-8 miles of trails that circle the reserve. They are incredibly well maintained and well marked, so a guide is unnecessary from a fear of getting lost standpoint. It always helps to have one though as they are trained at spotting animals and birds.
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On the first trail there is a waterfall less than a half mile away from the entrance. I saw a lot of people on this part of the trail, but after that I felt like I had the reserve to myself. There were times I went hours without seeing people on the loop trails on the far end of the park.
I have been to rainforests and jungles in Thailand, Borneo, and Guyana, but I have never seen such amazing vegetation and such vibrant green as I did in Monteverde and Santa Elena. This was my first time in a rainforest during the rainy season, and I was completely in awe. The rainy season technically ends in Costa Rica in November, but Monteverde is at a higher elevation and a misty rain is still common in December, so the forest is still in full steroid green mode. December is also the windy season, so the mist was blowing horizontally at times.
Besides the amazing vegetation, I saw two coatis, a black guan, an agouti, and a few hummingbirds. Monteverde has a full array of mammals and exotic birds, but you really need to get up early and perhaps get a guide to have the best opportunity to see macaws, toucans, and the prized resplendent quetzal. Even though I did not see a lot of birds and mammals, I was not disappointed. As you can see from the photos, the main attraction in Monteverde is the flora.
The recent rainy weather and high surf warnings led to evacuation warnings, road closures and flooding along the coast on Thursday. Several evacuation warnings were issued for areas of Monterey County, but most were lifted by Friday morning.As of Friday afternoon, a new coastal flood warning was in effect for the Central Coast and will remain until Saturday at 2 p.m. High surf warnings will include parts of Monterey County, namely low-lying areas near the water and already prone to flooding.
California receives about 75 percent of its annual rainfall between November and March each year, according to the California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment. With the rainy season in full swing, county officials are reminding people to be prepared for heavier rainy days that could cause issues in the future.
Have you ever wondered why rainy days are just great for staring longer at things? I mean, it's pleasing to one's gaze somehow. This moody aesthetic comes with a great tool for us photographers, and today I want to share my thoughts on making gorgeous-looking cityscape images during the rainy season.
Imagine you are trying to capture a gorgeous detail on the ground you stumbled upon while walking down a street close by. Suddenly, you remember that a subject like this might benefit from using a rich aperture value, so you go with something generous like f/3.5.
Under bright lighting conditions, using this aperture would require you to compensate via ISO and shutter speed. Low ISO is great for delivering the best quality, so we are good on that side. Left alone, shutter speed will do the work for us by closing fast, like 1/500th of a second 1/1000 of a second, or even faster!
On a general level, landscape and cityscape photography usually benefit from slower exposition values. Therefore, you might expect to avoid such requirements from your scene. And that's when the weather comes into play!
Cloudy, overcast and rainy weather conditions are perfect for naturally slowing our shutter speeds. Is like having a free softbox on top of your scene delivering the most soothing light ever. Even for us human beings is easier on the eye when the light is dimmed a bit don't you think?
Nowadays, amidst the ubiquitous presence of precooked content online, storytelling is the ultimate goal to achieve; applies to both visual and textual media. Reaching such heights is a tremendous task, so we've come up with a bunch of ideas for you to start forcing your creative nature out of its box.
These are the building blocks of the visual feast we are surrounded by when embarking to photograph in rainy conditions. And by looking for drops, think beyond trying the capture them via the aid of a fast shutter speed. Look for crystal-clear droplets that have landed on windows or leaves. These will be challenging of course, so are a great excuse for experimenting with interesting compositions like a Dutch angle or even a macro approach.
Ponds and small patches of water are perfect for mirroring alternate realities surrounding ourselves. About reflections, earlier this week I saw a girl on Instagram using her phone to create fantastic-looking reflections. Honestly, any wet surface could do the trick!
Light-rain conditions conduce people to behave in poetic ways, and capturing such behaviour is one of the most exquisite experiences I've had when doing street imagery. No matter if you are on the streets with your camera or behind a hazy window from a comfortable small cafe, images of people walking down the rain offer great subjects for telling stories with our cameras or phones.
Really, some cities are quite unpredictable when it comes to weather. Simple tools like weather-apps are sufficient for guaranteeing a decent amount of control about what to expect regarding rainy conditions during the day. Nevertheless, Mother Nature always find ways to surprise us.
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This is an impressive collection that really showcases how rain presents opportunities for artistic expression and encourages us to venture out, experiment, and embrace the beauty that can be found in the rain.
We live in Florida. It rains a lot here. Especially in the spring and summer, we get pretty regular showers, thunderstorms and sometimes downright deluges, like the 2015 summer of epic flooding and a recent tropical storm that swept through this June.
I love rain, and the muted colors of a rainy day. I love the wet sheen on leaves and palm fronds,the way rain cascades in rivulets or drips off branches and flowers. And I love trying to capture those things with photographs.
With all the rain we get though, I've learned a few things over the years, though, and hope some of these tips can be helpful to other rainy day shutterbugs interested making the most of liquid sunshine.
In order to take good rainy day photos, first and foremost, you, your camera and your lens need to stay dry. Creatively shooting from under umbrellas, overhangs, cars and other sheltering areas can give the impression that you're out in the shower, without actually being in a position that will damage your equipment or endanger you.
I don't like flash photography, especially in outdoor environments where natural light reveals things more along the lines that I actually see them. But even on a rainy day, you don't need a flash to get a good photo.
It might seem counter intuitive, but in the flat light of a cloudy day, and even in the rain, there is often still some light to be found, either reflected off leaves, roads, walls, or water itself. Take a few moments to look for the spots that stand out, and aim your lens that way.
Move around in your dry spot to position your subject of choice against that light for back lighting or contrast, as in the palm fronds at top, or so that it picks up rain drops or a contrasting color, like the red in the caladiums in the center. Sometimes either some nearby artificial light, or just a change in cloud cover or rain slant can illuminate rain drops or streaks of rain, as in the last shot.
When you find the light, you can highlight color, even in the rain. Plants like caladiums ,orchids, and daisies, or the bright colors of umbrellas, can stand out against the muted tones of gray that usually accompany a rainy day.
Take your time finding the right angle and background. To best accentuate a spot of color or a point of interest, make sure your background isn't busy. Off-setting bright or colorful subjects against the gray backgrounds, rather than framing them in the middle of your shot, can make them stand out even more.
You don't need much beyond a single streak of rain sometimes to illustrate what's happening. But if you can get a combination of things to suggest the motion of active rain, like with the fountain, where rain is streaking in the background and the water in the fountain is dimpled, that's even better.
The faster your shutter speed, the better your chances of getting an image like the last one, where the rain drop is just about to let go of the leaf edge, and you can also see evidence of rain behind the leaf, as well as dripping all around.
Rain drops on leaves or branches or eaves can make for wonderful images, but by themselves don't convey the action of rain. When you find the light, you can often find the rain drops and streaks or impressions of rain.
Seeing rain fall can be magical, or ominous. In the photo of the alligator, the rain drops in the lake create something like sparkling stars around the gater, making for an interesting, and somewhat conflicting image.. Capturing droplets of water along stems and petals along with the hash marks of steady rain all illustrate the active experience of rain. 152ee80cbc