Cloud forest stream
Image copyright by Mark A. Chappell



The Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve in Costa Rica is famous among birders for resplendant quetzals, umbrellabirds, cotingas, other rare birds... and wet weather. This image was made on an unusually sunny day. I didn't have a tripod so I rested the camera on a sturdy branch and let the camera determine the exposure in the dim light of the forest understory.

  • Nikon F100, Nikon 18-35mm lens @ 18 mm, Ektachrome 100VS (2001)