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Cloud forest stream        Images © Mark A. Chappell

The Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve in Costa Rica is famous among birders for resplendent 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)