Into the heart of the Rainforest!

Artist: Blair Wainman
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Into the heart of the Rainforest!

Featured in All Parks in June 2009

I had to take this one with a tripod as it was so dark that I couldn’t get a focus on anything!! This is inside the rainforest and though it wasn’t raining yet, the clouds were as thick as the trees they enveloped! Even at the elevation of 2700 M. it had me sweating just walking through this!! I can’t imagine how much work it takes to keep these paths clear enough to walk through…but had to cut my way through enough cobwebs!!
Taken along the perimeter of the Chicaque Natural Park, Cundinamarca, Colombia along the edge of the steep mountain slope in the previous capture!

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Into the heart of the Rainforest! by Blair Wainman

Danielle Espin

Nice image! great work
Blair Wainman replied

Thank you!!
lorilee

Fascinating – soooo beautiful!!!!!!!
Blair Wainman replied

Thank you Lori!!! And thank you for the fav!!
WayoftheWarrior

Awesome image,comp and color
Blair Wainman replied

Thank you Tony!! I want to go back and get some more like this one! It’s an incredible experience!!
Vickie Emms

wow, if that is a path ahead, I can see what you mean, true tropical paradise…..I can imagine the sultry feeling though, so thick/ Beautiful work Blair, this one is going to go places for you :-)) (to my favs for one)
Blair Wainman replied

Thank you so much Vickie!! It took me an hour to hike around this trail…talk about solitude!! I have to share something funny here. It was so thick that I couldn’t find a place to put the portable tripod, but without the tripod I wouldn’t have been able to get it at all! I had to wander a bit off the path to find a rotten tree trunk high enough to hold the camera! ...And the rain was coming in fast!!
Deborah H. Benoit

Beautiful Blair. The lighting is fabulous!!!
Blair Wainman replied

Thank you so much Deb!!
kalaryder

So lovely
Blair Wainman replied

Thank you so much Kala!!
Lynn Bauer

GORGEOUS, Blair!! I love it!!! Another instant fav for me!!!!!
Blair Wainman replied

Wow! Thanks so much Lynn!! Thank you for the fav!! It is really quite beautiful…but I’m still hoping for one with some sunlight through this heavy mist!!
Wendi Donaldson

Wow…..what a beautiful scene!
Blair Wainman replied

Thank you so much Wendi!!
Johanne Brunet

Beautiful image and it makes a great set with After the Rain I kept going back to it and clicking to see the larger version, so I decided to add it to my favourites. It reminds me of a tropical landscape wall paper that I had in my dining room back in the early 80s! It’s a fell-good image… :-)
Blair Wainman replied

Thank you so much Johanne!! I’m going to try and go back…when it’s sunny to try and get some images with filtered sunlight as well! I’m glad you liked it and thanks too for the favorite!!
Kathy Reid

Hi Blair, it’s all well worth your sweat when you reach beautiful surroundings like these:)) Splendid shot.
Blair Wainman replied

Thank you Kathy! It sure had me puffing but as you say, it was worth it especially to get something like this!!
andreisky

Gorgeous!
Blair Wainman replied

Thank you Andrei!!
RickF

Great capture!!
Blair Wainman replied

Thanks Rick!!
BarbaraManis

Wonderful work, Blair!
Blair Wainman replied

Thank you Barbara!!
Béla Török

Wow, what a scene, Blair! Great work, my friend!
Blair Wainman replied

Thank you Béla!!
LYN EVANS

Gorgeous image Blair, wonderful light and clarity
Blair Wainman replied

Thanks Lyn!!
LindaR

amazing sight to see & capture ~ gives the full feeling of the liquidity of the air and lush cover of this rainforest ~ such a different world ~ so glad you were there and could share here xx
Blair Wainman replied

Thanks Linda!! It really as an incredible world…so different but very impactful!!
Rainy

Beautiful shot!
Blair Wainman replied

Thank you very much!!
velveteagle

What a great place to be with a camera… Great work Blair…
Chuck..
Blair Wainman replied

Thanks Chuck!! I’m eager to get back there again!!
Michael Rucci

wonderful blair your adventurious spirit shows in your work

mike
Blair Wainman replied

Thanks Mike!! It was a challenge to be sure!
Patricia Montg...

Fantastic rainforest capture!
Blair Wainman replied

Thanks so much Patricia!!
richardseah

Wow! I must say I am surrounded by rainforests, I see them all the time… but I don’t know how to take pictures of them. To me, they just seem so messy that I don’t know where to start. Well done, my friend.
Blair Wainman replied

Man, you got that right!! It was dark and “no” clearings enough to get a capture. Then when I found one here, the funny part for me was I didn’t know where to set the tripod so that I could take a picture of this. Messy is the word…and it goes on forever!!
richardseah

LOL! You actually carry a tripod into the rainforest? Man, you are dedicated.

For me, any venture into the rainforest (which I have not done in a long time) is expected to be a hot, sweaty and tiring affair. Which means minimum luggage! If I have, I would just take along a Point & Shoot, otherwise one DSLR plus one lens. Well, maybe two. But not three additional legs!

After all, I do not expect to shoot much. Last time I went, I was supposed to shoot birds but ended up shooting spiders!
Blair Wainman replied

(It was a miniature tripod…Lol!! I’m not that dedicated!) I know what you mean though!! Fortunately for me, this is a mountain rainforest and so there was not the intense heat factor. But I was not able to see any birds for the mist…just spiders, as you say!! Don’t know about you but it was the cobwebs that got to me after a while!
richardseah

Ha ha ha… must have been lots of spiders! In my case, they and their webs were off the beaten tracks. The “forests” that I go to are somewhat civilised!
Rosy Kueng

Great capture Blair…amazing mood. Gives the feeling being there…
Blair Wainman replied

Thanks so much!! It is quite an experience…almost like being swallowed up in it…it’s incredible!!
Carol Barona

Oh Blair this is just beautiful!
Blair Wainman replied

Thanks Carol!!
Lois Bryan

Oh, Blair .. another incredible image!!!! A real rainforest!!!! I’m all agog!!!! Love the detail you coaxed out of the leaves that are in the fog!!!!! But .. wait a minute … what’s that noise I hear??? OH yeah .. it’s my hair going all flat and frizzy!!! Quick .. Lois .. click the “add comment” button and get out of here!!!!
weskats

This one is outstanding…....love it! ....Kathy
Blair Wainman replied

Thanks kathy!! Thanks for the favorite!!
JRGarland

A truly awesome capture. This is one for the books. Well done.
Blair Wainman replied

Thank you very much!! It was an awesome experience!!