A photo I took and wasn’t aware of…

{ August 1, 2009 @ 1:39 pm } · { Photo Story }
{ Tags: Nature, Photo Story, South America }

Last week i was looking at photos i took while travelling in South America. I’m doing so every now and then when i have the time to learn more image editing techniques…

Suddenly, I got to this photo. It’s a photo of a Rufescent Tiger-Heron(Tigrisoma lineatum)

Rufescent Tiger-heron

First, the history behind the photo. It is May 2008. 7 months of travelling are behind me and I’m in Bolivia. After an exhausting 24 hours 2 legs bus ride i got to the little sunny jungle town of Rurrenabaque. This town is the center of Bolivian jungle trips. Even those who find Bolivia to be hard for travelling (clean wise) don’t miss this place. Since i got there at 4 o’clock in the morning and due the fact that i wasn’t sleeping much on the rough bus ride, I slept the whole day or so. Later on that evening I began looking for tours. I was looking for the well know Pampas tour. Pampa is a word in Quechua which means “plain” and refers to the fertile low-lands in which the local cultivate their foods. The tour is known for the abundance of animals and birds, all within reach (literally), that are somewhat apathetic to humans. It took me another day to arrange the tour and sign up. Excited and happy for what about to come, I went to relax in a pool above the town and drunk a smoothie.

During the night I could hear the weather changing. Well, it was the dry season, but even at that time it was raining every day or two. This night was different. It wasn’t an ordinary rain. The bad wind from the south came! Like in fairy tales, everyone were afraid of it. It’s a weather phenomenon that rarely happens. Morning came. A cool morning. I didn’t measure the temperature but there was a 20 deg. drop from the warm 30s to the chilling 10s. I have to be around 6 o’clock at the agency’s office. I meet everyone, drink coffee and chocolate croissant, and hop on the jeep. Pampas – here we come! We all wish the weather will get better…

The day i took the picture on was cloudy as the rest of the days but was a bit warmer. This fact led all the animals and birds to go out of their hiding places and warm up. There was much joy! So many animals and birds! I couldn’t keep up taking pictures…

When the tour was over, i sat down and organized all the photos i took, deleting the ones which had bad exposure, weren’t in focus, etc. I also wrote down the names of the birds i had pictures of for future use (who knows…).

Now, scroll ahead in time. 14 Months to be exact. On a regular pass on my photo i see this photo. Since I have better shots of this birds I didn’t notice the exiting part of it. It had just caught a snake! It was camouflaged in the scenery the whole time. After I’ve found this little gem i’ve cleaned and cropped it and here it is for your pleasure!

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