Entries from 'project 365'
Day 235
- Aperture: f/5.6
- ISO: 6400
- Shutter Speed: 1/15 s
- Focal Length: 200mm
- Camera: Canon EOS 60D
After 8 hours on a night bus, 2 hours waiting at a hotel, 2 hours on a minibus, and 2 hours in a canoe we finally arrived at our Amazonian lodge nestled deep in the Cuyabeno reserve. The Cuyabeno reserve is considered one of the areas of the Amazon with the most biodiversity because of…
Day 234
- Aperture: f/5.6
- ISO: 400
- Shutter Speed: 1/80 s
- Focal Length: 155mm
- Camera: Canon EOS 60D
I intended to take a photo today on top of Panecillo hill looking back towards the Equator and the Basilica del Voto Nacional which I took a photo from yesterday, but unfortunately it absolutely bucketed down this afternoon which prevented me from getting there. Before the rain hit we wandered the old town, which explodes on Sundays…
Day 233
- Aperture: f/5.6
- ISO: 100
- Shutter Speed: 1/1250 s
- Focal Length: 11mm
- Camera: Canon EOS 60D
This is the view from the Basilica del Voto Nacional which is an awesome massive gothic church in Quito. This photo is looking south towards the Virgin of Quito atop Panecillo hill and tomorrow I plan to climb Panecillo hill to take a photo looking North back towards the Basilica and the Equator. The 360 degree views from the…
Day 232
- Aperture: f/5.6
- ISO: 100
- Shutter Speed: 1/800 s
- Focal Length: 24mm
- Camera: Canon EOS 60D
Mitad del Mundo, The Ecuadorian Equator, The Middle of the world!!… well almost. The French scientists who came here to calculate the exact equator line more than 100 years ago ignored the Indians calculations and determined that the Equator was in this spot. More recently their calculations have been proven false and the true Equator…
Day 231
- Aperture: f/5.6
- ISO: 100
- Shutter Speed: 1/640 s
- Focal Length: 28mm
- Camera: Canon EOS 60D
After 3 bus rides, 2 planes and 1 taxi we finally arrived into Quito, the capital of Ecuador. We didn’t arrive until sunset so it was too late to head out, but we got an amazing view of the city and surrounding area on the airport bus. Quito is 2800 meters above sea level, spread…
Day 230
- Aperture: f/5
- ISO: 250
- Shutter Speed: 1/100 s
- Focal Length: 14mm
- Camera: Canon EOS 60D
Cuba might have the Yank Tanks, but Panama has the Red Devils. These public busses in Panama are individually owned and operated so the drivers compete for customers by pimping out their american style school busses with chrome, mags, paint jobs, graphics, lights, strobes, sound systems, horns, stickers and anything else they can think of….
Day 229
- Aperture: f/5.6
- ISO: 320
- Shutter Speed: 1/200 s
- Focal Length: 80mm
- Camera: Canon EOS 60D
A day of stubby cats, leaf cutter ants, square trees, butterflies, squirrels, hummingbirds, red devils, helpful locals, failed waterfall excursions and two cheeky talking parrots named Deedee and Coco all nestled neatly inside a volcano. Back to the big smoke tomorrow 🙁
Day 228
- Aperture: f/5
- ISO: 100
- Shutter Speed: 5 s
- Focal Length: 11mm
- Camera: Canon EOS 60D
Today I explored the north western corner of El Valle on foot. I walked out to the El Macho waterfall, then made my way to a trail which winds up the side of the volcano following a winding river and past some Petroglyphs carved into the stone. After the second set of Petroglyphs I continued…
Day 227
- Aperture: f/6.3
- ISO: 100
- Shutter Speed: 1/400 s
- Focal Length: 18mm
- Camera: Canon EOS 60D
Today we arrived into El Valle de Antón (Antón Valley) about 2.5 hours outside of Panama City which is a small town nestled inside an inactive volcano (apparently the only one in the world?). We decided to come out here for 3 nights to get away from cities for a while and jumped on a…
Day 226
- Aperture: f/9
- ISO: 100
- Shutter Speed: 13 s
- Focal Length: 11mm
- Camera: Canon EOS 60D
Go to Panama they said. Visit the Panama Canal they said. It’s the most amazing feat of engineering they said. But what they didn’t say is how incredibly boring it is. Oh. Your. God. I think todays excursion was probably the most boring thing I have done on this or any other trip. Panama Canal,…