From the course: Travel Photography: Costa Rica
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Touring the mangroves
- Another area that's very attractive near the beach are the mangroves. These are an interesting combination, where the trees and the roots start to interact with the saltwater estuaries. This is where freshwater and saltwater meet. They create a very interesting ecosystem and an area that's a lot of fun to go through. We took both kayaks and boats through this area, and there's a ton of animals to see and just interesting textures and colors. You really feel like you are in an old forest when you go through here. It's an area that's been very minimally impacted by man. When we head out to the mangroves, we're going to be seeing a lot of different subjects, some far away, some close, and to really have a wide range of coverage, I'm going with my most versatile lens. I've got a 28 to 300 millimeter. Now, this is a reasonably priced lens. I call it my tourist lens, and what I like about it is it gives me just a huge range of coverage. I can shoot wide shots to get beautiful vistas, and…
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Packing for the beach4m 23s
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A visit to Manuel Antonio National Park3m 25s
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Photographing mammals3m 7s
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Taking photos of reptiles3m 48s
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Photographing a spider web2m 19s
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Touring the mangroves3m 28s
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Shooting photos of the ocean and the beachfront2m 34s
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Capturing a sunset time lapse2m
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Creating the sunset time lapse8m 1s
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