Three Toed Sloth with Young

Posted by Square Man1 on Mon Feb 16, 2015 6:52 am

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Again, our keen eyed tour leader ( Juan Carlos Vindiz ) spotted this pair from the tour bus, without Juan Carlos we certainly would have missed the shot.

Taken with a D7100, lens Nikkor 300 2.8 VRII TC 2.0, Tripod

f 5.6 @ 1/100 sec ISO 320.

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Robert S Parker

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by william bickle on Mon Feb 16, 2015 7:53 am

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Hello Robert

very fortunate to have Juan point this guy out, seems very well suited and blends in with surroundings

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by Matthew Pugh on Mon Feb 16, 2015 10:05 am

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Hi

A delightful view of this happy looking mum - and a great job spotting her in the first place

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by D. Robert Franz on Mon Feb 16, 2015 11:20 am

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Excellent capture!

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by Carol Clarke on Mon Feb 16, 2015 3:10 pm

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Well spotted Juan Carlos! They are so well camouflaged with all that green algae growing in their fur they blend in to the tree canopy just like a bunch of leaves, and they hardly move except to climb down for a poop and then up again! Fine image of this mother and infant Rob, and doesn't she look so proud of her baby.

You got a lovely clear view of the iconic three toes too!

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by WDCarrier on Mon Feb 16, 2015 10:45 pm

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I really like this image as it accentuates the algae in the fur, a unique sloth feature.

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by jerryb on Tue Feb 17, 2015 8:17 am

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Nice eye contact and love the fur.

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by JessFindlay on Wed Feb 18, 2015 12:28 pm

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Very nice, Robert! As mentioned, I love how you can see the algae and the claws, perfect pose! The post processing is a little over the top for my taste. The heavy vignette and blurring around the edges takes away a lot in my opinion. An image to be proud of regardless.

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by Missy Mandel on Sun Feb 22, 2015 10:26 pm

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A great and rare capture. It must have been very exciting!

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by Neilyb on Fri Mar 20, 2015 7:55 am