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Hyla bifurca Sailing into the Atoll of To'au at dawn when the weather is flat calm is an absolute pleasure, I took this image as the sun was creeping over the horizon on one of the few occasions we saw another boat at this wonderful location.

Shooting without any sleep and a lot of caffeine in my system is difficult without a tripod but fortunately the wide-angle lens hid that! The soft light was a perfect compliment to the glass like water making for a beautiful image.

 
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Hyla bifurca This little Tree Frog Hyla bifurca was photographed in the upper Amazon, Ecuador. To get close to these critters i had to stand in knee to waist deep water that had baby Caimans and possible Anacondas in there!

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