Jaguar
Having found paw prints of a jaguar on the trail on the third day – we came across this jaguar high up in the trees, some time later. Taken with some telephoto we were glad to see he was resting!! We moved silently as we could down the trail to the the next ravine .
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steveberlin
nice capture, up in the trees there.. At first I thought it was a panda lol… :)
Braedene in reply to steveberlin’s comment
We all totally stopped riding, but it would not move its head – it was far away as we were riding in an open section of the jungle – didn’t even know if it would come out on the photo- so glad we caught a glimmer of one.
jacqi
How lucky were you to, not only see, but also to take a photo of an elusive jaguar? Well done!
Braedene in reply to jacqi’s comment
Thanks jacqui but it was pretty far away – we wouldn’t have noticed it had our guide not pointed out the paw prints on the muddy trail about 10 mins before he pointed to the trees – as I said to Steve I didn’t even know it would come out, but so glad. A lot of my photos were spoiled with the humidity as it clouded my lens and I didn’t know until I got back to the lodge. Liz
Nathan Walraven
Wow, great capture!
Braedene in reply to Nathan Walraven’s comment
Thank yoy Nathan – I think luck was with us that day as we also saw 2 blue morpho butterflies, a toucan and 3 parrots – they were too high up and well camouflaged though. Liz
Al Bourassa
Whoa!! I bet you had eyes in the back of your head for the next few hours!! We don’t get to see too many shots of jaguars, that’s for sure. Thanks for getting one!
Braedene in reply to Al Bourassa’s comment
Thank you Al – of animals which might turn on you, in the wild I have been close to bears (many times), wolves (several times) , lions , a cheetah , an injured elephant (which turned on us), crocodiles ( snap!), buffalo, wild boar, too close to a charging water buffalo, too close to a ready to charge rhino, so this jaguar was a little way away and we were moving through the jungle on horse back. One of the party was nervous though- she did keep looking back – possiblty because she was at the back of all the riders!! I didn’t realise my list was so long till I started to think about it. Would love to see a tiger in the wild – only followed its footprints on elephant back when I was in Nepal.
Lisa Jones
WOW! How cool is this! I bet it was a little scary, but so wonderful too!
Braedene in reply to Lisa Jones’s comment
Thank you so much Lisa – I wrote a lot to Al – the last rider was nervous and kept looking back on the trail but it looks quite relaxed on the tree, not that I saw that till I cropped the photo and brought it closer!!
shanemcgowan
aww sweet AWESOME SHOT dear friend !!
Braedene in reply to shanemcgowan’s comment
Thank you Shane – would love to have been closer – I think!! Well, maybe not!!
amarica
Great shot, one that you used wisdom to capture. You have so many wonderful places you have been and beautiful images from each of them…love them all….hugzzzzzz
Braedene in reply to amarica’s comment
Hugzzz to you too and thank you very much – it’s nice to share the photos – I love to see everyone else’s – so many, so beautiful I’d love to have them all on my walls!!