Source: The Bolton News
IT is pitch black in the Pacaya Samiria National Park, Peru.Photographer Brian White is attempting to focus his attention and his Canon 50D on a King Amazon Frog.
He shoots up to 30 frames with a flashgun and his patience is rewarded with one picture perfect snap.
These stunning images, captured by Mr White, from Henrietta Street, in Deane, over a sevenweek period in South America, will form part of a series of lectures.
The 51-year-old, who has previously trekked across Africa with his camera, travelled along the Nile, and photographed tigers in India. “My main focus was the biodiversity of the Amazon,” he said.
“There are so many creatures that have evolved there.”
Professional photographer Mr White landed in Iquitos, the largest city in the Peruvian rainforest, on March 26.
He spent 10 days on the Amazon River before flying into the Cusco, close to the Andes.
After visiting the Macho Picchu Inca ruins, he then took in the Manu National Park, before heading out of Peru to Madidi, in the upper Amazon river basin, Bolivia.
He returned to Peru to the Colca Canyon, where he photographed the world’s largest flying bird, the condor.
As well as a constant battle with mosquitoes, Mr White was also bitten by a bullet ant, so called because of the searing pain associated with the creature’s poison. His finger swelled up to twice its normal size.
He said: “There were lots of challenges, the insects were just one.”
Mr White, who is a member of the Bolton Camera Club, took just two Canon SLRs, a macro lens, a wide angle lens, and a simple flash and tripod.
His trip took two-and-ahalf years to plan and he will start lecturing to schools, community groups and other organisations, at the end of June. For more details go to brianwhite photography.co.uk