Frog's Heaven

Day 1. Departure from San Jose to Braulio Carrillo National Park is an hour’s worth of drive into the heart of one of Costa Rica’s natural treasures,  4 hours a moderate to easy hike to capture all we can see from ladybugs to Pitvipers, a fantastic destination for flora macro photography as well. Dozens of leaf shapes, colorful flowers, intricate seeds and weird-looking seed pods. Nature is everywhere.

After many hours gathering for wonderful images a well-deserved lunch will be served at the hotel. Time to charge the camera battery and repose for the night hike.

• Pick up time 7:00 am
• Arrival to Braulio Carrillo Quebrada Gonzales 8:30 am aprox.
• Lunch 1:00 pm
• 3:30 pm Garden exploring
• Dinner 6:30 PM
• Nocturnal macro photography 7:30-9:30 pm

Day 2. Breakfast and visit to La Selva Biological Station. The most well-studied rainforest on earth, heaven for scientists, birders and nature photographers. Trail explorations until lunchtime. Continue photographing nature until 5:30 pm.

• Breakfast 7:30 am
• Departure to La Selva at 8:30 am
• Lunch 1:00 pm
• Dinner 6:30 pm
• Night hike 7:30 – 9:30 pm

Day 3. Visit Frog Heaven for stage photography or controlled environment. (4 hours). Followed to transfer back to San Jose.

• Breakfast 7:30 am
• Frog Heaven 8:30 am
• Lunch and check out at 1:00 pm
• Drive to San Jose 1 ½ hours departure time

NOTES

This journeys trip will focus on:

• Lighting
• Focal styles and focal points
• Composition
• Recommended Aperture/DOF
• Suggested lighting systems
• Post-processing
• Storyteller a journalist approach