Rainforest Fine Art Photography Prints
Both rainforest images in the collection were made on the Osa Peninsula, a thumb of land on Costa Rica's Pacific coast that holds roughly 2.5% of the world's biodiversity on a fraction of a percent of its land area. The forest here is dense, low-light, and three-dimensional — you are rarely looking straight at anything, and when you are, the subject is usually moving. The two images turn this into a feature rather than a constraint. One is the moment before a spider monkey's leap between trees, tail coiled, weight shifted. The other is a scarlet macaw at close range — a frame that is usually earned through days of failed attempts. Together they capture two registers of rainforest photography: the monochrome geometry of primate movement, and the saturated colour the tropics are known for.
The Scarlet Peek
Scarlet macaws are the most iconic bird in this corner of Central America, but getting close is rarely this easy — they're cautious, fast and usually high in the canopy. This one was at its nest cavity, a hollow carved into the trunk of a large tree, and paused just long enough to look out.
Make the Leap
Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica. Spider monkeys are the most commonly spotted primate here, hence creating unique images is not easy. This is the frame just before the leap, the monkey's tail coiled, its weight loaded on the edge. I chose it over the more dramatic mid-air jump itself, because the pause signifies the potential ahead.
Each print is produced in Toronto on Fine Art Photo Rag, Acrylic Face-Mount, or ChromaLuxe HD Metal. Fine Art Editions of 30; King of Ice is the Signature Edition of 15.