Wednesday, May 5, 2010

Galapagos, Part II

I know all of you have been camped out at your computers waiting for the next set of pictures from my recent Galapagos trip with my family, but alas, the wait is over!  FYI all the pictures below were taken with a standard 50mm lens.  No telephoto equipment whatsoever... that's how close you can get to the animals here! Enjoy the pics below!

Nice beach




Sandy Sea Lion




Wading Sea Lio





Heron eyeing its next meal



Frigate birds following our boat



Fighter jet wings



Frozen Flight



Lizzie the Lizard's cousin



Airy volcanic rock



Cute sea lion sleeping next to her personal pool



Aww! Look at those neck wrinkles!



Our guide



Marine Iguana



Bright red crab



Shoreline vista



Smiling fatty



Sundown on shore



ET is buried here...



Lounging Iguanas



This could get R-rated...



Small volcano



Tweety bird



More lounging iguanas that don't have any personal space issues!



Another shoreline vista



Close-up lizard



Mommy feeding baby



Our guide and a giant cactus



Baby sea lion



Baby and her friend



Blue footed Booby!



Curious bird



More boobies!



Dry islands with a hint of green where moisture condenses at the higher elevations.



Oystercatcher



Eerie Martian landscape with fragrant Palo Santo trees



Land iguana crossing our path



Friggin Frigate with puffy neck



Posing land iguance



Booby



Young booby



Trying to fly for the first time



Here comes big daddy!



Dad pointing out what sea lions like to do best...



Happy Face



The photographer hard at work



A giant crater at the higher elevations of one of the islands



Dew on a sapling



Our group



One of Darwin's famous finches taking a bath



Finches on a railing



The family



A giant tortoise



Mom, Dad and sis showing off their stylish rubber boots



A basketball-sized pile of poop is two inches from my right foot!



Steven Spielburg got the inspiration for ET from these giant tortoises



I like grass!



The most handsome tortoise of all!



Weird



Get any closer and I'll gobble you whole...



Dad and his perpetual problem getting the life jacket on untwisted



Adios!