Guido Sterkendries: photographer observes wildlife from the canopy of rainforests in Panama and Brazil
Dangling from the trees high above the rainforest floor this “extreme” photographer goes to great lengths in search of the world’s rarest species. Meet Guido Sterkendries – the real-life Tarzan photographer who lives in the tree-tops observing his subjects. Traveling deep into the rainforests of Panama and Brazil the Belgian ecologist and wildlife photographer spends up to two weeks at a time perched in a specially constructed canopy that allows him to climb out onto branches to photograph rare and endangered species.
Guido taking photos of falcons.
From his precarious perch, Guido has photographed never-before seen species such as the blue arboreal poison dart frog seen here.
An as yet unidentified species of caterpillar in the low-lying rainforest in Colon Province, Panama.
White-faced capuchins. These highly intelligent monkeys ran away with the photographer’s drying underwear.
The almost extinct golden frog in the low-lying rainforest in Colle Province, Panama.
Guido shooting in the swamps in the Pantanal tropical wetland in Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil.
An armored grasshopper in the rainforest in Panama.
A male tree frog calling for females and warning other males to stay away.
An as yet unidentified species of caterpillar in the low-lying rainforest in Colon Province, Panama.
A red eye tree frog walks along a branch in the rainforest in Colon Province, Panama.
A mother black and gold howler monkey, with her youngster in the Pantanal tropical wetland in Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil.