eduardo libby: photography blog

It happened once more, as predicted by Pythagoras and Galileo’s Music of the Spheres. Our Moon passed in front of our Sun, just far enough this time that it didn’t quite hide it all the way t...

https://eduardolibby.com/2023/10/15/shadow-on-the-sun-crescents-on-earth/

by Eduardo Libby Versión en Español en inorganicucr.com The Rio Celeste is formed at the junction of two mountain rivers with crystalline waters that originate on the slopes of Tenorio Volcano,...

https://eduardolibby.com/2023/07/21/why-is-rio-celestes-water-turquoise-blue/

I joke about me being too tall to see slime molds down there on the forest floor, but occasionally I get to spot them. Then comes the process of setting up my camera and tripod in the most awkwar...

https://eduardolibby.com/2023/07/01/slime-molds-time/

Some landscape photography books and websites claim that sunset photos are amateurish and should be avoided by true Landscape Photographers as they are plain boring. Really? One of the most inspi...

https://eduardolibby.com/2023/01/28/sunset-pictures-are-ok-right/

Last week I had the pleasure to hear a concert by the Orquesta de Costa Rica with vocals by La Colmena Performance Arts Center. They chose to sing pieces from well-known Musicals and did so remar...

https://eduardolibby.com/2022/08/13/musical/

An ultrawide lens (anything below 24 mm in 35 mm equivalent format) can provide a sweeping view of an open landscape, but I also find it important for crowded forest and tree covered environments...

https://eduardolibby.com/2022/04/14/ultrawide-rectilinear-or-fisheye-lenses-to-defish-or-not-to-defish/

After seeing, and taking, many snapshots of the water on a sunny, tropical beach it is not difficult to notice that the water always looks frozen and the movement and intensity of the moment is m...

https://eduardolibby.com/2021/12/28/slow-shutter-speed-and-life-on-a-tropical-beach/

The first time I saw photos of Slime Mold fruiting bodies, the equivalent of fungal caps, I couldn’t help thinking about life on another planet. The fact that these organisms actually turn into...

https://eduardolibby.com/2021/07/24/tiny-wonders/

One of the prettiest beaches on Costa Rica’s west coast is on the inside of a circular bay that gives protection to the swimmers from the open ocean waves and is named Carrillo Beach. After a f...

https://eduardolibby.com/2021/03/27/nice-beach-nice-sunset-nice-black-and-white/

Visiting a new area in Costa Rica nearly always means a change in the avian species around. Granted, some birds seem to pop up anywhere but there are always nice surprises. The place we were stay...

https://eduardolibby.com/2021/02/20/three-hummingbirds/