Jungle lagoon and mangrove photography has several risks. Lagoons are often found in tropical zones with high humidity. Tropical high humidity areas can be infested with Malaria and Dengue Fever mosquitos. I use two varieties of mosquito repellant when I am photographing the lagoon photos you seen here on this page. If the mosquito population is particularly high the photographer might consider wearing mosquito netting around the head.
Potentially fatal mosquitos in the air is not the only risk to obtaining these types of lagoon photographs. Alligator and crocodile hazards can exist as well. When I shoot lagoon photography I walk very slowly taking frequent pauses to listen, look, and smell the air around me.
While batting away the mosquitoes and watching for crocs consider that boa constrictors can often be found in rainforest infested lagoons and mangroves. When I was teaching English in Thailand I read in the Bangkok Post newspaper that a worker as part of a deep jungle natural gas pipeline laying operation went from the construction zone into the nearby jungle to answer nature's call. This occured during the worker's lunch break at noon.
The poor man walked into the jungle and where he stood a boa constrictor was in a tree just above him. As he was answering nature's call, the boa droped from the tree and its body encircled the worker's neck. A short time after the lunchbreak several workers noticed that their friend was missing from the work crew. A search began. The workcrew spread out as on a skirmish line and went into the jungle to search for their co-worker. After a lengthy time they found him, found him inside of the boa constrictor. When shooting photography in jungle or rainforest lagoon, don't forget to look up whether your framing a photography of a beautiful jungle bird, or, answering nature's call.
The main cautions here are keep your eyes moving around you, up above and down below when taking photos in a jungle or rainforest. I very, very good rule of thumb is do not ever travel alone into these environments, go with a guide if one is available, and at the very least bring a cell phone with you. Test the cell phone battery before going into the jungle.
View additional lagoon plus topical beach photography here via this link. These I put into the public domain.
Potentially fatal mosquitos in the air is not the only risk to obtaining these types of lagoon photographs. Alligator and crocodile hazards can exist as well. When I shoot lagoon photography I walk very slowly taking frequent pauses to listen, look, and smell the air around me.
The poor man walked into the jungle and where he stood a boa constrictor was in a tree just above him. As he was answering nature's call, the boa droped from the tree and its body encircled the worker's neck. A short time after the lunchbreak several workers noticed that their friend was missing from the work crew. A search began. The workcrew spread out as on a skirmish line and went into the jungle to search for their co-worker. After a lengthy time they found him, found him inside of the boa constrictor. When shooting photography in jungle or rainforest lagoon, don't forget to look up whether your framing a photography of a beautiful jungle bird, or, answering nature's call.
The main cautions here are keep your eyes moving around you, up above and down below when taking photos in a jungle or rainforest. I very, very good rule of thumb is do not ever travel alone into these environments, go with a guide if one is available, and at the very least bring a cell phone with you. Test the cell phone battery before going into the jungle.
View additional lagoon plus topical beach photography here via this link. These I put into the public domain.
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