Amazon by photography of Leonide Principe
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Amazon legend
At the end of June, regional boats are sailing along the Amazon River towards Parintins. Coming from all directions, a fleet of boats converge…
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Superpredator
The jaguar (Panthera onca) is a superpredator and can theoretically prey on any terrestrial or semi-aquatic vertebrate in Central…
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Spider monkey puppies
I arrived at the river dweller’s house, greeted the whole family, and noticed that in a corner of the backyard there were two spider monkey puppies…
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Dear baby
Sheltered, protected, pampered, the baby monkey grows in the safest place in the world. He is the mother’s absolute priority…
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Terrifying sound
The red howler monkey (Alouatta seniculus) is the loudest land animal in the world, with its calls reaching up to 140 decibels…
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The last ray
At sunset, one of the tallest trees in the area, the angelim-ferro (Dinizia excelsa), bathes in the gold of the last ray of sun over the forest…
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Fairy dust
The humid tropical forest is hot and dense, considered the oldest ecosystem on Earth. The Equator line runs through the Amazon…
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Thousand eyes
It’s 6:33 in the morning, the sun’s rays have already invaded the Abra144 valley with all the heat of the month of August.
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The riverine landscape
On the edge of Lake Piranha, the river dweller collects his fishing net in a breathtaking landscape. Breathtaking for whom?
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In the kapok shade
It’s the month of April and the water is already on the pillars of the blockhouse. The kapok tree (Ceiba pentandra) also feels the tickle
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Butterfly mating
The couple of lovers posed on a branch near me, I dropped my gear bag, mounted a long focal lens
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The thinker
The white-fronted capuchin monkeys are commonly known as cairara (Cebus albifrons). They are highly intelligent…
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Classroom
How about this classroom? Mounted on the Filhote, a young samaumeira, near a jungle hotel, the table was
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The jaguar, my neighbor 4
In the following months I created a certain expectation, I looked for Charlie in all the new records, thinking that he would record again,
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The cougar, my neighbor 3
I can assume that a young cougar (Puma concolor) recorded its passage through Ponto dos Gatos three times. I named the cat ‘Garoto’
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Princess
From my balcony overlooking the forest, I am greeted by the sight of the majestic tree, a 180-feet-tall iron tree (Dinizia excelsa).
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Outstanding tree
It is an achievement that involves a great challenge to the force of gravity. There’s emotion in it, balanced by the cold calculation of safety.
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Shool day
In Paraná do Ariaú, it’s just another day. The father is already at work, the boys go to school, and this is the house where the family lives.
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Water Paths
In the floating village of Cacau Pereira, water is present in everyday life, at the doorstep, below and all around. This same water,
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The jaguar, my neighbor 2
Walking calmly, the jaguar enters the frame from East going to West, in direction of my house. The magnificent cat appears to be
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The jaguar, my neighbor 1
On July 7, 2007 at 5:13 PM, when I took this photo, I had no idea about the synchronicity of those two points where the arcs of light pointed.
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Gigantic arapaima
The arapaima lives in Amazonian lakes, in poor oxygen water. That is why the arapaima has a rudimentary respiratory apparatus
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Way of light
Essential and reduced to a minimum, the canoe hull requires a skill acquired since childhood, playing and naturally learning
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Enchanted
She was a cunhã (pretty girl) who lived in one of those great lakes in the counãryside of the Amazon.
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Total trust
It is recognized that Amazon River Dolphins change their behavior in the presence of children and pregnant women
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Ephemeral flower
That is, until one day, suddenly, she opened the doors of her cathedral to me, ten years after our first meeting.
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Calibrated adrenaline
A really effective attitude in approaching wild animals is the ability to control the internal level of adrenaline.
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Snakes have beauty
The green boa is a spectacular snake because of its emerald green color, it blends perfectly into the forest foliage and has heat-sensitive organs
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Bug reputation
The Jequitiranaboia or peanut head bug (Fulgura laternaria) suffers from a terrible reputation: they say it has poison, brings bad luck, and many
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Talking butterfly
The monarch butterfly has a very singular characteristic: long migratory journeys take them thousands of kilometers from their birthplace
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Eyes of guaraná
The fruit of guaraná (Paullinia cupana) grows from a vine in the Amazon rainforest. Cultivated by the Sateré-Mawé, the plant is native
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Channel of taxizeiros
On the horizon of the photo, the Negro river dominates and the channel empties into it or, interestingly, it can also reverse
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Natural calendar
Maybe the riverside people’s feelings are not enchanted by that spectacle, as I am.
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Awarded forest
Image awarded first place in the 11th Itaú-BBA National Contest of Photography in the Flowered Forest category.
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Spirits of the forest
In the first light of morning, when the air hangs suspended and not even the slightest breeze can penetrate the landscape, it is in this magical
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Forever faithful
Eternally faithful, macaws choose a single mate for their entire lives.
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Jute planter
Jute (Corchorus capsularis) is a vegetable textile fiber that comes from the Tilioideae family. It was brought from India in 1930 by
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Dona Maria
Dona Maria is the matriarch who keeps the family united. Originally from the Juruá River, they migrated towards Manaus with only their will
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Mother of Waters
In the Amazon jungle, in the heart of the Anavilhanas archipelago, the ancient legend manifests and tells the story of a giant snake
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Princess Residents
During the mating season, two toucans (Ramphastos tucanus), also known as the white-throated toucan, begin to regularly visit the Princesa
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Domesticating a tree
Domesticating a tree does not in any way tame or change the nature of that living being. Domestication refers only to the conditions that
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Great Potoo
From the Nyctibiidae family, the ‘mother-of-the-moon’ is known for a unique type of moan that it emits at night, especially on moonlit nights.
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An angel
An orchid with open arms, wings and even aureola, a protective angel of nature. I ask myself, again I ask myself, I always ask myself:
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Little fairy
The inevitable question always comes to my mind: who designed you? so perfect! so harmoniously proportioned!
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A minute violet dot
A minute violet dot about 40 meters high from an adult and healthy kapok tree, there it was, enjoying the shade of a very sunny afternoon.
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Immaculate beauty
In Central America, it is popularly known as “orquídea de la Virgen Maria” and, certainly, its immaculate beauty justifies
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Eye to eye
Sorry, I’m just watching your reflected light, and recording it here in my little black box, I’m cool with you!
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Let me piss
Civilized humans don’t urinate like that anymore, humans have a politely closed little room and deposit their waste and draw water,
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Bifrenaria rudolfii
In this photographic version, the foreground was then isolated to reduce background brightness and thus allow the main
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Aphrodisiac perfume
This orchid (Catasetum barbatum) it is unique in having male, female, and hermaphroditic flowers, pollinated by male Euglossine bees.