http://www.locolomo.org/ en LocoLomo.Org is a private website dedicated photography and some other stuff. LocoLomo.Org, 2000-2007 http://www.locolomo.org/favicon.ico http://www.locolomo.org/ 1440 http://www.locolomo.org/erik.norgaard/blog/copyright_reform_iii/?ref=rss 2009-12-26 20:10:18 UTC+01 I previosly wrote about making copyright manageable and common. Certainly, this will at least give the creative user of content a chance to resolve any copyright issues. But, copyright is far from what the general public consider fair and reasonable. 'Fair use' is a concept that exist in American copyright law, in British copyright law this is know as 'fair dealing'. http://www.locolomo.org/erik.norgaard/blog/climbing_misti/day2/?ref=rss 2009-12-22 01:38:20 UTC+01 Looking back from the top of Misti, Peru. 2009-11-20. Nikon D700, 50mm f/8.0. We got woken up at 1am, and I packed my backpack ony with camera, water and snacks. We would got back to the basecamp on the way down. Then we had a very limited breakfast with coca tea. At 2am we left. Another group was also to do the climb but they had not even got up when we left. We only had our flash lights to show the way. http://www.locolomo.org/erik.norgaard/blog/climbing_misti/day1/?ref=rss 2009-12-22 01:38:10 UTC+01 Misti base camp, Peru. 2009-11-19. Nikon D700, 50mm f/8.0. I got picked up at the hotel at 8am. Another group were going back so they had left tents, mats and sleeping bags, but before we set off we had to get some equipment. We were 5 in the group and two guides, 2 had canceled because they felt sick. We left Arequipa in two 4WDs and after about an hours drive we arrived at the foot of the volcano in about 3500m. The first day we would walk to the basecamp. http://www.locolomo.org/erik.norgaard/blog/climbing_misti/?ref=rss 2009-12-22 01:33:48 UTC+01 Looking into the crater of Misti, Peru. 2009-11-19. Nikon D700, 50mm f/5.6. Arequipa is right by the foot of the volcano Misti, rising 5822 meters above sealevel. It is a relatively easy and non technical trek, in fact the main challenge is the altitude. The usual trek is two days, first day going to basecamp in around 4500m, then very early the secnod day, in fact by night, ascending to the top. http://www.locolomo.org/erik.norgaard/blog/manu_biosphere_reserve/day9/?ref=rss 2009-12-16 14:38:39 UTC+01 This day was simply for getting back as fast as possible to Cuzco, it was a long trip. First three hours upstream, the current was strong and difficult to navigate as it had rained during the night, and the skipper had problems with the motor as dirt kept clogging the filter so the engine got too hot. After two and a half hour by bus we had lunch at the Posada San Pedro. We arrived at Cuzco arround 19.40 and got off at the Plaza de Armas. http://www.locolomo.org/erik.norgaard/blog/manu_biosphere_reserve/day8/?ref=rss 2009-12-16 14:35:50 UTC+01 I couldn't convince the others to start before 6.30 although it is well known that the earlier the better chances of spotting wildlife. I guess they were tired of the rainforest, now that we were nolonger in Manu, they might have been looking forward to go back to Cuzco. We took a long hike, some 3 hours, but didn't se any wildlife at all. We were back at 10, still some 3 hours before lunch. After lunch we went half an hour upstream to a warm spring where we could relax for about an hour. http://www.locolomo.org/erik.norgaard/blog/manu_biosphere_reserve/day7/?ref=rss 2009-12-16 14:27:14 UTC+01 This was another day on the river. We left at 7 going 5 hours upstream to Pantiacolla lodge with a stop in Boca Manu. In Pantiacolla lodge we had lunch and then went for a hike in the afternoon. We did spot one animal, a kind of anteater up in a tree, it revealed itself as things were falling to the ground. It was very difficult to see through the branches, and basically what we saw was a furball near some termite nest. Also we heard and smelled some kind of pig, but were unable to see it. http://www.locolomo.org/erik.norgaard/blog/manu_biosphere_reserve/day6/?ref=rss 2009-12-16 14:15:41 UTC+01 We got up early to go to a nearby clay lick where green parrots and blue and red maraws would gather in the morning to pick of the clay. They need the clay to stabilize the digestion as they eat lots of acid fruits and the clay will neutralize these. As we waited in the observation bridge the birds gathered in the trees above. First lots of green parrots, eventually the macaws came. The parrots never went down to the lick as the macaws outnumbered them. http://www.locolomo.org/erik.norgaard/blog/manu_biosphere_reserve/day5/?ref=rss 2009-12-16 14:08:16 UTC+01 I had proposed a early morning walk to see and hear the forest wake up, but this request was denied by the guide. I could take a walk alone if I wanted to. Also, no support for the getting up early part. So I did. I left the lodge at 4.30 to walk one of the routes I knew and explore from there. I didn't have much luck spotting any monkeys although I heard they got active, but I did spot a poison dart frog, in fact two. The first disappeared under some leaves before I had the camera ready. http://www.locolomo.org/erik.norgaard/blog/manu_biosphere_reserve/day4/?ref=rss 2009-12-16 13:47:31 UTC+01 We got up early and after a quick snack we walked back to Sandoval lake to observe the otters. They were quickly spotted on the opposite side of the lake. The group counted some 6-10 otters, difficult to keep count as they would dive ever so often and come back up somewhere else. As we went down towards the end of the lake the otters came closer. Then our guide spotted a group of black spider monkeys, maybe some 10-15, some with their young, up in the trees by the shore of the lake.