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Snapwildlife

close-upin

LosLlanos,Colombia

RussellMaddicks,

author,BradtTravel

Guide:Colombia

Ifyouwanttogetclose

enoughtosnapSouthAmerican

wildlifeonyoursmartphonenothing

beatstheseasonally-Žloodedplains

ofColombia’seasternLlanos.Home

tothebigŽive:jaguar,puma,giant

anteater,caiman,andanaconda,as

wellas 700 birdspecies,LosLlanos

(ThePlains)isopenagaintovisitors

followingthe 2016 peaceaccords.

Visitduringthedryseason(Nov-

April)tocatchlargecongregations

ofcapybaraandscarletibisat

wateringholes.ForthefullLlanero

experience,headtoHatoLaAurora,

atraditionalcattleranchinremote

Casanarewhereyoucanridewith

barefootcowboys,Žishforpiranha,

andlistentojoropoharpmusic.

TheupdatedBradtTravelGuide:

ColombiaisoutinDecember.

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Useyour

imagination

overyourcamera

AngieScott,wildlife

photographerand

co-presenterofBBC

television’sBigCatDiary,

alongwithherhusbandJonathan

It’snotthequalityofyourcamera

orthesizeofyourlens–it’sthe

breadthofyourimagination.

Visualisetheimagesthatyou

wouldlovetocreatebeforeyou

leave.What’sthestory,theslant

thatwillmakeyourportfolio

di’erent?Copyingwhat’sbeen

donealreadyisn’tgoodenough.

Ourlatestproject‘TheSacred

NatureInitiative’istoreconnect

peopletothebeautyandwonder

ofournaturalworld–andthe

impactwearehavingonit,for

betterorworse.Ourmissionisto

makeadi’erencethrough

thepowerofourimages.That

processstartsinyourhead.

bigcatpeople.com

Unpaved tracks

(clockwise from this)

Art Wolfe’s shot of

Olympic NP;

photograph wildlife

in Africa during the

‘emerald’ season; a

capybara in Los Llanos

Alamy; Art Wolfe; Shutterstock