Costa Rica with the Nikon D500 and 80-400mm (AF-S Nikkor 80-400 f/4.5-5.6G ED VR) by Rodney Larsen (flickr):
Background:
In November of 2016, during the Thanksgiving Holiday here in the US, I made a quick, three-day trip Costa Rica. As an amateur photographer, with a special interest in wildlife, the opportunity to see this part of Central America and experience the richness and diversity of nature there was as exhilarating as it was inspiring. With just a few days for travel, though, and a personal decree to do so with as little impediment as possible, deciding what equipment to bring along was a difficult questions to answer. While camera gear can be as unwieldy as it is heavy, it’s also true that a variety of lenses and accessories allow for different forms and levels of creativity. Choosing is not necessarily easy.
