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Subjects of great natural portraits often make a home
 along
roadsides or easily explored trails that
afford them open living space. However,
many are secluded in difficult to traverse
habitats of cloud forest and jungle. The
heliconia show on the left is an example
of such a hidden treasure; this elegant
specimen grew a several hour hike from
the nearest center of human activity and
required the photographer to not only brave
the possibility of confrontations with
pesky snakes, but the involuntary contribution
of considerable blood to hoards of rapacious
insects. Nonetheless, the resulting photo
and subsequent Portrait proved worth the
effort. A creature need not be rare, remote
or exotic to provide memorable pictures.
Great beauty of form and color frequently
reside, unnoticed, within very ordinary
looking pictures and their settings.
Jungle
Portraits intensify unrealized colors
and forms  inherent
in many nature photos (see the Masked
Flowerpiercer sample below). Presented
with startling texture – some nearly
indistinguishable from a detailed
painting – Jungle Portraits range
from 2.5 to over 12 square feet and
capture nature’s artistry through
the giclée process applied to fine
artist’s canvas, which is suitable
for gallery-wrap stretching as well
as traditional framing beneath glass.
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Masked
Flowerpiercers-Ecuador
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