Carlos L. de la Rosa
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A Passion for Nature, Art, and Sharing
My life is filled with passions. The urge to share what I discover in my travels and wild adventures through tropical rainforests, Mediterranean landscapes, arid deserts with subtle but diverse life, and waters that flow through ancient channels filled with life largely unknown. I feel driven to improve my photography and illustration skills to tell better the stories that move me. My desire to please others with my music and art, inspired by romantic tendencies from my adolescent years that I have never been able to outgrow. Growing frustration with the pervasive thought that I’m running out of time to do all that I want to do.
By Carlos L. de la Rosa3 years ago in Wander
Tropical Natural Moment
I walked down the trail deeper and deeper into the rainforest, sunlight filtering through the dense canopy creating a kaleidoscope of light spots and shadows. I knew this rainforest well, having worked as a researcher there for over half a decade. This tangled jungle never stopped surprising me. I walked this trail probably a thousand times since I first arrived at the research station, and every time, without exception, I saw something I had never seen before. An insect, a plant, an interaction between an animal and its prey or host plant. The stories have been endless, and the fascination is ever-growing. I walked off the muddy trail into the forest, only a few dozen steps, following a hunch. I had seen a patch of Heliconia plants a few days ago, their broad leaves looking like small versions of banana leaves. One of the leaves on one plant was collapsed, its central vein damaged by a creature that every visitor to the rainforest longs to see. Today, I approached silently, slowly so as not to disturb the treasure hidden by the folded leaf.
By Carlos L. de la Rosa3 years ago in Earth
Brawn & Brine
Brawn and Brine: Encounter at the End of the World For a biologist, a visit to the Galapagos Islands, some 850 miles west from the coast of Ecuador on the Pacific Ocean, is the trip of a lifetime. It is a destination that fulfills every dream of seeing in the flesh the animals and plants we read about while in college when we learned about Charles Darwin and his voyage on the Beagle. This most famous archipelago is home to dozens of endemic species found nowhere else in the world. The opportunity to observe them and photograph them was the pinnacle of my field career.
By Carlos L. de la Rosa3 years ago in Photography