The incredible diversity of species living in a rainforest is paralleled by a riot of shapes and colors. At the same time, most of the plants are seeking light; most of the animals are looking for food, shelter, or mates; and everything has a water-management strategy to cope with the incessant rain.
The photographs here either represent a range of what I felt were aesthetically pleasing forms or illustrate particularly interesting functions of rainforest plants.
Click anywhere on the grid below to start a slideshow. Within the slideshow, there’s a click-box at the bottom right of each image for viewing the full-size photograph.
All photographs are © 2016 by Aaron M. Ellison, all rights reserved. For permission to use or reproduce any of these images, or to purchase a print, please contact me.
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