South America including the Falkland Islands – Mike Read

Please note: The pictures below are just very low resolution 'sample' images to show you my style and the breadth of my photography. All of my library of images are stored as 50mb+files and are available for reproduction. For images of wildlife from the country or area, please search under the individual species.

Clouds rising from the forested mountain slopes on the Eastern side of the Andes, Ecuador, South America

C17-418 Cloud forest on the Eastern side of the Andes, Ecuador, South America

Rio Serrano with the mountains of The Blue Massif beyond, Torres del Paine National Park, The Andes, Patagonia, Chile, South America December 2016

C27D0085 Rio Serra and the Blue Massif, Torres del Paine National Park, Chile

View from the viewpoint overlooking the winding Rio Serrano with mountains of the Blue Massif beyond, Torres del Paine National Park, The Andes, Patagonia, Chile, South America, December 2016

C27D0077 Rio Serra and Blue Massif mountains, Torres del Paine National Park, Chile

People walking across the banking at Lago Grey, with the Grey Glacier beyond, from near the hotel Lago Grey, Torres del Paine National Park, The Andes, Patagonia, Chile, South America, December 2016

C27D0070 The Grey Glacier, Torres del Paine National Park, Chile

Small lake with Lake Nordenskjold and the Blue Massif mountains at sunrise beyond, Torres del Paine National Park, The Andes, Patagonia, Chile, South America December 2016

C27D0064 The Blue Massif mountains, Torres del Paine National Park, Patagonia, Chile

Lake Pehoe and The Blue Massif mountains in Torres del Paine National Park, in the Andes mountain range, Patagonia, Chile, South America, December 2016

C27D0052 The Blue Massif mountains, Torres del Paine National Park, Patagonia, Chile

View across Lake Pehoe to the Blue Massif mountains, Torres del Paine National Park, in the Andes, Patagonia, Chile, South America December 2016

C27D0043 The Blue Massif mountains, Torres del Paine National Park, Patagonia, Chile

View across Lake Pehoe to the Blue Massif mountains, Torres del Paine National Park, in the Andes, Patagonia, Chile, South America December 2016

C27D0038 The Blue Massif mountains, Torres del Paine National Park, Patagonia, Chile

View across Lake Pehoe to the The Blue Massif mountains, Torres del Paine National Park, at the southern end of the Andes mountain range, Patagonia, Chile, South America, December 2016

C27D0032 The Blue Massif mountains, Torres del Paine National Park, Patagonia, Chile

C27D0043 The Blue Massif mountains, Torres del Paine National Park, Patagonia, Chile

C27D0022 The Blue Massif, Torres del Paine National Park, Patagonia, Chile

Parts of a double rainbow over a hillside beside Lake Pehoe with mountains beyond, Torres del Paine National Park, at the southern tip of the The Andes mountain range, Patagonia, Chile, South America, December 2016

C27D0018 Rainbow beyond Lago Pehoe, Torres del Paine National Park, Patagonia, Chile

The Blue Massif mountains, Torres del Paine National Park, at the southern end of the Andes mountain range, Patagonia, Chile, South America, December 2016

C27D0013 The Blue Massif mountains, Torres del Paine National Park, Patagonia, Chile

Lake Pehoe and The Blue Massif in early morning light, Torres del Paine National Park at the southern end of The Andes mountain range, Patagonia, Chile, South America, December 2016

C27D0011 The Blue Massif mountains, Torres del Paine National Park, Patagonia, Chile

The Lady Elizabeth wreck, a three masted iron barque, aground in a bay close to Stanley Harbour, East Falklands, British Overseas Territory, December 2016

C23D0541 Aerial view of the Lady Elizabeth wreck, East Falkland, Falkland Islands

Aerial view of part of Stanley, the capital city of the Falkland Islands, East Falkland, British Overseas Territory, December 2016

C23D0538 Aerial view of Stanley, East Falkland

Memorial to HMS Coventry and those killed on her during the Falklands Conflict, near The Settlement and First Mountain, Pebble Island, Falkland Islands, British Overseas Territory, December 2016

C23D0536 HMS Coventry memorial, Pebble Island, Falkland Islands

Coastal rocks covered in Yellow orange lichens, Bernsten Bay and Green Rincon headland, Pebble Island, Falkland Islands, British Overseas Territory December 2016

C23D0530 Lichen covered coastal rocks, Pebble Island, Falkland Islands

Gentoo penguins Pygoscelis papua and Magellanic penguins Spheniscus magellanicus on the sandy shore of Arina beach with Marble Mountain beyond, Pebble Island, Falkland Islands, British Overseas Territory, December 2016

C23D0525 Penguins in sandy bay, Pebble Island, Falklands

As waves roll towards shore and break, strong winds blow the spray back out away from shore, Pebble Island, Falkland Islands, British Overseas Territory, December 2016

C23D0522 Wind blown waves, Pebble Island, Falkland Islands

Storm clouds beyond a rocky outcrop with small waves breaking on to a sandy shore, Pebble Island, Falkland Islands, British Overseas Territory

C23D0515 Coastal rocks and small waves, Pebble Island, Falklands

View from Derby Head to Middle Peak and Marble Mountain, Pebble Island, Falkland Islands, British Overseas Territory

C23D0494 Rocky shore, Pebble Island, Falklands

Coastal cliffs and rough seas, Cape Tamar, Pebble Island, Falkland Islands, British Overseas Territory, December 2016

C23D0479 Coastal cliffs, Cape Tamar, Pebble Island, Falklands

View at sunset across Pebble Sound to Brocken Island and Golding Island from Pebble Island, Falkland Islands, British Overseas Territory

C23D0474 Sunset from the Settlement, Pebble Island, Falklands

Communications aerial and parabolic dishes beside Pebble Sound with Brocken Island and Golding Island beyond, at sunset, near The Settlement, Pebble Island, Falkland Islands, British Overseas Territory

C23D0472 Communications mast at sunset, Pebble Island, Falklands

Blue sky over a disused partly ruined hut with more beyond, near The Settlement, Pebble Island, Falkland Islands, British Overseas Territory December 2016

C23D0464 Old corrugated iron hut, Pebble Island, Falklands

Sandy bay and sand dunes, with Giant kelp Macrocystis pyrifera swirling in the tidal movement of the sea, Sealion Island, Falkland Islands, British Overseas Territory

C23D0452 Sandy beach and Giant kelp, Sealion Island, Falklands

Photographer sat in wind-blown sand on a beach at the Neck, Saunders Island, Falkland Islands, British Overseas Territory

C23D0434 Photographer and wind blown sand, The Neck, Saunders Island, Falklands

Aerial view of stone runs on a small hill, West Falkland, Falkland Islands, British Overseas Territory

C23D0423 Stone run, West Falkland, Falkland Islands

Red with a blue stripe Falkland Islands Government Air Services plane flying over Saunders Island, Falkland Islands, British Overseas Territory

C23D0419 Red and blue FIGAS plane in flight, Falkland Islands

Christ Church Cathedral and the Whalebone Arch, Stanley, Falkland Islands, November 2015

C23D0406 Christ Church Cathedral and the Whalebone Arch, Stanley, Falklands

Falkland, Malvina Hotel and United Kingdom flags outside the Malvina House Hotel, Stanley, Falkland Islands, November 2015

C23D0403 Flags outside the Malvina House Hotel, Stanley, Falkland Islands

Coastal view across rocky shore with lots of yellow orange lichens, and rock pools, Bleaker Island, Falkland Islands

C23D0396 Rocky shore, Bleaker Island, Falklands

Imperial shag Phalacrocorax atriceps albiventer group on part of old ruined pier at sunset, Bleaker Island, Falkland Islands, November 2015

C23D0389 Sunset over ruined pier, Bleaker Island, Falklands

Circumzenithal arcs forming rainbows in the sky, and sun dogs at sunset, Sea Lion Island, Falkland Islands

C23D0382 Circumzenithal arcs, Sea Lion Island, Falklands

Memorial to HMS Sheffield which was sunk off of Sea Lion Island during the Falklands Conflict, Falkland Islands

C23D0379 Memorial to HMS Sheffield, Sea Lion Island, Falkland Islands

Southern elephant seals Mirounga leonina group of young resting on the shore, Elephant Corner, Sea Lion Island, Falkland Islands

C23D0377 Elephant Corner, Sea Lion Island, Falklands

Broken penguin boiling pot used for boiling penguins to extract their oil, with art of a Gentoo penguin breeding colony beyond, The Neck, Saunders Island, Falkland Islands

C23D0369 Broken penguin boiling pot at The Neck, Saunders Island, Falklands

Sandy beach and flowering European gorse, Ulex europaeus, Gypsy Cove, East Falkland, Falkland Islands

C23D0345 Sandy beach and Gorse flowers, Gypsy Cove, near Port Stanley, Falklands

Lady Elizabeth, a three masted iron barque wreck, in Whalebone Cove, Stanley Harbour, East Falkland, Falkland Islands

C23D0340 The Lady Elizabeth in Whalebone Cove, Stanley Harbour, East Falkland, Falkland Islands

Rainbow over a coastal bay and red roofed white buildings which are part of The Settlement, Bleaker Island, Falkland Islands

C23D0322 Rainbow over part of The Settlement, Bleaker Island, Falklands

Black-browed albatross Thalassarche melanophrys, part of the long colony at The Rookery, Saunders Island, Falkland Islands. The great majority of this species nests on the Falklands.

C23D0289 Black-browed albatross colony, Saunders Island, Falklands

Darwin House guest house accommodation and outbuildings, Darwin, East Falkland, Falkland Islands

C23D037 Darwin House guest house, Darwin, East Falkland, Falkland Islands

Gorse Ulex europaeus blooming beside the sea at Choiseul Sound, Darwin, East Falkland, Falkland Islands

C23D0271 Choiseul Sound, Darwin, Falklands

Clouds reflected in a lake, near Sacha Lodge, Ecuador, South America

C17-924 Clouds reflected in a lake, near Sacha Lodge, Ecuador, South America