^o^ I'm a Brazilian, and I’ve been living in the hot & humid but adorable Singapore for the past 19 years. ^o^

Check this link out: WHAT HAPPENED IN MY BIRTH YEAR Cool!

...........wooost!!!ahoy♫! eh... Ô_ô someone is spying on us! ♫wooost!!!..........
here you can see me shooting with a Nikon D200 with my favorite lens, the AF-S Zoom Nikkor 500mm-1:4D.


Why I have so many animals’ pictures?
Photographing & Filming & Protecting Wildlife in Africa is my number one interest! Yes, it started as a cool hobby more than 11 years a go but then I understood that we have a responsibility to protect all nature's creatures and a passion to protect them. Maybe I could give some inspiration to the people start to understand that there are endangered species and places needing protection. We need accept the responsibility of taking care of the environment. We have the responsibility to preserve those places wild enough for the animals that inhabits there. It's more than animals looking cute. It's more than pretty pictures.

and wAAhhh… HÕ_Õley MÔ_Ôley!!!
Ö_ö thank you all, for your comments, favs, notes, invitations and views, truly a huge inspiration to read your opinions on my works. ^o^ yeees, it’s absolutely marvelous and beautiful seen so many of you taking time and zapping õ_Ô into my photostream. ö_ö ah… again, i appreciate encouragements from y’all!!
Ô_ô wait wait… i hear a heron quacking, i gotta go! ö_Ö lols
hugs and cya

Por que eu tenho tantas fotos de animais?
Fotografar & Filmar & Proteger a Vida Selvagem na Africa é o meu principal interesse! Sim, começou como um hobby giro há mais de 11 anos atrás, mas então eu compreendi que, nós temos uma responsabilidade de proteger as criaturas da natureza e a paixão de protegê-las. Talvez eu possa dar alguma inspiração para as pessoas começarem à compreender que, há muitas espécies em perigo e muitos lugares selvagens que necessitam proteção. Nós necessitamos aceitar a responsabilidade de zelar pelo meio ambiente. Nós temos a responsabilidade preservar aqueles lugares selvagens, o suficiente para os animais que lá habitam. É mais do que os animais parecerem bonitinhos. É mais do que uma foto bonita.
e... um gde OBRIGADÃO!!! eu agradeço à todos, pelo seu contínuo encorajamento!!!! ö_ö cheeeers!


CAMERAS BODIES:
NIKON D70s

NIKON D200

NIKON F5 - only for my AFRICAN SERIES

NIKON F4 for all Burma's Pictures

Canon GL2 digital camcorder for filming wildlife

Lentes: Lens:
AF S NIKKOR 17-35mm 1:2.8D

AF-FISHEYE-NIKKOR 16mm-1:28D

AF MICRO-NIKKOR 105mm/F/2.8 D

AF S ZOOM NIKKOR 80-200mm- F/2.8 D

AF-S ZOOM NIKKOR 500mm- 1:4 D

AF-I TELECONVERTER TC-14E

AF-I TELECONVERTER TC-20E

AF-I TELECONVERTER TC-17E-II

2X Teleplus PRO 300
Kenko Teleconverter

Nikon R1 TTL Ring Light Flash - R1C1 Wireless Speedlight System
SX-1 Master Attachment Ring which I use with two to eight SB-R200 Speedlights

NIKON FILM SCANNER LS-2000
KODAK EKTACHROME Professional Films - for 1 month trip normally
travel with 450 films of 36 exp each.

- A variety of filters are used when deemed appropriate, the most frequently used one being a circulars polarizers for all lenses and Nikon 77mm circular polarizer filter.

- I always photograph from a tripod, monopod, or bean-bag to rest the heavy lenses when the use of tripod, monopod or other device (I have 10 especial devs) is impossible.

Tripod->Gitzo Carbon Fiber1325
tripod accessories: The Wimberley Head with Clamp WH-200, The Wimberley Sidekick , Swiss ball head and others.


Please, get into my Favorites, I’m trying to update constantly when I go through Flickirs’ galleries.

The meaning of bocavermelha…
Once long time ago...*Lol*... it was a nickname given to me by my friends - musicians, art’s painters and poets - in São Paulo, Brazil.
*bocavermelha - 2 words in one:
*“boca” in brazilian portuguese means = mouth, jaw, lips; gob; kisser, maw; entrance, outfall, opening, orifice, aperture; beginning, mouthpiece; muzzle, socket, stoma
*“vermelha” in brazilian portuguese means = red, claret; aglow; purple; rubicund, ruddy
*so the real meaning of the name “bocavermelha” came up because I was very active on fashion and music’s world and of course by the fact of my usual humorous-sarcastic comments about everything around me at that time.

TRANSLATOR:(not 100% accurate, careful with verbs conjugations

in 2005 i was honored with The AWARD for Excellence in WILDLIFE Photography of that year.

Thanks heaps! to everyone who voted for me, you’re an inspiration for me!


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    rivadock4 says:

    "She has great understanding of lighting and artistic composition. The photos she produces are beautiful. But she also does her work with a song and enthusiasm. I look at her photos often and can't wait for the next."

    10th August, 2007

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    KaptainKaveman says:

    "My god, it's all been said below already, lol.

    She is an amazing photographer with a even more amazing mental grasp of equipment, techniques and knowledge. It will be many eons before I can catch up with her expertise. And god I hope so as well, lol. She is someone for us all to aspire to be. Not literally of course, lol. Biologically impossible for myself, lol, ;)"

    4th July, 2007

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    smiling_da_vinci says:

    "Bocazinha, Lia is simply the best! Well... Almost. hehehehe... She is a great photographer of wild life and it always makes me a bit envious to see where she has been, and what equipment she is using. WOW!!!
    But as a person is one of the kindest, caring and craziest women I know. And that's why I love her to pieces.

    Seja feliz minhaamiguinhabocazinha.
    Big super beijinhos para você."

    20th March, 2007

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    dave nitsche says:

    "The first time I came across Lia's images I was amazed. Everyone, without fail, captured the wonders of her surroundings. A good photographers goal is to put the viewer in our shoes. To let them feel like they are actually looking at the environment we see through our lenses. Lia has that gift. Her love of nature shows through with every click of the shutter.

    I'm glad to have found her stream and even happier I've gotten to know her. She is a pure joy and an amazingly talented person.

    Dave"

    31st January, 2007

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    markeveleigh says:

    "Among the very best that Flickr has to offer.
    Having once visited Bocavermelha’s photostream I, like many others, have found myself making increasingly frequent return visits. The beauty of many of Lia’s images border on the hypnotic, and the clarity of her eye for the ‘right-shot-in-the-perfect-moment’ is an inspiration. The descriptions that accompany her photos often move you even deeper into the heart of the action – the tension in the gaze of a stalking lion, the flash of action as a bird dives. Long may Bocavermelha continue to capture the light of the Dark Continent!"

    1st May, 2006

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    cariocando says:

    "A great Lady, multitalented photographer, a great friend !"

    2nd June, 2005

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    tomswift46 (No Groups with Comments, no graphics,f says:

    "In a world where too often people forget that we are one with all of life on this planet and that if we do not let the balnce remain we will pay dearly
    Lia is a bright light. Her fotos, thru there perceptiveness and humor, remind us of the beauty and necessity of our relatives across the spectrum of living creatures."

    30th May, 2005

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    Shari DeAngelo says:

    "There’s so many words to describe her work here, but none match her passion or her mission to honor and preserve the beauty of wildlife in Africa. As I go through her photos of her time in Africa, I find myself always with the same feeling; I need to be there too. Until then, I am grateful to her, for sharing her experiences. She’s truly talented and blessed with a beautiful spirit. Take the time to go through her photostream and you too, will soon discover her contagious spirit."

    26th May, 2005

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    Liganga says:

    "A couple of things on Bocavermelha... you can have an enormous knowledge about photography.. but it is not enough, you can have the newest and most advanced camera and lens.. but still it is not enough.. to be a breathtaking photographer you must have the eye and the heart...and she has definitely both"

    16th May, 2005

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    tarotastic says:

    "Apart from the most incredible, inspirational and beautiful pictures, Lia also has a great talent to evoke strong emotions with the descriptions she writes with her pictures. If you have not had a chance to see many of her pictures, stop reading this and get involved!! Definitley one of my favourite flickrites!!"

    14th May, 2005

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    HRKVC says:

    "Bocavermelha's photostream and her cause of animal protection is an absolute inspiration. Each wildlife photo not only provides the viewer with a sense of astonishment, but also with the realization that life, along with its ecosystem is priceless."

    8th May, 2005

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    JINMO says:

    "She and her works are ultra-charming, and ultra-lovely."

    27th April, 2005

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    yeimaya says:

    "Bocavermelha's photographs of African wildlife are gorgeous but more than that the character of the animals she photographs and her love for wildness shines through in the stories that go with the photographs."

    1st October, 2004

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