Yes, yes yes... I know, it's ALOT of photos. But considering I took over 1800 during my 5 weeks there, the fact that I got it down to a few hundred it quite a feet, don't you think?? :spinner: Hehehehe...
I love the basilisk!
The bat cave is _so_ cool! You got great pics of them!!!
How can toads be so universal?
Nice shots of the shoot! I hope the chopped up snake was fake!!
The bat cave was absolutely beautiful. As for shooting in it? Absolute hell and probably the worst two days I've ever had on set in my LIFE. The amonia from the guano was awful (not a big deal if you're just exploring for an hour, but a 12 hour work day...no good). And worse, it's SLIPPERY. Add in about 6 inches of soggy mud, and you're slidding all over the place. It had to be about 100 degrees in there, and it threatened to flood each time it rained!
That being said... it was amazing. It was so freaking cool getting to explore this cave that is generally closed off to the public. Even cooler when I was precalled one morning to start a makeup, and before everyone showed up, grabbed my flashlight and explored the cave a bit without the worklights on. Each time I entered a new chamber bats would wake up and rush by my head. That was the morning I found that cave spider too. I was only in there alone for maybe 5 minutes (I had to get back to work *pouts*) but that was certainly 5 of the most amazing minutes I've ever had!
As for the toad, any thoughts to an ID? These guys were pretty common, and got BIG!!
And yes, the snake was fake. What a nightmare that was! It was supposed to be a red tail boa. The silicon snake I made was painted beautifully like one. Then, the night before it's to be shot, I get told it's now an albino burm...and I didn't have any silicon paints out there. So I painted it with acrylic (hence why it looks so awful! LOL!) and each time it rained it rubbed the paint right off. *nightmare*
How long did it take you to get used to it? Do you miss it?
I adjusted after about a week... maybe less actually. I think I really like warmth and humidity. Hehehe. It's taking me longer to adjust to the conditions at home after getting back, then it did to get used to the conditions there!
It was a very different world there. We weren't staying anywhere near Panama city (which is a big, metropolitan city). We were litterally out in the middle of no where. And yes...I miss it. I miss it alot. The other makeup fx artist and I are allready talking about taking a trip back next year. That's how much we miss it.
