Spotted among the trees

Capturing the perfect shot of a jaguar in the vast tropical forests of French Guiana proved a tough challenge for Emmanuel.

- EMMANUEL RONDEAU

Finding a jaguar can be a needle-in-a-haystack job. True, the Americas’ largest wild cat is hardly small; males grow to 1.7m long and 120kg. But consider the size of the haystack scoured by photographer Emmanuel Rondeau in French Guiana. Perhaps 1,600 jaguars prowl this overseas département, which spans 83,846km².