Tamaulipan MattoralS
hake was shooting pictures while Mike Stokey aimed the long-range microphone toward the three men clustered below their perch. They were about 50 meters distant and 20 meters above the camping trailer which was parked near a stand of Manzanita trees. The little patch of high ground at the rear of the clearing was just as Uncle Manuel said, and it had enough large rocks and stumpy vegetation to hide observers who were used to hiding and understood the principles of concealment. The fact that the morning sun was at their backs also helped, and Shake had decided that mid-morning was their best bet for seeing without being seen.
So far, in the space of two hours and using one of the longer lenses in the camera bag, Shake had gotten good shots of most of the faces, and he
