I was traveling through the Midwest in the summer of 2021, and decided to do some exploring. A little bit of research led me to Clifty Falls State Park, on the banks of the Ohio River, roughly halfway between Louisville and Cincinnati, but on the Indiana side. The weather wasn't particularly great when I visited, so none of my landscapes turned out particularly interesting, but on my way out of the park, I saw this young cardinal, and spent a few minutes photographing him before he flew away. If you look closely, you'll notice he does not yet have his full adult coat of feathers. Available in the following sizes (Square): 10x10, 12x12, 16x16, 20x20, 24x24.
I was traveling through the Midwest in the summer of 2021, and decided to do some exploring. A little bit of research led me to Clifty Falls State Park, on the banks of the Ohio River, roughly halfway between Louisville and Cincinnati, but on the Indiana side. The weather wasn't particularly great when I visited, so none of my landscapes turned out particularly interesting, but on my way out of the park, I saw this young cardinal, and spent a few minutes photographing him before he flew away. If you look closely, you'll notice he does not yet have his full adult coat of feathers. Available in the following sizes (Rectangle A): 10x8, 14x11, 20x16, 24x20, 30x24.
Lakeland, Florida has some type of special connection to swans. There are swan logos on everything in and around town, and actual swans can be found in and around many of the lakes that form the namesake of the town. Here's one I was able to photograph from an art show I participated in during the spring of 2021. Available in the following sizes (Rectangle A): 10x8, 14x11, 20x16, 24x20, 30x24, 40x30, 50x40.
Great blue herons can be found throughout the United States, and can grow up to four and a half feet tall, with a wingspan of well over six feet. I was lucky enough to come across this guy (or girl - they're virtually indistinguishable) in Lakeland, Florida, where they live in close proximity to humans, and are therefore much better subjects for photography – they don't fly away as soon as you get a hundred yards away! Available in the following sizes (Rectangle B): 12x8, 18x12, 24x16, 30x20, 36x24, 45x30, 60x40, 72x48.
This is a wood duck that I photographed in the spring of 2021. Many years prior to my having taken this photo, I took a picture of a mandarin duck in South Korea. Both these species of duck are simply beautiful, but I think the mandarin edges out the wood duck. However, I've had numerous people come into my booth, see my mandarin duck photo, and ask if it is a wood duck. As soon as I learned of the existence of wood ducks, it became a minor goal of mine to find and photograph one. An opportunity to do just that presented itself at an art show in Lakeland, Florida, where there are tons of water-loving birds and ducks that have become conditioned to people being in close proximity, and are therefore much easier to photograph than similar birds one may find in a less populated area. Available in the following sizes (Rectangle B): 12x8, 18x12, 24x16, 30x20, 36x24, 45x30, 60x40.
I'm a sucker for butterfly exhibits, so when I was driving through Gainesville, Florida, and saw a billboard for the University of Florida's “Butterfly Rainforest,” I made sure to stop by. As I've seen at other butterfly exhibits, the living creatures on display aren't strictly limited to butterflies. There were plenty of birds to be found, too, including this gold breasted waxbill (also called an orange breasted waxbill), which is a species typically found in the grassland and savannas south of the Sahara. Available in the following sizes (Rectangle B): 12x8, 18x12, 24x16, 30x20, 36x24, 45x30.
Ospreys can be found all across North America, but I photographed this particular one on Big Pine Island, Florida. I was out for a stroll in a park on the island, and came across four or five nests in less than an hour. Thanks to the ban on DDT, osprey numbers have rebounded significantly, and they are now among the most easily spotted raptors across the US. Available in the following sizes (Rectangle B): 12x8, 18x12, 24x16, 30x20, 36x24, 45x30.
Brown pelicans can be found along the coast of almost the entire US (as well as Mexico, central America, and northern South America). In the Florida Keys, they can be found all over the place, and they are fairly used to being near people, which makes them much easier to photograph. Even given their lack of fear of humans, I was surprised by how close I was able to get to this particular bird The detail in this photo is amazing! Available in the following sizes (Rectangle A): 8x12, 12x18, 16x24, 20x30, 24x36, 30x45, 40x60, 48x72, 54x80, 60x90.
It seems that something like half of the photographers I run into while in Florida tend to show photos of deserted beaches, and egrets with mating-season plumage. I'd wanted to photograph some of these beautiful birds for a few years, and I finally got around to it in the winter of 2021. The best place (for photography, anyway) that I was able to find to photograph these beautiful birds was at the Venice Rookery, in southwest Florida. Great egrets were aggressively hunted in the late nineteenth century to make adornments for ladies hats, but have since then staged a recovery. Available in the following sizes (Rectangle B): 12x8, 18x12, 24x16, 30x20, 36x24, 45x30, 60x40.
It seems that something like half of the photographers I run into while in Florida tend to show photos of deserted beaches, and egrets with mating-season plumage. I'd wanted to photograph some of these beautiful birds for a few years, and I finally got around to it in the winter of 2021. The best place (for photography, anyway) that I was able to find to photograph these beautiful birds was at the Venice Rookery, in southwest Florida. Great egrets were aggressively hunted in the late nineteenth century to make adornments for ladies hats, but have since then staged a recovery. Available in the following sizes (Rectangle B): 8x12, 12x18, 16x24, 20x30, 24x36, 30x45.
It seems that something like half of the photographers I run into while in Florida tend to show photos of deserted beaches, and egrets with mating-season plumage. I'd wanted to photograph some of these beautiful birds for a few years, and I finally got around to it in the winter of 2021. The best place (for photography, anyway) that I was able to find to photograph these beautiful birds was at the Venice Rookery, in southwest Florida. Great egrets were aggressively hunted in the late nineteenth century to make adornments for ladies hats, but have since then staged a recovery. Available in the following sizes (Square): 10x10, 12x12, 16x16, 20x20, 24x24, 30x30, 36x36.
It seems that something like half of the photographers I run into while in Florida tend to show photos of deserted beaches, and egrets with mating-season plumage. I'd wanted to photograph some of these beautiful birds for a few years, and I finally got around to it in the winter of 2021. The best place (for photography, anyway) that I was able to find to photograph these beautiful birds was at the Venice Rookery, in southwest Florida. Great egrets were aggressively hunted in the late nineteenth century to make adornments for ladies hats, but have since then staged a recovery. Available in the following sizes (Square): 10x10, 12x12, 16x16, 20x20, 24x24, 30x30, 36x36, 42x42.
It seems that something like half of the photographers I run into while in Florida tend to show photos of deserted beaches, and egrets with mating-season plumage. I'd wanted to photograph some of these beautiful birds for a few years, and I finally got around to it in the winter of 2021. The best place (for photography, anyway) that I was able to find to photograph these beautiful birds was at the Venice Rookery, in southwest Florida. Great egrets were aggressively hunted in the late nineteenth century to make adornments for ladies hats, but have since then staged a recovery. Available in the following sizes (Rectangle A): 8x10, 11x14, 16x20, 20x24, 24x30, 30x40, 40x50.
Hummingbirds are incredibly difficult to photograph. They are tiny, they move quickly and erratically, and their wings beat in the neighborhood of 50 times per second, so getting a photo where the wings appear still is tough. In the summer of 2020, I found myself at a cafe in the Flat Tops Wilderness in northwest Colorado, and they had a bunch of hummingbird feeders out that were extraordinarily successful in bringing in dozens of these beautiful creatures. So I ordered an ice cream sundae, and spent close to an hour snapping photos. Out of the hundreds of photos I took, very few were in focus, but this one turned out especially well. I have so much respect for the small number of people who are able to make a living on wildlife (i.e. no landscape) photography. I can't begin to comprehend the patience required. Available in the following sizes (Rectangle A): 10x8, 14x11, 20x16, 24x20, 30x24.
Owls are among my favorite birds. They're tough to find and photograph, so I considered myself quite lucky when I spotted this guy perched above a creek near Craig, Colorado. I grabbed my telephoto lens, plus a 2x teleconverter (which turned my 200-600mm lens into a 400-1200), and set up my tripod. With such a long focal length, several things come into play that make getting a good photograph difficult, but years of knowledge and practice paid off, and I was able to get this nice photo of a great horned owl waiting patiently for his next meal to make an appearance. I hoped to see him again the next day with brighter light – this photo was taken at dusk – but I never saw him again. Available in the following sizes (Rectangle B): 12x8, 18x12, 24x16, 30x20, 36x24, 45x30.
Just prior to visiting Badlands National Park, I'd spent a few days a hundred or so miles away in Custer State Park. While camping there, I saw a few of these mountain bluebirds, but wasn't able to get any decent shots of them. The vegetation and whatnot of Badlands is so different from Custer that I would never have imagined I'd see more of these beautiful birds at both locations, but as this photo proves, they can be found there, too! Available in the following sizes (Rectangle B): 12x8, 18x12, 24x16, 30x20, 36x24, 45x30.
Bald eagles are one of my favorite wildlife recovery stories. In a world filled with constant news of new animals being put on the endangered list, or going outright extinct, it is nice to see that human policy can have a positive impact and bring a population of animals back from the edge of extinction. I took this photo in Yellowstone National Park. Available in the following sizes (Rectangle B):12x8, 18x12, 24x16, 30x20, 36x24, 45x30, 60x40, 72x48.
Not a difficult bird to photograph, but a beautiful one nonetheless. I shot this house finch just outside of Yellowstone National Park in the dead of winter. I have no idea how an animal so small manages to stay warm when the temperatures dip down to negative twenty and colder, but somehow, they manage. Available in the following sizes (Square): 10x10, 12x12, 16x16, 20x20, 24x24, 30x30, 36x36, 42x42, 48x48.
Who knew there were flamingos in Patagonia?! I sure didn't, so it came as a surprise when I saw these three beautiful birds at Lago Azul in Chile's Torres del Paine National Park. I remember thinking, “...this can't be real...” when I hit the shutter and got this shot. Available in the following sizes (Rectangle B): 12x8, 18x12, 24x16, 30x20, 36x24, 45x30, 60x40, 72x48.
Who knew there were flamingos in Patagonia?! I sure didn't, so it came as a surprise when I saw these two beautiful birds at Lago Azul in Chile's Torres del Paine National Park. I used my telephoto lens in this photo to zoom in and see these birds up close, but I have another photo (“Fantasy Land,” in my Chile album) that shows them inclusive of the environment. They look so out of place! Available in the following sizes (Rectangle A): 10x8, 14x11, 20x16, 24x20, 30x24, 40x30, 50x40.
Many things surprised me about Patagonia, but two in particular: (1) The abundance of wildflowers, and (2) the ample opportunities for wildlife photography. I'm sure if I'd done more research prior to my trip, I would have been expecting these things, but I didn't, and they were both great surprises. I brought my telephoto lens almost as an afterthought, as I was certain I'd be doing landscape photography almost exclusively, but as it turned out, some of my favorite photos from the entire trip were of wildlife. This is a pair of upland (or Magellan) geese – the female is the brown one in the foreground, and the male, in the background, is white. I took this photo on the shores of Lago del Toro in Torres del Paine National Park. I was able to get quite close to the pair of them and get some highly-detailed photos of these beautiful birds. Available in the following sizes (Rectangle B): 12x8, 18x12, 24x16, 30x20, 36x24, 45x30, 60x40, 72x48.
Many things surprised me about Patagonia, but two in particular: (1) The abundance of wildflowers, and (2) the ample opportunities for wildlife photography. I'm sure if I'd done more research prior to my trip, I would have been expecting these things, but I didn't, and they were both great surprises. I brought my telephoto lens almost as an afterthought, as I was certain I'd be doing landscape photography almost exclusively, but as it turned out, some of my favorite photos from the entire trip were of wildlife. This is a male upland (or Magellan) goose. He was half of a monogamous pair that I found on the shores of Lago del Toro in Torres del Paine National Park, and neither of them were shy at all. I was able to get quite close to the pair of them and get some highly-detailed photos of these beautiful birds. Available in the following sizes (Rectangle B): 8x12, 12x18, 16x24, 20x30, 24x36, 30x45, 40x60.
I visited Patagonia in late 2019 and early 2020, and one of the first things I did while there was to visit the Parque Pinguino Rey (King Penguin Park) on the Chilean side of Tierra del Fuego. Weighing up to 40 pounds and standing up to 39 inches tall, king penguins are the second largest species of penguin, surpassed only by emperor penguins. Although I would have preferred to visit on a less dreary day, the overcast skies helped to reduce contrast, which may otherwise have been difficult to compensate for. I was lucky enough to watch this group of mostly adults (there are a few juveniles in the mix) for more than an hour, and although there was some walking around and minor vocalization, they mostly just stood in place and ignored me. Available in the following sizes (Rectangle B): 12x8, 18x12, 24x16, 30x20, 36x24, 45x30.
