My wife likes the deer. It’s her birthday today so… she gets a deer. Better yet, a baby deer. I was photographing a moose in Baxter State Park in Maine when I looked to my right and saw this little white-tailed fawn curled up in the bushes. I’m sure the mother must have been nearby but wary of my presence, so I took a few quick pictures and moved on in the other direction.
Nikon D700 with Nikkor 17-35mm lens (at 30mm) ISO 800, f/5 at 1/320th of a second
I photographed a few of these guys in the Falklands and then saw them again on this most recent trip to Patagonia. This one was spotted just north of Punta Arenas, Chile on our way to Torres Del Paine. A bit of a rear view here, but the entire breast is that red color that you see on the face.
Nikon D500 with Nikkor 200-400mm lens (at 400mm) ISO 800, f/4 at 1/1000th of a second
This cheetah was taking a quick break from feverishly feasting upon an impala. Cheetahs will often try and eat as quickly as possible before larger and stronger rival carnivores, such as hyenas or lions, run them off. They are rare among cats in that adult males are social and will travel in groups of up to five, while adult females without cubs, are mostly solitary. On this particular kill in Ol Pajeta Conservancy in the Laikipia region of Kenya, there were two adults, indicating that they were most likely males.
Nikon D300 with Nikkor 200-400mm lens (at 400mm) ISO 400, f/5.6 at 1/400th of a second
This pair of gray foxes were taking a morning rest in Torres Del Paine. We would see them again later that morning, attempting to grab all they could of a puma’s kill before the rightful owner returned to claim her property.
Nikon D500 with Nikkor 200-400mm lens (at 260mm) ISO 400, f/4 at 1/2000th of a second
Bennett’s wallabies are pretty common on Bruny Island in Tasmania. I photographed this one early in the morning, just outside of my lodge. As you can tell, they don’t scare easily.
Nikon D810 with Nikkor 200-400mm lens (at 350mm) ISO 1600, f/4 at 1/160th of a second
These two gentoo penguins were just finishing up a day at sea, returning to their colony as the twilight sky saturated the surface of the water at Volunteer Point in the Falkland Islands.
Nikon D800 with Nikkor 200-400mm lens (at 400mm) ISO 800, f/4 at 1/160th of a second
As soon as I saw this puma about to make a run at a group of guanacos, I quickly lowered the shutter speed of my camera by closing down the aperture, and I steadily tracked along with her. Unfortunately for the puma, her effort went unrewarded as the faster guanacos all got away. As for me, I was able to caputure a nice series of motion blurred images. I’ll post a few of the others in the future.
Nikon D500 with Nikkor 200-400mm lens (at 400mm) ISO 800, f/22 at 1/13th of a second
This is a male red howler monkey that I met years ago in the Bolivian Amazon. I was in a canoe on Lake Chalalan in Madidi National Park when I watched a troop of red howlers, as well as a troop of squirrel monkeys settling in for the night. This big guy seemed particularly pleased with the spot he found in the V (or is it a Y) of that tree.
Nikon D300 with Nikkor 200-400mm lens (at 400mm) ISO 1600, f/4 at 1/100th of a second
These two meerkats were part of a bundle of about eight that curled up into a furry ball to keep warm as the sun began to set on the Makgadikgadi Pans of Botswana’s Kalahari Desert.
Nikon D300 with Nikkor 70-200mm lens (at 200mm), ISO 800, f/4.5 at 1/80th of a second
Meet the lesser rhea, otherwise known as Darwin’s rhea. Also otherwise known as the flightless bird they make feather dusters out of. In addition to their feathers, they are also farmed for their meat and eggs, their hide for leather and their oil for cosmetics. Needless to say, they have become near threatened in much of their range. Within Torres Del Paine, they are protected, at least from humans. Pumas will hunt them to add variety to their guanaco-rich diet. Rheas are related to the emu and are one of the world’s four large flightless birds along with the cassowary and the ostrich (there are other flightless birds in the world, but those four are the big boys).
Nikon D500 with Nikkor 200-400mm lens (at 400mm) ISO 800, f/4 at 1/640th of a second