Lamington National Park in Queensland, Australia is a fantastic bird location. But then again, all of Australia is great for birds (not to mention all the amazing furry locals). King parrots are one of the specialties at Lamington. This male was staring down the barrel of my old 600mm f/5.6 manual focus lens.
Nikon D200 with Nikkor 600mm lens, ISO 100, f/5.6 at 1/50th of a second
There are fifteen different species of marmot that range throughout the world. This is the yellow-bellied marmot that inhabits high alpine regions of the Sierra and Rocky Mountains. September is the time of year that they start to hibernate. They’ll remain in hibernation for eight months, emerging from their burrows ready to fatten up again come April. I photographed this one years ago while searching for mountain goats on Mount Evans in Colorado.
Nikon D300 with Nikkor 200-400mm lens (at 350mm) ISO 400, f/5 at 1/250th of a second
By eating as much grass as possible, this little white rhinoceros is doing his best to become a big white rhinoceros. We saw this playful little guy in Lewa Wildlife Conservancy in Kenya, which is a great place to see both black and white rhinos.
Nikon D300 with Nikkor 200-400mm lens (at 400mm) ISO 800, f/4 at 1/250th of a second
When flamingos take off from the water it can look like they’re running across the surface. This guy decided it was time for a new location and allowed me a series of images as he/she took to the air.
Nikon D500 with Nikkor 200-400mm lens (at 400mm) ISO 800, f/5 at 1/800th of a second
I’ve been on safari in six countries in Africa. Botswana can be the most wild of them, and with the ability to drive anywhere you want, it can be the most enjoyable to track big cats as well as wild dogs. But the scrub forest landscape can also come with more distracting elements, making it more difficult to not only find elusive wildlife, but also to capture good pictures. We had been following leopard tracks for about an hour before we finally found this cat. It was challenging at first to capture images without branches getting in the way, but then for just a moment the leopard entered this circular clearing allowing me a few quick shots when the distractions all of a sudden became a nice framing element.
Nikon D300 with Nikkor 200-400mm lens (at 400mm) ISO 1600, f/4 at 1/125th of a second
A barred owl peers from behind the leaves of a tree in Everglades National Park in Florida. A few seconds later, it would make a dive downward and capture an eastern lubber grasshopper. Barred owls are the most commonly seen owls for me, especially in the eastern half of the lower 48 where they range from the far north to the deep south.
Nikon D800 with Nikkor 200-400mm lens (at 360mm) ISO 800, f/4 at 1/320th of a second
This yearling cub wondered from his sibling and mother, in search of a watery snack of green grass. Being September, the ordinarily verdant landscape had turned a yellow gold, leaving only patches of green. Once the tide started to rise out on the shoreline, making the capture of silver salmon too difficult, the bears retreated to these fields to fill up on veggies.
Nikon D810 with Nikkor 70-200mm lens (at 98mm) ISO 800, f/5 at 1/800th of a second
I was able to photograph this spectacled caiman from a bridge over a tributary of the Yucama River in the Pampas region of Bolivia.
Nikon D300 with Nikkor 200-400mm lens (at 400mm) ISO 400, f/5 at 1/1250th of a second
The hepatic tanager can be a very, very red bird. This one was hanging around the fruiting trees near the lodge I was staying at in the Hyacinth Valley of Brazil.
Nikon D300 with Nikkor 200-400mm lens and 1.4 teleconverter (for 550mm) ISO 800, f/8 at 1//250th of a second, Nikon SB-900 flash
Just a simple head shot of a bull moose today. I saw three of these guys all competing for a single female during the rut last September in Alaska.
Nikon D500 with Nikkor 200-400mm lens (at 330mm) ISO 800, f/4 at 1/250th of a second