This female white-handed gibbon was striking quite a few poses high in the tree tops of Kaeng Krachan National Park in Thailand. She was actually partaking in the morning ritual of marking her territory with a series of vocalizations and calls with her mate and offspring.
Nikon D500 with Nikkor 200-400mm lens (at 200mm) ISO 1600, f/4 at 1/200th of a second
King penguins get up and at it early in the morning. What exactly it is that they are up and at isn’t always clear. They scurry around as a group, heading to the surf, running back from it, then turning and heading parallel to the shoreline in the other direction. I mounted my camera on a tripod and used a slow shutter speed to capture a bit of this organized chaos.
Nikon D810 with Nikkor 70-200mm lens (at 170mm) ISO 31, f/18 at 1 second
It’s tough being a bighorn sheep in Yellowstone in the winter. Finding suitable grass for grazing can be quite a challenge with all the snowfall that the park gets. This ram was opportunistically feeding on whatever shrubbery he could find.
Nikon D700 with Nikkor 70-200mm lens (at 120mm) ISO 400, f/4 at 1/3200th of a second
Here’s another one of the red-footed tortoises that I saw on St Barths. Unlike the previous wide angle shot, for this one, I used my long lens and caught the tortoise as it slowly moved across a shaded area of the sand.
Nikon D500 with Nikkor 200-400mm lens (at 280mm) ISO 400, f/4 at 1/1000th of a second
I loved the look of this bird when I first saw a few of them in Brazil a few years back. The yellow eye patch against the white feathers is very distinctive. Citrus farmers are also very fond of these birds, but probably not because of the eye patch. Rather, they eat the irapuá bee which is a pest to citrus fruits.
Nikon D300 with Nikkor 200-400mm lens (at 400mm) ISO 1600, f/4 at 1/1000th of a second
There is just something about echidnas that is very charming. They aren’t much more than a ball of spines with a long nose, but they seem to pack a lot of personality into their small size. This guy was photographed near the town of Scottsdale in northern Tasmania, Australia.
Nikon D810 with Nikkor 200-400mm lens (at 200mm) ISO 800, f/4 at 1/125th of a second
I liked the name of this butterfly that I photographed in Thailand — the Paris Peacock. I wanted to capture the brilliant green of the topside of the wings, while also displaying the underside with the colorful rings along the back edge. The Paris Peacock also has two large turquoise patches on the topside of the wings, which are impossible to see from this angle.
Nikon D500 with Nikkor 200-400mm lens (at 400mm) ISO 1600, f/4 at 1/40th of a second
I had a lot of fun photographing this troop of stump-tailed macaques on the Malay Peninsula in Thailand — especially these youngsters who were constantly at play.
Nikon D810 with Nikkor 70-200mm lens (at 200mm) ISO 1600, f/4 at 1/2000th of a second
Yellowstone is a great park to capture photos of animals in the landscape. Pronghorn seem to be more and more common at Yellowstone and provide nice subjects for such shots. I remember ten or more years ago definitely not seeing as many as I see now. This young lady was taking a look back at the rest of the herd while the sun started to inch down toward the horizon behind me.
Nikon D810 with Nikkor 200-400mm lens (at 200mm) ISO 800, f/4 at 1/2500th of a second
Here’s another raptor. This time a Galápagos hawk from Rabida Island in the Galápagos Islands of Ecuador. As with most of the wildlife on the islands, there is a lack of fear of human visitors. The animals seem to be more curious than anything else, or they just ignore the fact that you are even there. This guy fell into the former camp. He was bobbing his head left and right, checking me out while I captured a series of tight headshots.
Nikon D700 with Nikkor 200-400mm lens (at 400mm) ISO 400, f/5.6 at 1/1250th of a second