I’m not sure who this guy is, only that he had an awfully nice green and black pattern on his back. We met late one night in a Madagascar rainforest back in 2007.
Nikon D200 with Nikkor 80-200mm lens (at 200mm) with Canon 500D close up filter, ISO 100, f/22 at 1/60th of a second, two Nikon SB-600 flash units
When our guide in Botswana spotted an extremely rare pangolin, I quickly jumped at the opportunity to get out of the vehicle and onto the ground for some eye level shots. Before I could, however, he pulled me back and pointed in the direction of an empty field. What I didn’t see at first was the leopard hiding in the grass and stalking the pangolin. Eventually I saw the tip of the leopard’s tail rising above the grass. I never got my eye level shots of the pangolin but I did get plenty of photos of the Leopard stalking it.
Nikon D800 with Nikkor 200-400mm lens (at 400mm) ISO 400, f/7.1 at 1/400th of a second
Here’s another photo from a Tasmanian island. This time it’s Bruny Island and the subject is a Bennett’s wallaby joey in its mother’s pouch. The joey is the normal coloration of Bennett’s wallaby whereas the mother is a rare white morph. I saw a handful of these white wallabies while on Bruny Island, always mixed in with the brown.
Nikon D810 with Nikkor 200-400mm lens (at 400mm) ISO 1600, f/4 at 1/200th of a second
The Cape Barren goose is native to southern Australia, including Tasmania. There were tons of them on Maria Island — just off the coast of Tasmania — where I photographed this one. They are a rare species of goose and rather large, weighing in at up to 16 pounds. An interesting fact about Cape Barren geese is that they have the ability to drink salt of brackish water. This allows them to stay on offshore islands throughout the year.
Nikon D810 with Nikkor 200-400mm lens (at 340mm) ISO 800, f/4 at 1/2500th of a second
When I visited Toronto back in May, it was mating season for the American toads. I positioned my camera and long lens down on the edge of a pond in Tommy Thompson Park for this shot. The female, as you can see, is quite a bit larger than the male.
Nikon D810 with Nikkor 200-400mm lens (at 400mm) ISO 400, f/4 at 1/2500th of a second
It appears as if this mantled howler monkey wasn’t exactly pleased with me taking his photo. In reality, he was just having a good late afternoon yawn. I was hiking along a trail not too far from Panama City when I spotted this troop high in the tree tops. Strong backlight meant that I had to really open up the exposure by adding a few stops of light. This allowed me to record the dark fur of the monkeys — and in the process, blow out the leafy background.
Nikon D810 with Nikkor 200-400mm lens (at 400mm) ISO 400, f/4 at 1/80th of a second
Here’s another fine looking bird from South America. This time, the cloud forest of Ecuador. Just one of many beautiful tanagers from that part of the world.
Nikon D800 with Nikkor 200-400mm lens (at 250mm) ISO 800, f/4 at 1/320th of a second
Just a simple prairie dog doing his prairie dog thing in the Badlands of South Dakota. These guys always look like they’re about to start dancing.
Nikon D800 with Nikkor 200-400mm lens (at 360mm) ISO 400, f/4 at 1/1600 of a second
Here’s another lemur — the Verreaux’s sifaka. They kind of look like battery powered stuffed animals up in the trees. I photographed this one in the extreme south of Madagascar at Berenty Reserve.
Nikon D40x with Nikkor 15-55mm lens (at 38mm) ISO 100, f/5 at 1/200th of a second
This is one of the giant owl butterflies in the genus Caligo — perhaps the Caligo illioneus or the Calico eurilochus. They get their name from the big owl eye-like markings on the underside of the their wings. When motionless on a branch, would-be predators think twice when they see the giant eye staring back at them. I photographed this one in the cloud forest of Ecuador and was lucky to get the wings slightly open to reveal the blue on the top side of the wings.
Nikon D700 with Nikkor 105 macro lens, ISO 800, f/8 at 1/125th of a second