Here’s another look at the striated caracara (aka Johnny Rook). I was down on the ground with my camera and wide angle lens while this guy was chasing around a Gentoo penguin egg, unable to figure out how to break it open as it rolled across the beach on Saunders Island in the Falkland Islands.
Nikon D810 with Nikkor 17-35mm lens (at 17mm) ISO 1600, f/10 at 1/1600th of a second
This is a granular poison frog, but I prefer the more common name of green jeans poison frog — closely related to the blue jeans frog, also found nearby in Costa Rica. This was the only frog wearing the green jeans that I found, but he was cooperative enough to pose for quite a few photos, including this one using a close up filter on the front of my 70-200mm lens and a three second exposure time.
Nikon D200 with Nikkor 70-200mm lens (at 200mm) ISO 100, f/6.3 at 3 seconds
I took this one down in Panama City Beach in the panhandle of Florida earlier this year. Just past all the bars and souvenir shops of the “Redneck Riviera” is Saint Andrews State Park, an oasis of saw palmetto and long leaf pine, the perfect habitat for a wide variety of wildlife. I saw lots of animals, but for this shot, I decided to focus on the characteristic landscape and used my fisheye lens to get up close and personal with the palmetto.
Nikon D810 with Sigma 15mm fisheye lens, ISO 800, f/8 at 1/320th of a second
This rockhopper penguin seemed to be doing his best to keep me out of whatever rockhopper-y event was going on in the background. Of the five species of penguin I photographed in the Falkland Islands, the rockhoppers were certainly the most personable.
Nikon D810 with Nikkor 70-200mm lens (at 70mm) ISO 3200, f/2.8 at 1/3200th of a second
Badlands National Park is one of my favorite wildlife destinations in the country. In the northern, grassy area of the park, prairie dogs, bighorn, pronghorn, burrowing owls and bison are all very common. The sun had just set behind these three bison when I took this shot.
Nikon D800 with Nikkor 200-400mm lens (at 350mm) ISO 800, f/4.5 at 1/400th of a second
There are many species of ibis throughout the world. Most recently I posted a photo of the red ibis. This is the white ibis, photographed at Ding Darling National Wildlife Refuge in Sanibel Island, Florida. Click for larger view.
Nikon D300 with Nikkor 200-400mm lens (at 550mm with Nikon TC-14 teleconverter) ISO 400, f/8 at 1/800th of a second
This is a tufted capuchin monkey, otherwise known as the brown capuchin. He was photographed from a small boat late one afternoon on Lake Chalalan in Bolivia’s Madidi National Park. These monkeys are known for being extremely intelligent and in parts of Brazil are commonly called Einstein monkeys.
Nikon D300 with Nikkor 200-400mm lens (at 330mm) ISO 400, f/5.6 at 1/125th of a second
First off, sorry for the inadvertent post yesterday afternoon. I’ve been working on re-skinning my website and something accidentally sent out a rogue email. As you can see, I have a new look, featuring a ring tailed lemur logo. It’s tough to say what my favorite animal is. Usually it’s whatever I’m photographing next. That being said, I’ve always had a bit of an extra fondness for lemurs and Madagascar in general, so I figured why not. The site is still a work in progress and will probably change several times over the next few weeks. For now, I’m going with this. If you click on the logo and go to the homepage, you’ll see that my slideshow is now fullscreen in your browser. This definitely shows off the photos better if you have a large screen, but does cause some cropping problems on mobile devices and browser windows that aren’t to the approximate dimensions of the image. For now, it’s a good compromise. Let me know what you think. And as I’ve been doing for the past month or so, click on the photo of the day image for a full size view.
Nikon D200 with Nikkor 80-200mm lens (at 200mm) ISO 100, f/10 at 1/80th of a second
The American avocet is a very graceful bird, with longs legs and a thin, delicate beak. I came across this particular bird late one afternoon in Arapaho National Wildlife Refuge in north central Colorado. It was feeding in a shallow swampy area, providing a nice opportunity for reflections.
Nikon D300 with Nikkor 200-400mm lens (at 400mm) ISO 400, f/6.3 at 1/320th of a second
I’m not sure of the exact species of this handsome little guy, but I photographed him/her while in the Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge last week. From a bit of research, I think it might be the great plains toad. Regardless, I’ve always been a big fan of toads. Not quite to the stature of a proper frog, but with an admirable underdog quality about them.
Nikon D810 with Nikkor 200-400mm lens (at 400mm) ISO 400, f/4 at 1/4000th of a second