As I mentioned yesterday, I was after wolves this weekend so didn’t really concentrate on any other creatures. That being said, there were bison everywhere, especially on the road. It’s much easier for them to move from one place to another by traveling on the plowed road than through four feet of snow. The guy above walked right past my driver’s side window. I recorded a little iphone video after I took the shot. See below:
Photo: Nikon D700 with Nikkor 70-200mm lens (at 70mm) ISO 280, f/4 at 1/640th of a second
Movie: iphone 5
There were quite a few bighorn rams in Yellowstone this weekend. The ewes that I saw, on the other hand, were all just outside of the park. Rams and ewes only come together during mating season. The rest of the year the rams hang out in bachelor herds while the ewes hang out together and tend to the young. This guy was trudging through the snow looking for whatever vegetation he could find. Nikon D800 with Nikkor 200-400mm lens (at 340mm) ISO 400, f/4 at 1/2500th of a second
This is the twelfth time or so that I’ve been to Yellowstone — and I’ve still yet to get a usuable shot of a wolf. That’s the way it is with wildlife photography. One day you’re witnessing the rarity of a leopard stalking a pangolin in Africa and the next, you drive around all day in “America’s Serengeti” and don’t come back with a thing. So until I finally get that elusive wolf in the wild, here’s one I took about six years ago in a drive through animal park in South Dakota. As for bighorn and bison, well I got plenty of them over the last few days. Stay tuned for upcoming posts. Nikon D700 with Nikkor 200-400mm lens (at 300mm) ISO 800, f/5 at 1/800th of a second
Some of you might remember this black-handed gibbon from Borneo, also known as the agile gibbon. He was quite curious — perhaps because he thought that I had something to eat in my camera bag. I was able to get several shots with my wide angle lens. These gibbons live in the same range as the Bornean orangutans in Tanjung Puting National Park. Tomorrow, I’m off to a much different environment — Yellowstone for the weekend for a little winter wildlife photography. It’s been a while since I’ve been there in the dead of winter. Here’s hoping I return on Tuesday with a decent wolf photo or two. Nikon D700 with Nikkor 17-35mm lens (at 17mm) ISO 800, f/2.8 at 1/500th of a second
The oryx is a mysterious creature, some believing that it is the antelope on which the unicorn is based. The oryx, of course, has two straight horns, rather than just one, but I can see where the comparison makes sense. Nikon D300 with Nikkor 200-400mm lens (at 200mm) ISO 800, f/5.6 at 1/13th of a second
This giant river otter is obviously up to something that he doesn’t want you to know about. What sort of illicit activity was going on over there by the bank of the river, I have no idea. What I do know is that this was in the Pantanal of Brazil, and that giant river otters are big. Very big. They can be six feet in length and weigh up to 70 pounds. And from the look of this guy, they really would prefer that you don’t know anything more about them. Nikon D300 with Nikkor 200-400mm lens (at 340mm) ISO 800, f/4 at 1/320th of a second
… but perhaps because she seemed more interested in taking a sip of water than with what was going on behind her…
…she ended up with an unceremonious flipper to the face on the dismount. We encountered these two questionable love-birds in an inland cove on the island of Fernandina in the Galapagos Islands. Top photo: Nikon D700 with Nikkor 70-200mm lens (at 80mm) ISO 400, f/5.6 at 1/100th of a second
Middle photo: Nikon D700 with Nikkor 70-200mm lens (at 110mm) ISO 400, f/5.6 at 1/125th of a second
Bottom photo: Nikon D700 with Nikkor 70-200mm lens (at 140mm) ISO 400, f/5.6 at 1/125 of a second
When three cheetah brothers gave chase on this herd of zebras, Karen couldn’t look because she felt so bad for the zebras. When the chase failed, she immediately felt bad for the three cheetahs, who missed out on their meal. Thus is life on the plains of Kenya. Nikon D300 with Nikkor 200-400mm lens (at 400mm) ISO 400, f/5 at 1/500th of a second
I usually don’t like to post photos that show the hand of man, but every now and again I make an exception. Thus is the case today with these two yin and yang hummingbirds. They are both velvet-purple coronets and they were hanging around a feeder near our cloud forest lodge in Ecuador, along with several other species of hummingbird. Nikon D800 with Nikkor 200-400mm lens (at 350mm) ISO 800, f/4 at 1/1600th of a second, Nikon SB-900 flash
When I first saw this group of bearded piglets in Borneo, they ran into the forest to be closer to the safety of their mother. Then, one by one, they crept back toward me, seemingly fascinated with the clicking of my camera. Eventually, this little guy went snout to glass. I posted a similar photo a few years back, but in this one, the young pig is even closer to my wide angle lens. Bearded pigs live amongst orangutans in the rain forest, following closely behind them to forage for their left over scraps of food. They get their name thanks to the impressive beards worn by adults. Here’s a shot of a full grown bearded pig that I previously posted. Nikon D700 with Nikkor 17-35mm lens (at 17mm) ISO 800, f/4.5 at 1/400th of a second
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