It was late in the day when I captured this photo of a giraffe running across the savanna in Botswana. Panning my camera with the giraffe while using a slower shutter speed created the nice motion blurred effect of the landscape. Seeing giraffes run is always one of my favorite things to watch while on safari — both awkward and graceful at the same time. It almost appears as if they are running in slow motion. Nikon D700 with Nikkor 70-200mm lens (at 200mm) ISO 400, f/5.6 at 1/30th of a second
Here’s another marine iguana from the Galapagos Islands. This photo was taken on La Fe, a tiny little place that we visited as a day trip while staying at a camp on the nearby, larger island of Santa Cruz. This was a great little excursion, as we had the island completely to ourselves. As I mentioned in an earlier post — although marine iguanas are present on virtually every island in the Galapagos archipelago, they have evolved slightly differently on each. On La Fe, they definitely had more of an orange appearance to their skin. This one looks like it’s the only individual around, but they were virtually all over the place, draped lazily over the volcanic rocks that fringed the island. Nikon D800 with Nikkor 17-35mm lens (at 17mm) ISO 400, f/10 at 1/1000th of a second
The Verreaux’s eagle owl is the one owl that I’ve seen the most of in my six trips to Africa. That being said, it’s still a fairly rare sighting. It’s the third heaviest owl in the world and fourth longest (just behind the great gray owl). I’ve always liked the pink eyelids that make the Verreaux’s eagle owl look like it’s wearing colorful eye shadow. Nikon D800 with Nikkor 200-400mm lens (at 400mm) ISO 800, f/4 at 1/80th of a second
Chimpanzees can be difficult to photograph in the wild. They spend most of their time high in the canopy set against the bright white backdrop of the sky. After several days trying to get decent shots, I finally came upon a troop closer to the ground. This female saw me through the opening in the tree before scampering off to higher ground. Nikon D300 with Nikkor 200-400mm lens (at 220mm) ISO 800, f/4 at 1/100th of a second
I’ve posted quite a few photos of black-backed jackals in the past but never a side-striped jackal. These guys tend to be larger and more nocturnal than their black-backed cousins. They are also far less carnivorous, with a large portion of their diet coming from invertebrates and fruit. This guy was out foraging early one morning in Botswana. Nikon D800 with Nikkor 200-400mm lens (at 400mm) ISO 800, f/4 at 1/800th of a second
Although not nearly as spectacular as their male counterparts, female wood ducks are still pretty good looking birds. On last January’s trip to the Vancouver area, I was able to photograph both sexes. Above, a portrait of a female wood duck, and below an action shot of one taking off from a pond. (top photo) Nikon D800 with Nikkor 200-400mm lens (at 270mm) ISO 1600, f/5 at 1/800th of a second (bottom photo) Nikon D800 with Nikkor 200-400mm lens (at 210mm) ISO 1600, f/5 at 1/800th of a second
Yesterday’s bee eater photo was one of my least popular posts in a while. Total clicks were down and it got zero comments. What does that mean? Time for an orangutan mother and baby. It was either that or a baby bear. Hope you like my choice of a mother orangutan and her baby girl who were checking out the action in Tanjung Puting National Park in Indonesian Borneo. Nikon D700 with Nikkor 70-200mm lens (at 190mm) ISO 800, f/4.5 at 1/80th of a second
These guys are called little bee eaters. They are fairly common throughout sub Sahara Africa. As the name would suggest, they eat bees, and these two were doing just that as they darted through the air. Nikon D800 with Nikkor 200-400mm lens (at 400mm) ISO 400, f/4 at 1/1600th of a second
This poor kangaroo looks like someone might have taken a big bite out of her ear. She was just one of the many kangaroos and wallabies that I saw while in Flinders Ranges National Park in South Australia back in 2006. Nikon D200 with Nikkor 600mm f/5.6 manual focus lens, ISO 100, f/5.6 at 1/180th of a second
It’s sandhill crane time once again in Bosque Del Apache in New Mexico. This time of year, thousands of these large birds congregate near Socorro in the central part of the state. I took this shot of three of them coming in for a synchronized landing, a few years ago, just after the annual Festival of the Cranes. Nikon D300 with Nikkor 200-400mm lens (at 400mm) ISO 1600, f/4 at 1/400th of a second
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