I met this Parson’s chameleon at what was billed as a “reptile farm” while traveling through central Madagascar. It allowed me to get some macro shots of these colorful creatures I’d been seeing on night walks in the forest. Back then I was using a close-up filter screwed to the end of my 80-200mm lens. It worked well in a pinch when not carrying a dedicated macro lens. Nikon D200 with Nikkor 80-200mm lens (at 200mm with Canon 500D close up filter attached) ISO 100, f/6.3 at 1/8th of a second.
One of the specialties of Samburu National Reserve in the north of Kenya is the gerenuk. They are always fun to see, especially when they rear back on those hind legs to get at higher vegetation. They are sometimes called giraffe-necked antelopes, and you can see why. I thought this female looked like she was playing the flute. Nikon Z8 with Nikkor 500mm PF lens, ISO 360, f/5.6 at 1/1250th of a second.
It’s been a few months since a bear strolled past one of my camera traps. This beauty, either a female or young male, stopped by Sunday afternoon. Nice to get the blue sky and last remaining leaves still clinging to the trees. Most of the action this year has been at night so the diurnal setting was a pleasant surprise. Nikon D810 with Nikkor 17-35mm lens (at 19mm) ISO 500, f/14 at 1/200th of a second, Cognisys camera box, trail monitor and three remote flash units.
I do love environmental wildlife shots like my last few posts, but simple headshots help to tell the story too. In this case, a Bennett’s Wallaby photographed on Bruny Island in Tasmania. A small percentage of the Bennett’s Wallabies on Bruny exhibit a genetic variance and are completely white, but the vast majority look like this handsome guy who was posing in the ferns just outside the lodge I was staying at. Nikon D810 with Nikkor 200-400mm lens (at 350mm) ISO 1600, f/4 at 1/160th of a second.
I got up early for this image of king penguins marching along the shoreline at Volunteer Point in the Falkland Islands. Nikon D810 with Nikkor 70-200mm lens (at 200mm) ISO 800, f/2.8 at 1/2500th of a second.
This was a classic Kenyan scene we stumbled upon in the Masai Mara — elephants, acacia trees, blue hills and a stormy afternoon sky. Nothing like it. Nikon D850 with Nikkor 70-200mm lens (at 135mm) ISO 180, f/2.8 at 1/1000th of a second.
I captured this image of an eastern striped skunk with a three-flash camera trap setup. The main flash is on the ground behind the log providing the strong backlighting of the whiskers. There’s actually a smaller log behind the visible log, which the skunks, raccoons and opossums occasionally use to get from one side of our back yard to another. Nikon D810 with Nikkor 17-35mm lens (at 20mm) ISO 500, f/11 at 20 seconds, Cognisys camera box, trail monitor and remote flash units.
For animals that everyone seems to want to eat, capybaras can appear rather relaxed at times. These guys are the main food source for apex predators like jaguars and caiman in Brazil’s Pantanal region. Nikon D300 with Nikkor 200-400mm lens (at 550mm with 1.4 TC attached) ISO 800, f/8 at 1/200th of a second.
This southern tamandua was getting a good scratch in with the back leg, while continuing to lap up termites and ants. Photographed earlier this year in the northern Amazon basin of Peru. Nikon D500 with Nikkor 500mm PF lens, ISO 800, f/7.1 at 1/320th of a second, Godox 860iii fill flash.
Silverback mountain gorillas weigh in excess of 400 pounds. They eat about forty pounds of leaves, stems, shoots and fruits a day. This silverback was taking a break from all that eating and just hanging back, relaxing, and watching the rest of the family go about their business. He is one of three silverbacks in a family of ten that roam the base of Gahinga Volcano in the southwestern corner of Uganda. Nikon Z8 with Nikkor 70-200mm lens (at 150mm) ISO 3600, f/2.8 at 1/640th of a second.
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I met this Parson’s chameleon at what was billed as a “reptile farm” while traveling through central Madagascar. It allowed me to get some macro shots of these colorful creatures I’d been seeing on night walks in the forest. Back then I was using a close-up filter screwed to the end of my 80-200mm lens. It worked well in a pinch when not carrying a dedicated macro lens. Nikon D200 with Nikkor 80-200mm lens (at 200mm with Canon 500D close up filter attached) ISO 100, f/6.3 at 1/8th of a second.
