I met these two mountain gorillas back in early 2020, just before the pandemic. Karen and I leave tomorrow to lead a group to Kenya and then on to Uganda where we’ll visit this same family. It’s going to be interesting to see these two and how they may have changed in the last three and a half years. We also got word that the family of nine is now ten as an infant was born about six months ago. That said, no posts for the next few weeks. See everyone when we’re back, hopefully with some great new images to share. Nikon D850 with Nikkor 70-200mm lens (at 125mm) ISO 1600, f/4 at 1/1250th of a second.
Just a simple shot of a capybara — world’s largest rodent — enjoying the breeze along the Yacuma River in the Pampas region of Bolivia. Nikon D700 with Nikkor 70-200mm lens (at 200mm) ISO 800, f/4 at 1/500th of a second.
My ad agency is doing some pro-bono work for the US Horse Welfare and Rescue Center in Avon, Connecticut where my wife volunteers. The mission is pretty straightforward — the center rescues horses who need rescuing. Along the way, a fair amount of human healing takes place as well. More on this in a future post as well as info on the east coast premier of a documentary on the plight of our wild horses. While looking for images for our marketing efforts, I took a deep dive back into my collection and found a series of shots from Navajo Nation in the desert southwest where they still roam free. I captured this mustang standing in front of the iconic landscape of Monument Valley just as the sun was about to set. Nikon D700 with Nikkor 70-200mm lens (at 200mm) ISO 800, f/3.5 at 1/400th of a second.
We saw quite a few of these proboscis bats while canoeing in Peru. More often than not, we didn’t see them until they flew to safety and landed on another tree. For this shot, however, I saw them coming, as we slowly and quietly drifted past. Nikon D500 with Nikkor 500mm PF lens, ISO 1600, f/5.6 at 1/500th of a second, Godox V860iii fill flash.
When I first got back from Peru, I shared an image of this southern tamandua — a rare find to see one with dark fur. In this image, you can see him going in for his favorite meal, a line of termites extending down the trunk of the tree. Nikon D500 with Nikkor 500mm PF lens, ISO 800, f/6.3 at 1/400th of a second, Godox v860iii fill flash.
They have an advertising category at the Emmys (advertising is what I do when I’m not in the wild). I’ve yet to win an advertising Emmy. In fact, I’ve yet to win an Emmy of any kind. But thanks to the fine work by Jimmy Altman and Sean McKeever at Fox61, I’m now the subject of a New England Emmy-winning feature. So I thought… why not a repost.
We spotted this little bird deep in the jungle while we were canoeing through thick foliage. As the name might suggest, antshrikes feed on ants, sometimes following columns of army ants. They supplement their diet with lizards and berries. There are more than 230 species in the antbird family. Nikon D500 with Nikkor 500mm PF lens, ISO 1600, f/5.6 at 1/30th of a second.
This was another new species for me on my recent trip to Peru — the bicolored-spined porcupine. Not much online about these guys. I suppose they have spines and they’re bicolored, which appears to check out. They are strictly nocturnal and arboreal, living almost entirely in trees. Nikon D500 with 500mm PF lens, ISO 500, f/5.6 at 1/160th of a second, Godox v860iii flash.
Here’s another one from the camera trap last week. Nikon D810 with Nikkor 20mm lens, ISO 500, f/14 at 1/250th of a second, Cognisys camera box, trail monitor and remote flash units.
I was pretty far from this sloth and it took awhile before noticing the baby clinging to the mother’s torso. After it rains, sloths like to climb high to dry off, but usually they’ll do so alone because it makes them vulnerable to predators like harpy eagles. The trees are cecropias, a favorite of three-toed sloths. Nikon D500 with Nikkor 500mm PF lens, ISO 1600, f/5.6 at 1/4000th of a second.
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I met these two mountain gorillas back in early 2020, just before the pandemic. Karen and I leave tomorrow to lead a group to Kenya and then on to Uganda where we’ll visit this same family. It’s going to be interesting to see these two and how they may have changed in the last three and a half years. We also got word that the family of nine is now ten as an infant was born about six months ago. That said, no posts for the next few weeks. See everyone when we’re back, hopefully with some great new images to share. Nikon D850 with Nikkor 70-200mm lens (at 125mm) ISO 1600, f/4 at 1/1250th of a second.
