I spent the better part of a morning with these two red fox pups as they played in the grass, waiting for their mother to return with breakfast. Photographed down on the Delaware Bay. Nikon D300 with Nikkor 200-400mm lens (at 350mm) ISO 400, f/5.6 at 1/1250th of a second.
The Brewer’s blackbird is pretty basic as far as plumage goes. Males are black with a bit of purple and blue iridescence. Females are more uniformly brown. They are common along the cliffs that overlook the coastline in Santa Cruz, California. This male found a nice spot on a flower with a great ocean view. Nikon D300 with Nikkor 200-400mm lens (at 400mm) ISO 800, f/6.3 at 1/640th of a second.
With all the cold weather and snow outside, our local mice are doing their best to join us on the inside. With two cats, however, they don’t stand much of a chance. Here’s a deer mouse from better days back in October, getting a bit of excercise in the back woods. Nikon D810 with Nikkor 17-35mm lens (at 17mm) ISO 500, f/11 at 1/160th of a second, Cognisys camera box, triggering system and remote flashes.
We have a lot of blue jays in our yard. And occasionally one flies in front of my camera trap. This bit of jay action was recorded back in November. Nikon D810 with Nikkor 17-35mm lens (at 17mm) ISO 400, f/11 at 1/160th of as second, Cognisys camera box, triggering system and flashes.
For my day job in advertising, I used to shoot a lot of commercials in Toronto. Whenever there was down time I would head out with my camera to see what I could find. On this particular evening it was a mute swan in a city park on Lake Ontario. There wasn’t much light left, but just enough to capture the last color of the day. Nikon D810 with Nikkor 200-400mm lens (at 310mm) ISO 1600, f/4 at 1/1000th of a second.
I’m usually not much of a high-key guy when it comes to wildlife photography and blowing out the highlights, but occasionally I find something that works. I liked this painted turtle popping its head above water framed by the bits of out of focus foliage to the right. Photographed somewhere in Florida. Nikon D300 with Nikkor 200-400mm lens (at 400mm) ISO 400, f/5.6 at 1/640th of a second.
I missed the boat on Groundhog Day. A day late, but here’s a marmot. All marmots aren’t groundhogs, but all groundhogs are marmots. The guy pictured above is a hoary marmot (Marmota caligata) as opposed to a true groundhog (Marmota momax). Photographed years ago at Mount Rainier in Washington. There wasn’t any shadow that day either — as if any of us actually thought winter would be over before the middle of March. Nikon D300 with Nikkor 200-400mm lens (at 400mm) ISO 400, f/5.6 at 1/250th of a second.
I always like to include the subject’s environment if I can. Usually that means getting close with a wide angle lens, but sometimes it means using a long lens to compress space. The latter was the case with this prairie dog in Badlands National Park. I used a 600mm lens but from quite a distance to bring the background closer. I also had to stop down to f/22 to record detail in what otherwise would have been a blur of color.Nikon D700 with Nikkor 600mm f/5.6 manual focus lens, ISO 400, f/22 at 1/80th of a second.
The razorbill is the only species in the genus Alca. It’s relative, the great auk, went extinct in the mid 19th century. They are monogamous birds and spend the vast majority of their lives at sea, coming ashore only to breed. This mated pair appears to be doing just that. Photographed on Machias Seal Island off the coast of Maine. Nikon D300 with Nikkor 200-400mm lens (at 400mm) ISO 400, f/6.3 at 1/2000th of a second.
The camera trap has been quite silent for the past month. So here’s one captured back in September when it seemed like bears were showing up every few days or so. Nikon D810 with Nikkor 17-35mm lens (at 17mm) ISO 500, f/8 at 1/125th of a second, Cognisys camera box, trail monitor and remote flashes.