This yearling cub wondered from his sibling and mother, in search of a watery snack of green grass. Being September, the ordinarily verdant landscape had turned a yellow gold, leaving only patches of green. Once the tide started to rise out on the shoreline, making the capture of silver salmon too difficult, the bears retreated to these fields to fill up on veggies.
Nikon D810 with Nikkor 70-200mm lens (at 98mm) ISO 800, f/5 at 1/800th of a second
Just a simple head shot of a bull moose today. I saw three of these guys all competing for a single female during the rut last September in Alaska.
Nikon D500 with Nikkor 200-400mm lens (at 330mm) ISO 800, f/4 at 1/250th of a second
Sometimes you search forever and can’t find anything and then other times the wildlife lands right in front of you. That was the case with this young great-horned owl early one morning in Badlands National Park in South Dakota. I had pulled over to the side of the road at about 4:45 because I saw something moving in a tree. Suddenly this owl landed right in front of my car. I was able to capture a couple quick shots using just my headlights, along with a high ISO and low shutter speed.
Nikon D800 with Nikkor 200-400mm lens (at 400mm) ISO 3200, f/4 at 1/30th of a second
A couple of polar bears crossing paths early in the morning at Seal River in northern Alberta, Canada. The bears congregate on the shoreline in October, passing the time however they can while waiting for Hudson Bay to freeze over so that they can go out and hunt for seals. It might look warm, but the wind chill was -27 degrees Fahrenheit that day.
Nikon D700 with Nikkor 70-200mm lens (at 78mm) ISO 400, f/8 at 1/2000th of a second
This is an eastern mud turtle that I photographed on a trip to Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge in Delaware a few years back. For small creatures like this, I always like to get the camera on the ground if I can to really blur out the foreground and background and isolate the subject.
Nikon D300 with Nikkor 200-400mm lens (at 400mm) ISO 200, f/5.6 at 1/320th of a second
This lovely wood duck goes out to my lovely wife on this, our 5-year (wood) anniversary.
Nikon D800 with Nikkor 200-400mm lens (at 400mm) ISO 640, f/4 at 1/1000th of a second
This little guy was full of determination as he watched and tried to emulate mom fishing for silver salmon. Photographed at Lake Clark National Park in Alaska.
Nikon D500 with Nikkor 200-400mm lens (at 290mm) ISO 1600, f/4 at 1/500th of a second
This one goes out to my frog-loving sister Mo who had a big birthday today. A green tree frog, photographed down in Florida at the Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary in Naples. Happy Birthday Mo.
Nikon D810 with Nikkor 200-400mm lens (at 400mm) ISO 800, f/4 at 1/80th of a second
This sea otter appeared to be clapping — as they often do while cleaning themselves after a meal. This is one of the otters I photographed earlier in the year in Morro Bay, California.
Nikon D500 with Nikkor 200-400mm lens (at 400mm) ISO 1600, f/4 at 1/500th of a second
I have lots of shots of anhingas doing all sorts of things action-oriented. But there was something about this shot of the anhinga just resting in the forest that I liked better. Taken early one morning in Corkscrew Swamp in Naples Florida while visiting my mother a few years ago.
Nikon D810 with Nikkor 200-400mm lens (at 400mm) ISO 1600, f/4 at 1/100th of a second