Interestingly, and somewhat surprisingly, I was not terribly productive photographically during the nearly six weeks I spent guiding aboard the SilverExplorer as we travelled from Valparaiso, Chile to Barbados. Much of the time ashore or out on zodiacs was spent…
As I write these words, I can look out the window of cabin on the ship and see the distant coast of Peru as hazy mountains, almost blending with the sky. The sea is being kind and the ship is…
On February 26th, news broke that well-known Florida based bird photographer and workshop leader, Jim Neiger of Flight School Photography plead guilty to violating the Endangered Species Act for approaching too close to an active Snail Kite nest on…
This Skua is a jerk: Or at least he and the rest of his species (actually several species) do a pretty good job of playing the part. Skuas are big seabirds, closely related to gulls, and they are nasty predators.…
I’ve made it pretty clear though my many posts about them (like here, here, here, and here), that I really, really like birds. I’ve even gone so far as to say that I’d give up my camera gear before I…
Canon 5D Mark III, Canon 500mm f4L IS, 1.4x TC, ISO 800, f8.0, 1/4000th sec. I spent very little time this summer photographing wildlife. In part that’s due to the fact that I’m often weight-limited on my backcountry journeys. The…
Southern Lapwing. Normally side-light is ineffective for bird photography, it causes too much contrast, but this is my favorite image I made of this species. The early morning sunlight was soft enough to permit the unconventional lighting. Canon 5d III,…