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,…
Ibera Wetlands II: Critters
A Caiman peers out from the floating vegetation in the Ibera Wetlands of northern Argentina. Canon 5d iii, 500mm f4L IS w/ 1.4xTC, 1/1000th, f5.6, ISO 800, handheld from a boat. Unquestionably, the Ibera Wetlands are rich in wildlife. But…
Birds from Salta Province, Argentina
Spot-backed Puffbird, Canon 5D III, Canon 500mm f4L IS w/ 1.4x TC, f5.6, 1/2000th, ISO 1600. I love birding. I love bird photography. The two do not always go together as easily as one might expect. In fact, I’d say…
Favorite Places: Falkland Islands
A Black-browed Albatross glides over the churning waters of the South Atlantic on the coast of the Steeple Jason Island in the Falklands. Steeple Jason is home to the largest colony of Black-browed Albatross in the world. Some hundreds of…
My Favorite Places Part II: Arctic Alaska
Flowers bloom on the bench above the Sagavanirktok River. Alaska’s North Slope is a broad, rolling, alluvial plain. It sweeps down out of the Brooks Range in a long, descending ramp to the cold and icy waters of the Arctic…
New Publication: Bears of Katmai
A photo essay of mine on the bears of Katmai National Park was just published at the Matador Network. It’s a series from several different trips I’ve made to Brooks Falls and the surrounding area. Have a look at it…
Stories
This morning I was browsing through an old hard drive that I hadn’t hooked up in years and stumbled on several sets of images that for one reason or another, hadn’t been transferred into my current storage system. Among those…
Caribou skull above the Noatak
Rarely have I found the skull of a cow caribou, but it seems that almost every trip I lead into the Brooks Range I find a bull caribou skull complete with spreading antlers. This one, my group and I found…
Avian Retrospective: Bohemian Waxwing
Today (after a request from a friend) I’m going to feature a few images of Bohemian Waxwings. Waxwings in general, and Bohemians in particular are spectacular birds. Their smooth, almost textureless, plumage makes them look like they were, well….…
Avian Retrospective 8: Sandhill Crane
Today we come back to my retrospective of bird images and feature the Sandhill Crane. Each autumn, Fairbanks is fortunate to host several thousand cranes as they stage for migration. In the last days of August the Creamer’s Field Migratory Waterfowl Refuge…