Staying within the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, today I’m sharing three images of Buff-breasted Sandpipers made in the middle of the night (still sunny that far north) on the Canning River Delta in June of 2007. Buff-breasted Sandpipers were one…
Avian Retrospective 5: Rock Ptarmigan
Today our Avian Retrospective moves north into the wild country of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. In June 2007, I guided a custom photography trip for Arctic Wild to the coastal plain of the refuge. The two clients and I…
Avian Retrospective 3: Slate-colored Junco
These two images have a special meaning for me. The reason is that they represent the first shots from a major financial investment in my photography: the purchase of a Canon 500mm f4L IS lens. These were made on…
Avian Retrospective 2: Blue Gray Tanager
Continuing my bird retrospective series we have this image of a Blue Gray Tanager. I actually made this image a few months before I shot the the Boreal Owl I featured yesterday. This image was made with a Canon 20D…
Bird Retrospective 1: Boreal Owl
Over the next week or so I’m going to be sharing some of my bird photography from the past few years. These images will cover a range when I was taking photography from a passionate hobby into the realm of…
Environmental Portraiture in Wildlife
Following up the last couple of posts on human portraits I thought I’d post one of my favorite images as an example of wildlife portraiture. There is a tendency in wildlife photography to get close, really, really close. We use…
Birds of Isla Taquile
As I noted a post or two ago, I’ve been spending a lot of time sorting, editing, and keywording some older images. The whole process, while at times tedious, has been to relive some very good memories. One of those…