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Golden Gate Owl
As fog wafts gently into the Golden Gate, an Great Horned Owl begins her evening hunt. I’m not sure I’ve ever felt the exposure triangle more acutely than on this shot. Stopping down to try to pull in more background. Fighting motion blur on a breezy evening. Lots of detail buried deep in the blacks.…
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Mountain Killdeer
A Killdeer hangs out on a tufa formation as the Sierras loom in the distance. I felt very lucky to get this shot. It took 5 minutes of bellycrawling to get in close enough, but this Killdeer was remarkably tolerant as I crawled around lining up this shot.
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Eastern California Road Trip
Lately, I’ve been getting interested in using a van as a base camp for wildlife photography. I’ve done some backpacking photography, and while it’s a lot of fun, the limitations of dragging all of your gear with you requires some real compromises. Not to mention, some of my favorite places to do photography are very…
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Desert Hawk
A Red-Tailed Hawk takes flight as the sun sets on the Inyo Mountains.
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Mojave Bun
As the sun’s glow started to sneak over the eastern horizon, this Black-Tailed Jackrabbit was already hard at work, feeding on the Mojave Desert’s bounty.
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Towers
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Coyote on a Log
I’m a sucker for a Coyote on any kind of tree, standing or fallen.
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Dapper AF
A Diademed Sandpiper-Plover looking mighty fine as it feeds in a pond high up in the Andes.
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Night Watch
A Great Horned Owl keeps a watchful eye on the city down below.
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Posing
I had hoped to get a photo of a Puma posing dramatically on some rocks. That never quite came together, but she is standing in a rock on this photo, and I gotta say, she really pops against the Mata Negra.