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Song Sparrow Scene
A Song Sparrow attempts to blend in with the bokeh calls on a warm spring morning in Golden Gate Park.
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Coyote Morning Prowl
When the sun is just peeking over the horizon, and the dew still clinging to the grass, your local Coyotes are out on the prowl.
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Out of the Shadows
A Coyote emerges from shadows. I’ve fallen into kind of a default style over the last few years, which is more or less “decent to good light, edited to be bright and vibrant while staying realistic.” At this point I can basically dial it in on autopilot if I have a good raw file to…
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Song Sparrow on Fern
A Song Sparrow perches on an Australian tree fern. While Golden Gate Park is a real treasure for the city of San Francisco, it is unfortunately filled with non-native plants. Many birds don’t seem to mind, as it’s teeming with a variety of species some of which are hard to find elsewhere in the city.
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Incoming Coyote
We prize eye contact in wildlife photography. It’s just part of how we’re wired. Eye contact demands reciprocation, pulling you into the scene and making you feel more connected with the subject. Unfortunately, eye contact often means the subject is reacting to the photographer. Often when there’s direct eye contact in a photo of a…
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Longing
This young Coyote tried stalking a squirrel, who scampered up the tree to safety. The squirrel didn’t wait too long after the Coyote turned its back before coming back down, and then the process repeated itself a couple more times. Fortunately for the squirrel, the Coyote doesn’t know how to climb trees.
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Willet Liftoff
A Willet lifts its wing in preparation for liftoff. For whatever reason, all of my favorite Willet photos are dreamy lanscapes created by the foam of breaking waves.
