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Tule Elk Morning Scene
A young Tule Elk surveys its future territory on a cold misty morning. Tule Elk are the smallest subspecies of elk, and are found only in California. On its own, that narrows this photo down to just a few possible locations. If you know the Bay Area, can you spot the detail that tells you…
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Christmas Elk
Merry Christmas from Point Reyes! We don’t have any native reindeer in California, so our very own Tule Elk will have to do their best impression. One reindeer trick elk will have a tough time pulling off: unique among deer species, female reindeer are capable of growing antlers. Male reindeer grow antlers every year, while…
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Misty Morning Elk
As every photographer knows, the best light occurs right around sunrise and right around sunset. The two aren’t interchangeable either. The light has a very different quality when filtered through cool misty morning air than through warm and hazy evening air. I know all these things, and yet I can’t usually bring myself to get…
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Tule Elk Sunset
This Tule Elk bachelor silhouetted against the twilight was the perfect finish for an amazing weekend of photography at Point Reyes. Sunny days mean I can’t stay out all day getting useable photographs, but there’s no substitute for the feeling of finding and capturing a subject as the sunset crescendoes and then fades away to…
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Long-Billed Curlew at Stinson Beach
The setting sun reflected really nicely in the stream running across the beach as this friendly curlew posed in silhouette.
