Sometimes you get lucky. This shot can’t be reproduced. You could sit with Denver’s male Steller’s Sea Eagle for a year, snapping a hundred photos a day, and still not get something in this vein. I’m not sure whether or not the eagle sees what is in front of him. I assume their senses areContinue reading “Flies in Flight”
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Easy Being Green
I’m not entirely certain what species of Chameleon this is. I don’t really have any stories of him. I just think he’s handsome.
A Lengthy Portrait
The 2×3 format of most modern digital cameras is awesome for landscape photos. For portraits, it’s a little long on the long side. Unless, of course, you’re working with something like a Giraffe or this Sarus Crane. In that case, a little length goes a long way.
Bebe Tonks
Sometimes it’s not the resolution that matters. It’s not the sharpness in the center of the lens. It’s not the color rendition or the cleanness of the noise. It’s the fact that you got the photo at all. This is Tonks. Baby of Smeagol and Bellatrix of the Denver Zoo. Aye-Ayes are nocturnal, so theirContinue reading “Bebe Tonks”
Tern around
The Denver Zoo has two places that you really want to go when it’s very cold or very hot out: Bird World and Tropical Discovery. This day was very cold, so I was hanging out in the former. The third large room of Bird World is home to their sloths, which makes it quite aContinue reading “Tern around”
Not Meerly a Kat.
Meerkat is a weird word etymologically speaking. Anything else I would have to say would be meerly (ha!) copying the Wikipedia Etymology entry. Besides that, I just like this portrait.
The Photo That got Me Into Zoo photography
Meet Salem. She lives in a part of the Denver Zoo that’s far too often ignored. In a nicely-sized, shady, behind a building habitat, the people who do see her tend to make jokes about turkey dinner rather than appreciate the blue in her neck and the sentience in her eyes. I, however, fell inContinue reading “The Photo That got Me Into Zoo photography”
Carcass Day!
Any time I stop by the Denver Zoo, I run by the volunteer center (one of the perks of volunteering!) and check the event board. There are two words that always bring joy to my heart: Carcass Day. As part of the enrichment of the animals at the zoo, they’ll often get a chance toContinue reading “Carcass Day!”
It’s a Jungle Sometimes it Makes me Wonder
My usual goal in zoological portraiture is to try to keep the environment in the photo looking as close to the animal’s natural habitat as possible. And unless you’re in some sort of post-apocalyptic movie, an urban center is not where most of these guys live. Still, sometimes the “zoo” shot is the one youContinue reading “It’s a Jungle Sometimes it Makes me Wonder”
Otterly Beautiful
Around the middle of last year, I moved into a new apartment. There was a particular wall where I needed some portrait oriented art and I just didn’t really have any. So what does a photographer do? Make their own! I gave myself a rule that day: I was not allowed to shoot in landscapeContinue reading “Otterly Beautiful”
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