Buy a Print. Had the plan to hit up Arsenal for sunset after an offsite meeting. It was pouring rain at the restaurant and was almost enough to make me call it and go home. Glad I didn’t. One of the first trees in had the unmistakable silhouette of a hawk perched upon it. TheContinue reading “Twilight’s Last gleaming”
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They Grow Up So Fast
Kamchatka, the most recent of only 14 baby Steller’s Sea Eagles to be hatched in AZA zoos in the last decade, was born on March 10th of this year. That means she’s just over six months old. They grow up so fast. This much less good picture is what she looked like at one monthContinue reading “They Grow Up So Fast”
The Best Set of Eyes
Buy a print here. One thing that is really easy to pick out as a photographer is another photographer. You see a guy with a monopod, that black and gold nikon neckstrap, and the Sigma version of your lens, pointing it at a far off tree, it’s probably worth a stop. Using their eyes insteadContinue reading “The Best Set of Eyes”
Terns in Flight
Didn’t really want to haul the 150-600 or the backpack around today, so I hit the zoo with a simple kit: the d700, and the Tamron 70-200. It was a little toasty outside, one of those days where the mock-jungle of Bird World feels *less* hot and humid than Denver’s mountain air. I’ve been tryingContinue reading “Terns in Flight”
Big Zoom, Big Character
I love this portrait. I love the character you can see in the macaw. I love the detail the Tamron lens brings out. And I love the experience I had meeting this guy at Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo. But what I love just as much as any of that is how easy it is toContinue reading “Big Zoom, Big Character”
Splish Splash
I have an aunt who is obsessed with flamingos. She was the kind of person who filled her yard in the 90s with the plastic variety. I knew them mostly for their smell. Because they congregate in rather large flocks, their pools tend to get a little smelly even before you toss in the bucketsContinue reading “Splish Splash”
Flies in Flight
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”
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.
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”
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”
The Zootographer 