exploring nature’s infinite connections
It has been quite awhile since I have encountered a porcupine. This guy just happened to be right in the middle of the path I was taking looking for wildflowers just west of Mackinac City in Northern Michigan. It was a morning when I wanted to hike light and...
Hard to believe I didn't introduce this big guy to you folks sooner. Obviously from my bear trip last fall, but this particular bear made quite an impression for obvious reasons. Not only was this male boar huge, but the scar across his nose gave him, well to put...
Bear and river, Kinak Bay, Katmai National Park, Alaska Hard to believe months have already gone by and I am still digging out favorites from my trip to Katmai National Park in Alaska. Bears are such amazing animals, I still feel quite privileged to have had the...
As we enter a new decade, I am sure it will bring just as many revolutionary changes in the technology of photography, as well as in my own development as a photographer as the previous one. Photography has so many facets now beyond the photographer, camera, and...
Yes, another bear photo! 🙂 This image communicates something entirely different than my previous one on bear claws, but they still attract attention eh? This is "Mom" brown bear taking a little time away from the kids for some maintenance of those claws - a...
Processing bear photos continues.... I thought this was an interesting portrait in how you do not see the bear's eyes, but my attention is drawn almost immediately to the claws. I wondered if this was an instinctual reaction to a threat. Similar to the way people...
What??!! A week has gone by and I haven't posted about any bears? 🙂 Well, this post certainly breaks that bad streak. Of course I am still editing and processing images from Alaska. This particular image has a lot of qualities that I like about it....
I suppose it is only natural that one feels quite small when in some place with so many grand features as Alaska. You can get these feelings pretty much no matter where you are at however. Just look up into a star filled sky or even that large tree in the...
Well, it is good to know some animals show genuine concern for the welfare of wildlife photographers. Those long days in the field, traveling to remote regions with so many weight limits imposed that there is little room left for food. Take note - you may not go...