2011 Monthly Competition Winners

Subject
Lesser Flamingos

Location
Lake Naivasha, Kenya

Description
A flock of lesser flamingos appear to be galloping across the water surface as they gather momentum to fly. Lake Naivasha Kenya, Africa.

Subject
Gadwall Duck takes off in mist

Location
Pond outside Jackson, WY

Description
I was photographing swans on a pond that had mist rising off of it one morning, but once they got out of my range I turned my attention to some ducks that were closer. I was fortunate to have my focus locked on this duck as he started running across the water to take flight.

Subject
Leopard Climbing a Tree

Location
Masai Mara Game Preserve

Description
A leopard climbs up a tree to escape the deadly chase from a group of hyenas in the Masai Mara Game Reserve, Kenya, Africa

Subject
Bull Moose sniffing the air

Location
Teton National Park

Description
We were camping in the Tetons in late September when the moose were in rut. Several mornings we saw the bull moose following the cow. He would raise his head and sniff the air to find the cow.

Location
Homer, Alaska, USA

Location
Serengeti,Tanzania

Location
Lake Manyara, Tanzania

Subject
Balanced Rock in Arches NP at night time

Location
Arches NP

Description
Night time image of Balanced rock in Arches NP. The rocks were lit by cars coming out of the park.

Subject
Sunrise

Location
Capital Reef NP, Utah

Subject
red Sandstone

Location
Near The Wave, Arizona

Description
While visiting The Wave, we took many pictures of the Sandstone formations around The Wave

Subject
leaves

Location
Labrador Hollow State Wildlife Preserve, New York

Description
A sliver of sunlight illuminates leaves in a dark forest. Multi-frame mosaic.

Location
Peru Creek, Colorado

Subject
Shaking Brown Bear

Location
Grizzly and Wolf Center, West Yellowstone, MT

Description
Photographing animals shaking off water is one of my favorites! I love the energy that the water adds to the scene. When this big brown bear came out of her pond I was delighted that she decided to shake.

Subject
Fawn and Skunk

Location
Central Minnesota

Subject
Red-Tailed Hawk

Location
South of Boulder

Description
Karma a well trained Red-Tail Hawk

Subject
Smew Drake

Location
San Diego Zoo, California

Description
The Smew, a type of Merganser, is an Artic duck. It's markings cause some to call it the "White Nun". I photographed this drake at a waterfowl pond at the San Diego Zoo on a very bright day.

Location
Oregan Aquarium

Subject
Black Tailed Prairie Dog

Location
Boulder, CO

Description
A black tailed prairie dog calling in the snow.

Subject
Polar bear

Location
Churchill Manitoba Canada

Subject
Bison Bull

Location
Yellowstone National Park

Description
Taken during my spring tour to the Tetons and Yellowstone of a skylined bison bull displaying dominance behavior.

Subject
Swift Fox

Location
Kiowa, Colorado

Subject
Reflected Aspen Trees

Location
Rowdy Lake, Big Cimarron Valley, CO

Description
Reflected aspens in Rowdy Lake flipped upside down create an impressionistic image.

Subject
Sand Dunes

Location
White Sands, NM

Description
Rippled sand dunes converted to high contrast black and white.

Location
Theodore Roosevelt National Park, North Dakota

Description
I made this image shortly after the sun crested the horizon and cast its wonderful warm glow on the formations in the foreground.

Subject
Harris' Hawk

Location
Sandstone Park, Longmont, Colorado

Subject
A Grey Gyrfalcon leaving the fist

Location
Farson, Wyoming

Description
A Grey Gyrfalcon leaving the fist on his first hunt for grouse in Wyoming.

Subject
baby duck

Location
Belmar park, lakewood, CO

Description
Lying on my stomach for a low perspective. Canon 1D mark $ + 300 mm f/2.8 lens + 1.4x TC, 1/500 second, f/9, ISO 400

Location
Loveland Pass

Description
After a stretch, the yawn made this pika look quite fierce.

Subject
Roseate spoonbill take off

Location
Florida

Description
Although the conch shell was in the photograph naturally (not placed), it was moved to the right in the image to provide more balance.

Subject
Young Bull Elk Pair

Location
Rocky Mountian National Park

Description
The weather became cooler and the young bull elk began to test their strength by challenging each other.

Subject
American Bison

Location
Grand Teton National Park

Subject
Bull moose rubbing on cow

Location
Teton NP, WY

Description
WE watched this bull and cow "court" each other for more than 30 minutes, then he walked into the willows and laid down.

Subject
Sandhill Cranes in Grass

Location
Bosque del Apache

Description
Sandhill Crane watching for predators in grass area at Bosque del Apache.

Subject
Sunset

Location
San Clemente, CA

Location
Mt. Evans, Colorado

Subject
Meas Arch

Location
Canyonlands National Park

Description
2 frame mosaic of 4x5 images on Fuji Velvia.

Location
Rocky Mountain National Park

Description
HDR, 3 exposure using Photomatix

Subject
Wild Geranium

Location
Washington Gulch Road near Crested Butte, Colorado

Subject
Waterfall

Location
Grand Canyon

Subject
Desert Bighorn Sheep

Location
Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum

Description
Slight crop,background darken,individual color channel saturation

Subject
Flower

Description
Flipped flower horizontal. Then I masked the flower and used the distort swirl filter and repeated it twice. Used Nik software Brilliance and warmth and sharpener.

Subject
Sandhill Crane

Location
Bosque del Apache

Description
Sandhill Crane with morning light glowing on wings. Bosque del Apache. Moon was brought in from a different photo.

Subject
Bee on Flower

Location
Hudson Gardens

Description
Close up of bee extracting nectar from a flower. Shot with two flashes using the commander mode of my pop up flash to trigger two SB600's.

Subject
Western Grebe

Location
Severance, Colorado

Subject
Ferruginous Hawk

Location
Weld County, Colorado

Subject
Avocet in Silhouette

Location
Kountze Lake

Description
Backlit avocet in silhouette at sunrise at Kountze Lake in Belmar Park.

Subject
Raindrops

Location
Near Owl Creek Pass, CO

Description
Life size plus macro photo of raindrops on an aspen leaf reflect the trees above.

Location
Near Springbok, South Africa

Description
Several quiver trees or kokerbooms (Aloe dichotoma) after sunset.

Subject
Rainbow and mammatus clouds in Hayden Valley

Location
Yellowstone

Description
Clearing storm with rainbow and mammatus clouds reflected in still water in Hayden Valley in Yellowstone

Description
Road side weed gone to seed; altered in Custom Filter & color altered with color temperature slider.

Description
Light painted seed pod. Added color gradient layer and enhanced details.

Subject
Collared Sunbird on Aloe Plant Flower

Location
Kruger National Park, South Africa

Description
Sunbirds love sucking the nectar from Marloth Aloe Plants. This photo was taken at one of the rest camps within Kruger, but was not a set up.

Subject
Brown Bears

Location
Hallo Bay in Katmai National Park, Alaska

Description
The sow was catching salmon for herself and her cub in a small inlet that had become landlocked at low tide.

Subject
African Lioness with Cubs

Location
Serengeti National Park, Tanzania

Description
Lucky for me, a large pride of lions took an afternoon break on a grassy mound close to my vehicle.

Subject
Swift Fox

Location
Pawnee National Grasslands

Location
Our backyard in Denver, Colorado, USA

Subject
Cheetah's

Location
Serengeti, Tanzania

Location
Our backyard in Denver, Colorado, USA

Subject
Reef in Raja Ampat

Location
Raja Ampat-Indonesia

Subject
Wildflowers

Location
Beaver Brook Trail, Genesee, CO

Subject
Wild Flowers

Location
Mayflower Gulch

Description
HDR, 3 exposures, processed in Photomatix.

Subject
Colorado Columbine

Location
Washington Gulch Road near Crested Butte, Colorado

Subject
Dall Sheep Ram and Kid

Location
Denver Zoo

Description
My friend and I watched the young dall sheep lambs at the Denver Zoo climb all over thier parents backs. The ram seemed to take the brunt of their antics without complaint.

Subject
Sumatran Orangutan

Location
Cheyenne Mountain Zoo

Description
Working without flash, I was able to capture this young orangutan through the glass window of his indoor enclosure.

Subject
Lesser Prairie Chickens

Location
SE New Mexico

Description
Lesser Prairie Chickens battling on the Lek in April.

Subject
American Avocets

Location
Broomfield, Colorado

Subject
Oxpecker and Cape Buffalo

Location
Imfolozi Game Reserve, South Africa

Description
A red-billed oxpecker (Buphagus erythrorhynchus) on a cape buffalo (Syncerus caffer).

Subject
Sitting Marmot

Location
Mt. Evans, CO

Description
We watched this marmot bring grasses for her winter shelter and play with her offspring, when she took this sitting pose.

Subject
East River sky reflection

Location
Crested Butte

Description
This was part of a study I did on the East River to capture the sky reflection just before sunset. I love the stark contrast between the lush marsh vegetation and the reflected blue sky.

Location
Glacier National Park, Montana, USA

Description
A high-altitude meadow of alpine wildflowers leads to a seasonal tarn reflecting Piegan Mountain.

Location
Inland passage - Alaska

Subject
Lesser Flamingo

Location
San Diego Zoo

Subject
Swift Fox cub at sunset

Location
Karval, CO

Description
After most of the cubs and the parents are in the den or out hunting, one cub would often stay above ground just a bit longer.

Subject
Female Moose

Location
Long Draw Road, Poudre River Canyon

Description
The moose seemed to be as interested in seeing us as we were of her. Take at the end of July, the day after Long Draw Road opened this year.

Subject
Beaver Kit with Aspen

Location
Estes Park, Colorado

Description
One of four young beaver kits quickly swims away from his siblings to enjoy an evening meal in solitude.

Subject
Impalas

Location
Serengeti, Tanzania

Location
Our back yard in Denver, Colorado, USA

Description
(The orange stripe around the body is not visible in this photo.)

Location
Misty Fjord, AK

Location
Neets Bay, AK

Location
Mayflower Gulch

Description
Wildflowers at their peak in Mayflower Gulch.

Subject
Sunset in the Serengeti

Location
Serengeti National Park, Tanzania

Description
Western Corridor in the Serengeti National Park.

Location
Havasupai Indian Reservation, Arizona

Location
San Antonio, TX

Description
I was attracted to the play of light and how the shadows from another frond were being cast on this one in different directions.

Subject
S-T Flycatcher with bug in beak

Location
Texas

Description
Simplified, applied various filters, cleaned up, sharpened, used several software packages.

Subject
Great Egret at Dawn

Location
Essex marsh, Essex, Massachusetts

Description
A great egret wings its way across Essex marsh in early dawn light at high tide looking for its next fish meal/

Subject
Wood Duck Babies

Location
Ketring Park

Description
I worked a few different wood duck families this spring at Ketring Park in Littleton. These two were about a week old and like all wood duck babies, rarely sat still. It was a special moment when the depicted action unfolded.

Subject
Cormorant

Location
Everglades, FL

Description
Cormorant was resting next to a stream, allowed to take picture from 10 feet.

Subject
Elk

Location
Trail Ridge Road, Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado

Location
Coeur d'Alene National Forest, Idaho Panhandle National Forests, Idaho

Description
This image was made with my Canon 24mm tilt-shift lens. I used the shift motion to look up while keeping the camera straight up and down to avoid keystoning, and I used the tilt motion to align the plane of focus from the moss-covered rock in the foreground to the top of the falls. I used a polarizer to reduce the reflections off of the wet foliage. It was dark enough that I had a 15-second exposure at f11 without using a neutral density filter.

Subject
Mountain pond reflections

Location
Paradise Pass near Crested Butte, CO

Subject
Sunset colors over sand dunes

Location
White Sands National Monument, NM

Subject
Moose (Alces alces) calf

Location
Roosevelt National Forest, Colorado

Description
I converted the original color image into black-and-white and then leaned heavily on the contrast, through a curves layer, to bring out the highlights and send the rest of the image to nearly black.

Subject
Wild Horses running across a ridgeline

Location
Black Hills, SD

Description
A composite image of silouetted running horses placed over an image of sunset clouds near our home.

Subject
leopard

Location
Ngorongoro Conservation Area woodlands near Ndutu, Tanzania

Description
I spent an astounding sunrise with this leopard one morning.

Canon 5D Mark II camera, Canon 500 mm f/4 L IS lens plus a 1.4x teleconverter giving 700 mm at f/5.6. Exposure: 1/1250 second at ISO 400, f/5.6.

Subject
Fox

Location
Prospect Park, Denver CO

Subject
American Avocet

Location
San Juaquin in California

Description
Evening light Avocet coming in for a landing on the water; cropped

Subject
Loon and chick

Location
Knowles Pond, Northfield, New Hampshire

Description
A two week old loon chick takes a lazy morning ride on the back of mother loon.

Subject
Marmot

Location
Rocky Mountain National Park, Rock Cut

Description
This Marmot just sat there barking at something. He must have kept this up for five or ten minutes.

Location
Belmar Park, Lakewood, Colorado, USA

Subject
White Sands Dunes

Location
White Sands National Monument

Subject
Backlit Indian Paintbrush

Location
Rocky Mountain National Park

Subject
Mesa Arch

Location
Moab

Description
Winter sunrise at Mesa Arch in Moab. HDR, 3 Exposure, 0, +1, -1. Blended in Photomatix and touched up in Photoshop.

Subject
Indian Paintbrush

Location
Near Lake George, Colorado

Subject
Mount Moran

Location
Grand Tetons National Park - Oxbo Bend

Description
I took this during sunset in the spring of 2011 from the parking lot at Oxbo Bend. I liked how the light, color and clouds all came together.

Subject
Grizzly Bear shaking off water

Location
Denver Zoo

Description
Tundra, the female grizzly at the Denver zoo shakes off water after swimming

Subject
Butterfly

Location
Butterfly Pavilion, Westminster CO

Description
Canon 7D camera, pop-up flash, 100-400mm lens, handheld.

Subject
Greater Flamingo napping in the sunshine

Location
Kansas City Zoo, Kansas City, MO

Description
During late March, 2011, many animals sought out the sun to laze around in. This flamingo was quite content, balanced on one leg.

Subject
Osprey landing on nest platform

Location
Near Sarasota, Florida

Description
A male osprey bringing in nesting material as the female seems unaware.

Subject
Red Fox

Location
Prospect Park, Wheat Ridge, Colorado

Subject
Coyote (Canis latrans) with a Northern pintail duck (Anas acuta)

Location
Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, New Mexico

Description
The coyote was still wet from having entered the water, evidently. (We did not see the actual hunt.)

Subject
Moose

Location
Kawuneeche Valley, Rocky Mountain National Park

Location
Shrine Pass

Location
Gallatin National Forest, Montana

Description
Taken at a raptor rehabilitation center in Utah.

Subject
A falconer's white gyrfalcon in flight

Location
Longmont, Colorado

Description
This was the gyrfalcons training flight before a real hunt.

Location
San Joaquin wildlife sanctuary - California

Subject
Mustang stallion rears up in a confrontation with another stallion

Location
Steens Mountains, Oregon

Description
This Mustang stallion got in a mock fight with another stallion in a show of bravado. Neither stallion actually had any mares. This herd resides in the Steens Mountains in Eastern Oregon. Converted to sepia in photoshop.

Location
Serengeti, Tanzania

Description
Another amazing sunrise in the central Serengeti. This image was a little before sunrise and the storks and baboons in the tree were all watching the unfolding scene.
Canon 1D Mark IV 16-megapixel camera, 300 mm f/2.8 L IS + 1.4x TC giving 420.0 mm. This is a crop from a 15-frame mosaic with each frame at f/8.0, 1/800 sec, ISO 100, manual exposure. The mosaic took 46 seconds to make, with the lens on a beanbag.

Subject
Say's Phoebe

Location
Red Rocks Park,Colorado

Subject
Eared Grebe

Location
Kettring Park

Description
Eared Grebe at sunrise.

Subject
Green River Overlook

Location
Moab

Description
HDR, 5 exposure, -2, -1, 0, +1, +2 blended in Photomatix. Touched up in Photoshop.

Subject
Mariposa Lily

Location
Near Lake George, Colorado

Subject
Sunrise

Location
Serengeti, Tanzania

Description
Another beautiful sunrise on the Serengeti.
Canon EOS-1D Mark IV 16 megapixel camera, 300 mm f/2.8 L IS lens + 1.4x TC = 420 mm. Exposure: 1/8000 second at f/22, ISO 200. Manual exposure. Using a bean bag.

Subject
New snowfall in Moab near Schaefer Trail Head

Location
Moab

Description
HDR image, 3 exposure, 0, +1, -1. Blended in Photomatix and touched up in Photoshop.

Subject
Turret Arch

Location
Arches National Park

Description
Taken at Arches National Park in the Windows area. It was a morning shot prior to the sun rising.

Subject
Solarized Water Lilly

Location
Denver Park

Description
I converted the photo of a white water lilly by using the Nik Solarization filter.

Subject
Eagle

Location
Yellowstone National Park

Description
I took this shot of the eagle last September in Yellowstone. This winter when I was housebound by the snow and cold I was checking out some photoshop techniques online. They used layered blend modes with light to change the effect of the image. That gave me the idea to use a candle flame layer over the eagle, use the darken blend mode and reduce the opacity.

Subject
Lioness and Cubs

Location
Ndutu, Tanzania

Subject
Mountain zebras

Location
Mountain Zebra National Park, South Africa, Africa

Description
Two Cape mountain zebra (Equus zebra zebra) fight. The species is listed as threatened on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species at iucnredlist.org.

Location
Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa

Location
Yellowstone National Park, WY

Location
Aruba

Subject
Waterfall and fall foliage

Location
Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, Utah, USA

Description
The fall foliage was at its peak for our hike to the Lower Calf Creek Falls.

Subject
Mud curls left by receding water

Location
Colorado River in Grand Canyon National Park

Subject
Wild Horses

Description
I just used a filter in PS5 and click click.

Subject
Wild Mt. Gorilla mother and 1-month-old baby

Location
Volcanoes National Park, Rwanda

Description
A wild mt. gorilla mother is lovingly grooming her 1-month-old baby.

Subject
One-Horned Rhinoceros, Chitwan Jungle National Park, Nepal

Description
One-horned rhinoceroses are listed as vulnerable and exis in the wild only in a few locations in Northern India and Southern Nepal. They are as large as the African black rhino. Four days of searching the jungle finally gave us this view.

Subject
Female Blue Dacnis

Location
La Selva Biological Station, Costa Rica

Subject
Male wood duck

Location
Sterne Park Lake

Description
This male wood duck was in state of high anxiety. competing with Canada Geese for bread somebody threw into the water.

Subject
Female lion

Location
Serengeti, Tanzania

Description
This is as low as I could get! Photographed with a 300 mm lens.
A rare opportunity to photograph a lion up close with the sky as the background. The lion was watching her cubs.

Subject
Wild Mt. Gorilla

Location
Volcanoes National Park, Rwanda

Description
Male Silverback--wild mt. gorilla--snacks on foliage in a dense jungle in Volcanoes National Park, Rwanda.

Subject
Snow faced Bison

Location
Yellowstone National Park

Subject
Totem Pole Monument

Location
Monument Valley

Description
The Totem Pole monument stands tall in Monument Valley, Utah with sand wrinkles and Roadrunner tracks in the foreground.

Subject
Garden of the Gods Sunset

Location
Colorado Springs

Description
HDR image, 3 exposures, 0, +1, -1, processed in Photomatix.

Subject
Acacia trees and stars

Location
Tanzania

Description
30-second exposure with 20mm f/2.8 lens on a 2DII. Trees lit by cabin porch lights at Ndutu. View is to the north over lake Ndutu and the Serengeti.

Subject
Cherry Creek

Location
Castlewood Canyon State Park

Description
This sunset was taken in November.

Subject
Grizzly Bear

Location
Denver Zoo

Description
Female Grizzly Bear crosses her paws and seems to contemplate life

Subject
Arctic Fox

Location
Denver Zoo

Description
An arctic fox sleeps in a curled up position

Subject
Male western lowland gorilla

Location
Denver Zoo

Description
This gorilla was upset with my intrusion into his world. While I was turned away, he threw grass at me, startling other visitors.

Subject
Common Checkered Skipper (Pyrgus communis) on zinnia flower

Description
This is a skipper butterfly that I found as an egg and raised last year.

Subject
Elephant trunk

Location
Addo Elephant National Park, South Africa, Africa

Description
An African elephant (Loxodonta africana) trunk, at a waterhole. The species is listed as vulnerable on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species at iucnredlist.org.

Subject
Lilac-breasted Roller

Location
Tarangire National Park, Tanzania

Subject
African Lion

Location
Ndutu, Tanzania

Description
This older lioness was resting after the morning rain when three cubs belonging to another lioness came running out of the tall wet grass. After playing amongst themselves for a while, this cub wanted to jump on the older lioness but she wasn't having any of it. The cub did not want to give up, though, and continued to bother her till she growled at him and he finally went off to join his siblings.

Subject
Grand Teton Reflection

Location
Grand Teton NP

Description
Taken last spring on the last day of my tour to Tetons and Yellowstone.

Subject
Fall color in the canyon

Location
Zion National Park, Utah, USA

Description
A trickle of water falls over an "enchanting" area in Zion.

Subject
Aspen Boles

Location
Manti-La Sal National Forest, Utah

Description
A detail shot in a grove of the largest aspen trees I have ever seen near Moab, UT. Some trees are 4 feet in diameter! Sadly, between the first time I visited in 2003 and last year, some disrespectful humans carved their names in the largest trees and trashed the area! So Very Sad!

Subject
Gorilla

Location
Denver Zoo

Description
Taken while leading one of my Digital Photo Academy classes to the Denver Zoo to teach flash techniques and how to photograph the animals in the enclosures.

Location
Hidalgo County, New Mexico, USA

Description
A big brown bat (Eptesicus fuscus) in flight. A Phototrap device was used to trigger the flashes.

Subject
Polar Bear Hunting For Food

Location
Cape Churchill Canada

Subject
Green Heron

Location
Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge

Description
See Above

Subject
Ducks on the water at sunset

Location
Pond in Albuquerque, NM

Description
These ducks were swimming around the park looking for food and I thought made a good sunset shot.

Location
Cape St Mary, Newfoundland

Subject
Mallard Duck chasing another Mallard Duck

Location
Ketring Park, Littleton, CO

Description
I enrolled in Russ' Digital Photo Academy Advanced Nature class. We went to Ketring Park for the "in the field" portion of the class. All morning I felt like I was a day late and a dollar short. By the time I saw the action and was able to focus on it the shot was gone. I was pleasantly surprised when I got home and found I actually did get a good shot.

Location
Tohono Park, Tucson, Arizona, USA

Subject
Details of a barrel cactus

Location
Biopark in Albuquerque NM

Description
I thought the shape of this cactus was cool and using a flash was able to make the background black

Subject
Water Fall

Location
Columbia Rver Gorge

Description
Approx 2-3 milhie to falls

Subject
Green River Overlook

Location
Canyonlands, Utah

Subject
Red Rocks Lake

Location
Brainard Lake Recreation Area

Description
Sunset at Red Rocks Lake. 3 exposure HDR 0, -2, +2. Combined using Photomatix. ISO 800, 1/60 at f4, 16mm.

Subject
See above

Location
South Padre Island, Texas

Description
Original straight photo sharpened, coloration added to eye and skin tones, then used dry brush artistic filter

Subject
Male Lion starring away

Location
Denver Zoo

Description
This male lion was starring off into space when I took the picture, then I applied a Nik filter to the image.

Subject
Mountain Goat Kid jumping off rocks

Location
Mount Evans Colorado

Description
In January when the temperature was below zero for a week I couldn't get out to shoot so I pulled out our Photoshop Elements reference book and started going through different techniques. Another member of the club had used this technique previously and I was so excited to find how to do it.

Subject
Common Astor with a colored pencil rendering

Location
Yankee Boy Basin

Description
Straight Common Astor fixed with a colored pencil layer on top with the center visible.

Subject
Northern Harriers

Location
Weld County, Colorado

Subject
Variable Sunbird

Location
Farmhouse Lodge near Ngorogoro Crater

Description
The sunbird was sitting in a group of flowers that are planted at the lodge. Not a setup.

Subject
King Penguins

Location
South Georgia

Description
King Penguins thread their way through a gauntlet of Antarctic Fur Seals at Right Whale Bay, South Georgia.

Subject
Three Sandhill Cranes in a pond at sunset.

Location
Bosque Del Apache NWR

Description
In Bosque with Russ Burden, I photographed these tree sandhill cranes in the reflected golden light of sunset.

Subject
African Lion

Location
Ndutu, Tanzania

Subject
Sand Dunes and Yucca

Location
White Sands National Monument, NM

Subject
geyser

Location
Black Rock Desert, Nevada

Subject
Bandon Beach light painting

Location
Bandon Oregon

Description
Light painting of the rocks jsut after sunset

Location
Lower Antelope Canyon

Description
Log caught high above ground level deep in the canyon. Mute testimony to the power of periodic floods through the canyons.

Description
Corona from waterdrop

Location
Galapagos

Description
Close up of Land Iguana's eye; image was cropped, over-sharpened, and finished with a liquify filter.

Subject
Battling mustang stallions

Location
South Steens Mountains, Oregon

Description
Two mustang stallions battle for breeding rights of mares in the early summer

Subject
Snail Kite

Location
Central Florida

Description
A snail kite flying with a snail

Subject
Bee climbing on a flower

Location
My front yard

Description
These bees were everywhere around our yard last year and I was able to catch a few good shots....they don't sit still very long

Subject
American Kestrel with Prey

Location
Suisun Marsh, Northern California

Description
A lovely male Kestral finds a spot close to my camera while eating his morning snack.

Subject
Bald Eagle

Location
Homer Alaska

Description
Sitting in back of open SUV, eagle landed about 10 feet away for head shot. Taken early in morning.

Subject
Great Horned Owl

Location
Pawnee Grasslands

Description
A male Great Horned Owl calling just before sunset.

Subject
African Elephants

Location
Chobe National Park, Botswana

Description
Elephant family coming to the river to drink.

Subject
Rainbow at sunset

Location
West of Ridgway, Colorado

Description
35 mm Fujichrome Velvia slide, drum scanned.

Subject
Mineral-stained rock face

Location
Palatki Ruins, Sedona, AZ

Description
This stained rock was an anomaly among the petrographs and ancient cliff ruins.

Subject
Sunrise

Location
Yellowstone

Subject
Tree on hill

Location
Woodland Park, CO

Description
A tree on the side of a cutout for the road near Woodland Park, the tree is only 2-3 foot tall and the erosion on the side of the hill made for an interesting shot that could have been taken out somewhere more remote.

Subject
White Sands Dunes

Location
White Sands National Monument

Description
Early morning at the Dunes

Subject
Antelope Canyon

Location
Page, Utah

Description
Multiple lightbeams spike down through the arid air in lower antelope canyon creating a dramatic effect that lasts only seconds in Page, Arizona.

Subject
Rattlesnake

Location
Rio Grande Valley, Texas

Description
Rancher captured rattler and "posed" the snake for photographers.

Subject
Aplomado Falcon

Location
Florida

Description
A Falconer's bird flying just before sunset in eastern florida.

Subject
Giant Panda Cub with Bamboo

Location
San Diego Zoo, California

Description
Four month old Yun Zi tries one of his first tastes of bamboo. Though he will nurse until he is approximately nine months old, Yun Zi is very invested in doing everything his mother does.

Subject
Unidentified Monkey

Location
Denver Zoo

Description
Photo taken July 24, 2008

Subject
White Tiger

Location
Singapore Zoo, September, 2008

Description
The white tiger exhibit in the Singapore zoo is quite special. This cat was about to jump in the cool, refreshing water.

Nikon D70, Nikor 80-400 lens, ISO 400, f5.6 1/640 sec, fl=400, cropped

Subject
Polar Bear walking with cub

Location
South Churchill, Manitoba

Description
Watching the cubs coming out of the dens with their mothers and experiencing the real world. Minus 37 even though it looks sunny and warm

Location
Mt Evans

Subject
Sandhill Crane (Grus canadensis)

Location
Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, New Mexico, USA

Description
I was drawn to the tree and sandhill cranes in the backlit fog. As I was waiting for the cranes to get in the proper orientation, another group of sandhills took off and I captured one flying low through my frame.

Subject
Swift fox vixen and kit

Location
Pawnee National Grassland, Colorado, USA

Description
A swift fox (Vulpes velox) vixen grooms her kit. The kit was one of four in the litter. We spent many days with the family and got to observe and photograph them through different stages.

Subject
Sandhill Cranes

Location
Bosque del Apache, New Mexico

Location
Bisti Wilderness, New Mexico, USA

Description
After several attempts, the clouds finally lit up at sunset over The Wings.

Subject
Sea stacks at dusk

Location
Oregon Coast

Description
This image was made during my 2010 tour to the Oregon coast at the last light of the day.

Subject
Delicate Arch at Sunset

Location
Arches NP, UT

Subject
Aleutian Range

Location
Alaska

Description
I was on a sand bar setting up when the sow and cub strollled into picture.

Subject
Fawns in the flowers

Location
The illgs Babies trip-Minnesota

Description
Letting these fawns run and trying to get them in focus and not the flowers is a challenge. Well worthwhile trip for those that have not been.

Subject
Gray wolves (Canis lupus)

Description
Two male gray wolves interact with a female. These are captive animals. It was snowing and light levels were quite low, making it a challenge to photograph the animals.

Subject
Ferruginuos Hawk and Cottontail

Location
Dodge City, Kansas

Description
This Ferruginous Hawk is a falconer's bird and he was hunting with it at the National Falconry meet in Kansas.

Subject
Female Cardinal Bathing

Location
Rio Grande Valley, Texas

Subject
Silhouettes of Sandhill Cranes and Snow Geese.

Location
Bosque del Apache

Description
Sandhill Cranes and Snow Geese about to take-off.

Location
Red Rocks Park, Colorado, USA

Description
This nuthatch had just finished wedging a sunflower seed from a nearby feeder into a crevice in the bark.

Location
Chilkat River, Alaska

Description
It's hard to know who was more surprised by my appearance - me or the eagle. Two quick shots, and she was gone. 200mm lens with a 1.4x converter, full open at f/4.

Subject
Nanny Mountain Goat with Kids

Location
Mt. Evans

Subject
Black-faced Grosbeak

Location
La Selva Biological Station, Costa Rica

Subject
Wildlife

Location
Falkland Islands

Description
King Penguins

Location
Yellowstone National Park

Subject
Red leaf on a log with snow

Location
My backyard

Description
Found this leaf laying on a log with a little snow still left as the sun was melting it all away

Location
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Subject
Thor's Hammer

Location
Bryce Canyon, Utah

Description
The clouds open up to highlight Thor's hammer at Bryce Canyon.

Subject
6 month old lion cub

Location
Ngorongoro Crater

Description
Portrait of cub using Silver Efex Pro. Cropped, shot with Nikon D70 ISO 400, Lens 70-300 at 300mm, F5.6 160/sec March, 2009

Subject
Tiger swallowtail Butterfly on B&W Background

Location
Northwest Elbert County, Colorado

Description
I loved this image of the Tiger Swallowtail Butterfly but was afraid the background would be too distracting so I converted the background to black & white and added a vignette effect.

Subject
Bighorn Ram

Location
Georgetown, Colorado, USA

Description
Background was masked by a solid black layer. Coloration was added with Hue/Saturation layers.

Apologies to the late Luis Jimenez, sculptor of the blue Mustang statue at DIA.

Subject
(a road too far)

Location
Castle Creek Road - if done by Apollo 11

Description
Just having some fun merging a couple of my favorite interests - Colorado and the Apollo Space Program in the 1960's.

Subject
Polar bear pair

Location
Churchill, Manitoba Canada

Subject
Great Blue Herons

Location
Southern Florida

Description
Taken in February in southern Florida at a time when the great blues are nesting. These two babies are fairly mature and were quite active.

Subject
CARDINAL

Location
Elephant Rock Arizona

Description
Cardinals and many other birds were very active this day. Elephant rock is located south of Tucson.

Location
Wapusk National Park, Canada

Subject
Mountain Goat Kid

Location
Mt. Evans

Subject
Aurora lights with lighted tent

Location
Wapusk Natl Park

Description
1 in the morning, at minus 42 as the Aurora Borealis lights moved across the sky.

Subject
Antelope Canyon

Location
Antelope Canyon near Page, AZ

Description
The light in the Slot Canyons is magical. I chose this composition as I liked the smoothness of the rocks, the warm glow of the bounce light, and the way all the elements came together.

Subject
Monument Valley

Location
Monument Valley from Hunts Mesa

Description
On top of Hunts Mesa waiting for the sun to set.

Subject
Canyonlands National Park, Utah

Description
HDR of two images taken Thankgiving weekend this year

Subject
Fall foliage and a reflecting lake

Location
Fishlake National Forest of Utah, near Capitol Reef Nat'l Park

Description
I used a free plug-in called Pixel Bender. It is from Adobe and works with Photoshop CS5. The plug-in has a customizable interface to do oil paintings and other special effects. I like the smoothing and curls that Pixel Bender adds to foliage.

Subject
Gentoo Penguins

Location
Falkland Islands

Description
I cloned the middle Penguin four times and positioned them in a chorus line. I then cloned the reflection of the middle Penguin again to make all reflections uniform. Someone told me they were the "Rockwets"!