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  • MAD DASH

    MAD DASH

  • SPRING WALTZ

    SPRING WALTZ

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  • NEED FOR SPEED

    NEED FOR SPEED

  • TIME OUT

    TIME OUT

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  • TANGLED

    TANGLED

    I missed it.

    It was a challenge to follow the moose as she moved across the meadow drifting in and out of clear view. The tangles of branches kept grabbing the focus and I had to keep shifting positions in deep snow to stay alongside her. Eventually she moved so deep into the woods that I had to let her go.

    I was hoping for something more interesting than just a cow in the snow, but other than a few peek-a-boo poses from scattered clearings I didn’t think I’d gotten any good photos.

    It was only later in the evening while editing, that I discovered the beautiful abstract pattern created by the branches silhouetted against her dark fur. Even if I had just been watching rather than concentrating on shooting it’s unlikely I would have seen the effect.

    A perfect example of the power of the still.

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  • WINTER BOUND

    WINTER BOUND

    Grizzly, late fall. Canmore, Alberta, Cananda.

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  • SOLO SHOW POSTER / Nelvana

    SOLO SHOW POSTER / Nelvana

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  • SHADOWLANDS

    SHADOWLANDS

  • STALKING

    STALKING

  • TANGLED UP AND BLUE

    TANGLED UP AND BLUE

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  • A QUINTET OF ANTELOPE

    A QUINTET OF ANTELOPE

  • LITTLE DAWGIES

    LITTLE DAWGIES

  • SCHOOL ZONE

    SCHOOL ZONE

  • COLD STARE

    COLD STARE

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  • LITTLE STRETCH

    LITTLE STRETCH

  • CHEATERS COVE

    CHEATERS COVE

  • LINES OF SIGHT

    LINES OF SIGHT

    Semipalmated sandpipers, Bay of Fundy, New Brunswick, Canada.

  • A BLUSH OF CARDINALS

    A BLUSH OF CARDINALS

    It’s sad when I have a good shot that’s missing a piece of the puzzle that would’ve made it a great shot- too good to toss - not good enough to do anything with. I have hundreds of them.

    The “ …make lemonade” technique.

    We had a major ice storm just before Christmas in 2013 that shut down parts of Ontario for several days. To pass the powerless time I shot around the feeder trying to capture high speed images of the birds in flight displaying their wings against a snowy background.

    The chickadees were the most plentiful so I positioned myself close enough to get good detail yet wide enough to keep them in frame as I tracked with them speeding to and from the feeder. My technique yielded several good shots.

    The cardinals were much fewer in number - slower and easier to track, but because of my proximity to the feeder the framing was tighter. As a result, in many shots the composition was poor or they were partially cut off.

    That was the case in this sequence of shots where I caught the female rising up and about to land on an off-screen perch. Individually they each had a certain beauty but none were good enough to stand on their own.

    It wasn’t until the following August while browsing through my good-not-greats that I happened across these again and solved the puzzle.

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  • SPLASHDOWNS

    SPLASHDOWNS

  • nICE

    nICE

  • CHANDELIER

    CHANDELIER

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  • GRIZ

    GRIZ

  • A WHALE OF A TAIL

    A WHALE OF A TAIL

  • SNEAKER

    SNEAKER

  • HIGH STEP'N

    HIGH STEP'N

    Sandhill cranes and snow geese. New Mexico, United States.

  • NIGHT LANDING

    NIGHT LANDING

  • WAR OF THE WORLDS

    WAR OF THE WORLDS

  • DAY ONE

    DAY ONE

    First day out of the nest for this little oriole.

  • MUD IN YOUR EYE

    MUD IN YOUR EYE

  • SWATS UP

    SWATS UP

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  • INGLIS FALLS (graphite)

    INGLIS FALLS (graphite)

  • GOOSE LIGHT

    GOOSE LIGHT

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